[1]ـ ر.ك. ملكيان، مصطفي، همان

[2]ـ Wittgensteine, Philosophical Investigation, p. 217

[3]ـ Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgensteine

[4]ـ Family Resemblance

[5]ـ cf. Wittgenstein,  pp. 66ـ 67

[6]ـ Myths of Creation

[7]ـ Basic Modern PhiloSophy of Religion

[8]ـ Frederick Ferre

[9]ـ Inclusive

[10]ـ Specific

[11]ـ Cruciality

[12]ـ unspecialized

[13]ـ cf. ibid, 647

[14] ـ Religious Satanism

[15]ـ Joel Elliott

[16]ـ David Edwards

[17] ـ Neopaganism

[18]ـ Agnosticism

[19]ـ Atheism

[20]ـ Humanism

[21] ـ Ethical Culture

[22]ـ cf. Cambridge Encyclopedia 1990) Barns and Noble)

[23] ـ Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia

[24]ـ Confucius

[25] ـ Vegetarianism

[26] ـ Smith, J.Z. on Religion

[27]ـ John Kilkins

[28]ـ Lennart Regenbro, Richard Pocklington

[29]ـ cf. Paton, H.J. The Modern Predicament, p. 59

[30]ـ Ouspensky

[31]ـ cf. Ouspensky, P.D.  In Search of the Miraculous, p. 299

[32] ـ Sui Generis Phenomenon

[33]ـ V. Nackebrouck

[34] ـ Functional

[35] ـ Substancial

[36]ـ cf. J. Goody, Religion and Ritual. The Definitial Problem, British Journal of Sociology, 1961; Spiro, M. Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation, in: M. Banton (ed.), Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion, London, 1966.

[37]ـ David Fridrich Strauss

[38]ـ The Old and New Faith

[39] ـ Evolutionist Atheism

[40]ـ Ibid, P. 94

[41]ـ Ibid, P. 146

[42]ـ Fridrich Nietzsche

[43]ـ cf. Nietzsche, F. Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen. Erstes Stück: David Strauss, der Bekenner und der Schriftsteller (1873), in: F. Noetzsche, Werke in drie Bände, I, München, 1954, p. 182

[44]ـ The Whole

[45]ـ Ibidem

[46]ـ cf. Ibidem, p. 171

[47]ـ Dewey

[48]ـ cf. R. N. Bellah, The Five Religions of Modern Italy, in: R. N. Bellah ـ P. E. Hammond (eds.), Varieties of Civil Religion, San Francisco, 1980, cites socialism and liberalism among the five religions of modern Italy

[49]ـ Psalms

[50]ـ cf. J. Taylor, The Primal Vision, London, 1963, p. 90

[51]ـ Ganda

[52]ـ Jhon Taylor

[53]ـ cf. Ibid.

[54]ـ Marx, Engles, Lenin

[55] ـ Muths

[56] ـ Speculations

[57] ـ cf. About the possible similarities between religious and political behaviour, see D. Mothe, Le métier de militant, Paris, 1973; Y. Bourdet, Qu'estـ ce qui fait courir les militants?, Paris, 1976. On communist ritual in the USSR: C. Bins, The Changing Face of Power: Revolution and Accomodation of the Soviet Ceremonial System, Man, 1979, 1980; C. Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society ـ The Soviet Case, Cambridge, 1981

c.f. For a systematic analysis of the similarities between Sovjet Marxism and the Catholic Church, see G. A. Wetter, Der dialektische Materialismus. Seine Geschichte und sein System in der Sowjetunion, Wenen, 1952, p. 574ـ 580.

[58]ـ Luckmann

[59]ـ H. Mol

[60]ـ cf. H. Mol, Identity and the Sacred. A Sketch for a New Socialـ Scientific Theory of Religion, Oxford, 1976.

[61]ـ Dr. Scoth. H. Moore

[62] ـ Peterson

[63]ـ cf. American Heritage Dictionary

[64]ـ cf. Paul Tillich                                                                                                                                                      

[65]ـ Sir Julian Huxley

[66]ـ cf. Alfred North Whitehead

[67]ـ cf. Immanuel Kant

[68]ـ cf. Friedrich Schleiermacher

[69]ـ cf. John Dewey

[70]ـ cf. John Calvin

[71]ـ cf. Karl Barth

[72] ـ Descriptive

[73] ـ Normative

[74] ـ Oughtـ Should

[75] ـ Essencial

[76] ـ Functional

[77] ـ Stipulative

[78]ـ Figurative Definitions

[79]ـ Bosanquet

[80] ـ Ernest Renan

[81]ـ cf. MartinAndersenSimoFraserUniversity,s indePendent Student NewsPaper, 8, vol. 102ـ June 21, 1999

[82]ـ Byetina

[83]ـ Hansـ Sceesـ Speel

[84]ـ Propagandist Definition

[85] ـ Karl Marx

[86]ـ Karl Marx

[87] ـ Opium

[88]ـ David Edwards

[89]ـ Sigmund Freud

[90] ـ Wishfull

[91]ـ cf. Whitehead, A.N. Science and the Modern World, p. 222

[92]ـ Substantive Definition of Religion

[93]ـ Professor Parrinder

[94]ـ Pocock

[95]ـ Canon Drury

[96]ـ Rudolf Otto

[97]ـ cf. Harmondsworth, The Idea of The Holy. Penguin Books, 1950, P, 141

[98]ـ Wholly Other

[99]ـ Timelessness

[100]ـ M. Spiro

[101]ـ cf. Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation, in M. Banton ed. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. London: Tavistock, 1966, p. 96

[102] ـ cf. M. Banton, Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. London: Tavistock, 1966, p. 96

[103]ـ P. Worsley

[104]ـ cf. Worsley, P. The Trumpet Shall Sound,  311

[105]ـ cf. R. Robertson

[106]ـ cf. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell, 1970, p.47

and see: R. Wallis, The Road to Total Freedom. London: Heinemann,

1976, p. 124

[107]ـ Piter Berger

[108] ـ Dramatic

[109]ـ Ecclesiastes

[110] cf. Piter Berger, 1974, 130ـ 131

[111]ـ Jhon Dewey

cf. J. Dewey, A Common Faith, New Haven, 1934

[112] ـ W. James

[113]ـ Lowie

[114]ـ Radin

[115]ـ Lowie

[116]ـ Radin

[117]ـ Supernatural

[118]ـ Superhuman

[119]ـ Otto

[120]ـ Eliade

[121]ـ cf. F. i., S. FREUD, The Future of an Illusion "and V. White, God and the Unconscious, Glasgow, 1960, p. 65,

[122]ـ F. Ponge

[123]ـ cf. F. PONGE, Méthodes, Paris, 1961, p. 41ـ 42

[124]ـ Weber

[125]ـ ر.ك. جيمز لوبا، مطالعه روان‌شناسي دين

[126]ـ Intellectualistic Definition

[127]ـ Eoistemologic Definition

[128]ـ Max Muller Translater of Upanishads

[129]ـ Herbert Spencer

[130]ـ cf. The Concise oxford Ditionary 1990

[131]ـ Universalist

[132]ـ Unitarians

[133]ـ Polytheistic

[134]ـ Gorge Hegel

[135]ـ cf. H.L.Mencken, Treatise on The God,s, AlfredA. Knopf, New York, Ny, 1930, revised 1946

[136]ـ Scott Hatfiled

[137]ـ Schleier Macher

[138]ـ Sir Edward Tylor

[139]ـ Durkheim

[140]ـ Spiro

[141]ـ Mc Guire

[142]ـ هل الدين الاّ الحبّ و البغض

[143]ـ Voluntaristic Definition

[144]ـ Affectivistic Definition

[145]ـ Friedrich Schleiermacher

[146]ـ Fruid

[147]ـ ر.ك. فرويد، آينده يك پندار

[148]ـ مانند عارفان

[149]ـ حافظ، 347

[150]ـ Y. Masih

[151]ـ cf.  Y. Masih, Introduction to Religious Philosophy, New Delhi, 1971, p. 12

[152]ـ P.Tillich

[153]ـ cf. Paul. Tillich, Christianity and the Encounter of the World Religions, New York, 1963, p. 4ـ 5.

[154]ـ David Carpenter

[155]ـ R. N. Bellah

[156]ـ cf. R. N. Bellah, Religious Evolution, in: R. Robertson (ed.), Sociology of Religion, Baltimore, 1969, p. 263

[157]ـ cf. T. Luckmann, The Invisible Religion. The Problem of Religion in Modern Society, New York, 1967, p. 48ـ 49

[158]ـ Dr. Irving Hexham

[159]ـ Calgary

[160]ـ Alberta

[161]ـ Canada

[162]ـ Hoffding

[163]ـ William James

[164]ـ Professor G. Galloway

[165]ـ Emotional Needs

[166]ـ cf. George Galloway, The Philosophy of Religion, pp. 181, 184

[167]ـ cf. For some examples, see A. Kagame, La place de Dieu et de l'homme dans la religion des Bantu, Cahiers des Religions Africaines, vol. 3, 1969, p. 5ـ 11; D. ZAHAN, Religion, spiritualité et pensée africaines, Paris, 1970, p. 13; Okot P' Bitek, African Religions in Western Scholarship, Nairobi, 1971, p. 109; J. Mbiti, African Religions and Philosophy, London, 1969, p. 4ـ 5; G. Lienhardt, Divinity and Experi­ence. The Religion of the Dinka, Oxford, 1961

[168]ـ  Melford Spiro

[169]ـ cf. M. Spiro, Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation, in: M. Banton (ed.), Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion, London, 1966, p. 95

[170]ـ cf. Okot P'Bitek, op. cit. , p. 109J.and Mbiti, op. cit. , p. 67ـ 68.

[171]ـ Lord Raglan

[172]ـ Hall Pilgrim

[173]ـ Cavanagh

[174]ـ Alfred North Whitehead

[175]ـ cf. E.S, Brightman, A Philosophy of Religion p.18

[176]ـ Don Swenson

[177]ـ Poul Connelly

[178]ـ William Barcly

[179]ـ Compound definitions

[180]ـ Mathew Arnold

[181]ـ Valuaation

[182]ـ Intensity

[183]ـ Comprehensiveness

[184]ـ Cultus

[185]ـ Ideational Elements

[186]ـ Doctrinus

[187]ـ cf. Frederick Ferre, Basic Modern PhiloSophy of Religion ,pp. 15ـ 18

[188]ـ Ibid

[189]ـ T. Luckmann

[190]ـ Invisible Religion

[191]ـ M. Yinger

[192]ـ cf. Yinger, The Scientific Study of Religion, London, 1970; M. Yinger, Religion, Society and the Individual, New York, 1957, p. 17

[193]ـ cf. ibid

[194]ـ cf. Webster,s New WorldDictionaryThirdCollege Edition

[195]ـ Matthew 22: 36ـ 39

[196]ـ Qumran Bet

[197]ـ William James

[198]ـ H.L.Mencken

[199]ـ Treatise on God

[200]ـ cf. H.L. Mencken, _Treatise on the Gods, P.2_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930, revised 1946

[201] ـ cf. Treatise on the Gods, (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, revised 1946

[202]ـ Jerry Moyer

[203]ـ Anthony Wallace

[204]ـ Michael York

[205]ـ Spa Univer city

[206]ـ Bath, uk

[207]ـ A.C. Campbel

[208]ـ Illuminating

[209]ـ cf.A.C. Campbell, On Selfhood and Godhood, p.248

[210]ـ E. Fromm

[211]ـ cf. E. Frumm, Psychoanalysis and Religion, New Haven, 1950, p. 29

[212]ـ Scott Hatfileld

[213]ـ Definition with resptect to common aspect

[214]ـ John Hick

[215]ـ Deliverance

[216]ـ Salvation

[217]ـ Kant

[218]ـ William James

[219]ـ Matthew Arnold

[220]ـ cf. Brightman, op. cit., p. 81

[221]ـ Sir James Jeans

[222]ـ Bergson

[223]ـ Love

[224]ـ Beloved

[225]ـ cf. Henry Bergson, The Two Sources of Religion and Morality, pp. 245ـ 6

[226]ـ Comprehensive definition

[227]ـ ر.ك. جوادي آملي، عبدالله، شريعت در آينه معرفت، 94

[228]ـ cf. Peterson, P. 4

[229]ـ Shaman

[230]ـ Totemism

[231]ـ Animism

[232]ـ Polytheistic

[233]ـ  cf. James A. Backford, 1980

[234]ـ Durkhim's Totemic Principle

[235]ـ cf. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure, Tambiah,S, 1990, Chs 14 &15

[236]ـ B. Malinowski

[237]ـ Paultillich

[238]ـ Robert bellah

[239]ـ Calverton

[240]ـ W. Dupre

[241]ـ cf. W. Dupre, Religion in Primitive Cultures. A Study in Ethnophiloso­phy, Den Haag ـ Paris, 1975, p. 66.

[242]ـ C. Geerts

[243]ـ cf. C. Geertz, Religion as a Cultural System, in: M. Banton (ed.), Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion, London, 1966, p. 3ـ

[244]ـ Karl Marx

[245]ـ Keith Sweeney

[246]ـ cf. J.Huxley, Religion without Revelation, p.40

[247]ـ cf.  A psychological Study of Religion, p. 234

[248]ـ Clifford Geertz

[249]ـ cf.Clifford Geertz, Religion as a Cultural System, in: M. Banton (ed.), Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion, London, 1966, p. 3ـ

[250]ـ cf. M. Muller, Introduction to the Science of Religion, London, 1873, p. 123: "All real science rests on classification

[251]ـ cf. S. J. Casey, Definitions of Religion: A Matter of Taste, Horizons, 1984, p. 94

[252]ـ cf. Vempeny, Ishanand, Krishna and Christ, Pune Anand, 1988, p. 4

[253]ـ cf. Bellah, five religions of modern Italy

[254]ـ cf. P. H. Vrijhof, Religion and Christian Faith: Some Sociological Comments, in: E. Van Beek ـ Sherer (eds.), Explorations in the Anthropology of Religion, Den Haag, 1975, p. 292ـ 294.

[255]ـ Pagan

[256]ـ Country Dweller

[257]ـ Rular Area

[258]ـ Mare De Hingh

[259]ـ Exclusive

[260]ـ Inclusive

[261]ـ Positivism

[262]ـ Negative

[263]ـ Neutral

[264]ـ Cognitive

[265]ـ Affective

[266]ـ Active

[267]ـ Cobjective, Subjective, Interrelational