Religion

= WHAT IS SOCIALISATION? = Socialisation is the basic process of learning to learn the norms and values of society in order to fit in with society and to be a correct citizen.

RELIGION'S DEFINITION:
Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies or human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual, or divine.

ADQUIRATIONS OF RELIGION:
=__** +POSITIVE SIDE OF RELIGION: **__=
 * ===== Strong guidelines for behaviour. =====
 * ===== For wrong behaviour you have threats like punishments. =====
 * Provides socialisation for teh young people of our society sop they can have some basic norms and values and they're seen like coming as a god.
 * Also, religion gets together the people in communities sohola it gives you s sense of belonging andit creates a social solidarity.

**__MAIN RELIGIONS OVER THE WORLD IN ORDER:__**
 * 1) ﻿ ﻿Christianity
 * 2) Islam
 * 3) Hinduism
 * 4) Buddhism
 * 5) Sikhism ** SYMBOLS FOR THE BASIC RELIGIONS: **

**Types of religion:**

Some scholars classify religions as either universal religions that seek worldwide acceptance and actively look for new converts, or ethnic religions that are identified with a particular ethnic group and do not seek converts. Others reject the distinction, pointing out that all religious practices, whatever their philosophical origin, are ethnic because they come from a particular culture.

__**ETYMOLOGY:**__ Religion (from O.Fr. religion "religious community," from L. religionem (nom. religio) "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods,"obligation, the bond between man and the gods") is derived from the Latin religiō, the ultimate origins of which are obscure. One possibility is derivation from a reduplicated *le-ligare, an interpretation traced to Cicero connecting lego "read", i.e. re (again) + lego in the sense of "choose", "go over again" or "consider carefully". Modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell favor the derivation from ligare"bind, connect", probably from a prefixed re-ligare, i.e. re (again) + ligare or "to reconnect," which was made prominent by St. Augustine, following the interpretation of Lactantius. The medieval usage alternates with order in designaing bonded communities like those ofmonastic orders: "we hear of the 'religion' of the Golden Fleece, of a knight 'of the religion of Avys'"