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Can the word religion be defined? No, there is no definition for religion. The word is used in too many different contradictory ways. There is no point to study religion, but instead critique the very idea of religion as an artificial social construct. No, because people follow so many different kinds of gods and spiritual beings, the scholar of "religion" must be an atheist. Yes, religion is fundamentally about belief systems, sacred texts, communal rituals, and rules handed down from absent authority figures. Yes, religion can be defined in multiple contradictory ways. That's the problem. There is no perfect definition. Therefore, in this class we study how "religious" discourse functions in context, always asking "who stands to benefit?"

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