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There is no consensus on the definition of '''religion''' (Clarke & Beyer, ''The World's Religions'', Routledge, 2009, page 136).
There is no consensus on the definition of '''religion''' (Clarke & Beyer, ''The World's Religions'', Routledge, 2009, page 136). Traditional definitions have tended to try to formulate the "western folk conception" of religion, i.e. the rather vague ideas ordinary westerners have of what religion is, based on their experience of religion in the west.

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There is no consensus on the definition of religion (Clarke & Beyer, The World's Religions, Routledge, 2009, page 136). Traditional definitions have tended to try to formulate the "western folk conception" of religion, i.e. the rather vague ideas ordinary westerners have of what religion is, based on their experience of religion in the west.