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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sociology of religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The sociology of religion is – among other elements – the study of the practices, social structures, historical backgrounds, development, universal themes, and roles of religion in society. |
 | | The criticism of religion is therefore in embryo the criticism of the vale of tears, the halo of which is religion.” |
 | | According to the Normal Revelations model, religions are founded when the founder interprets ordinary natural phenomena as supernatural; for instance, ascribing his or her own creativity in inventing the religion to that of the deity. |
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