Prothero's Definition Of Religion

Viewing the textbook there are many approaches to the word “religion”. The basic meaning of religion is “The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” According to Stephen Prothero he states “That those who preach the oneness of religion are being disrespectful of the profound, and in his view irreconcilable, differences between religious traditions. This is somewhat correct. We do look at traditions and religious acts the same way. We feel as if you act upon a tradition of faith then it could appear as a religious act. The descriptive approach that the textbook mentions is that our faith would be more understood and token seriously if we as humans knew the differences between the two. We also

need to realize and understand the difference between religion and tradition other than looking at “world religion” as a unit.
To really consider deferring these two to each other, is that religion has passed through beliefs that can pass on to generations to today’s society, which could be defined as tradition. Culture shows us ways to make society recognizable to one another. Such as, governments traditions, beliefs etc. Now this reflects the word “traditional culture”. Traditional culture is the handing down of information, beliefs, or customs from one generation to another. Being that traditional focuses on the modern side of it versus modern culture reflecting the earlier generations, the values and the beliefs. Either way they’re both worshiped.