Secular Vs Formal Religions

The word religion is derived from the Latin noun religio, which meant reverence for the gods. In modern terms, religion covers a much greater spectrum of meanings. At one end people base their lives on the elements of their faith as rules to be followed with clear and fixed boundaries. At the other end people may use their religion as a guide of how they should aim to live, describing religion as a part of human experience that may integrate other aspects of life and society and in this case is religion is seen as much more flexible.

Religion in this sense includes a group of complex activities that cannot be reduced to any single aspect, but several aspects of human experience, which concerns the beliefs of the religion, it’s practices and the way it affects the individual and society, what aspect we place first depends on whether we see religion as primarily as what people believe or as what they do.

Religion is a part of individual life but also of group dynamics, and includes patterns of behavior, language and thought. It can be a highly organised society that sets itself apart, with its own

The expanding boundaries of the term religion can be seen as in today’s society as people may regard sport, individuality, career or fashion as religion. Society has come to recognise these as ‘secular religions’ as opposed to formal religion.

As demonstrated by comparing formal and secular religions they both contain the same aspects in which their members seek to find, as a guide to the way in which they should live their lives.

Hinduism is a major world religion, with an estimated 700 million followers worldwide. Hinduism has not always been as we know it today, it has spread worldwide and has absorbed elements from other already established religions. The corresponding influence of these various religions on Hinduism has greatly contributed to the religion’s syncretism—the wide variety of beliefs and practices that it encompasses. Moreover, the geographic, rather than ideological, basis of the religion (the fact that it comprises whatever all the people of India have believed and done) has given Hinduism the character of a social and doctrinal system that extends to every aspect of human life. Hinduism is a vast subject and an elusive concept to grasp. Essentially to be a Hindu today is to believe in the Hindu way of life and to follow it to the best of ones ability which is assisted through formalized norms.

Christianity is another religion that encompasses a formailsed doctrine. Christians believe in a ‘living’ Christ, not a â�

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