What is Religion?

A video that explores definitions of religion, language theory, and introduces basic concepts of major world religions.
Some Sources:
Griffiths, Paul J., “The Very Idea of Religion,” First Things, 103 (May 2000): 30-35.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations. 4th edition. P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte (eds. and trans.), Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 2009
Schleiermacher, Friedrich. The Christian Faith. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. 1928
Durkheim, Emile. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. J. Swain, (trans.) New York: The Free Press. 1912/1954.
Otto, Rudolph. The Idea of the Holy. Oxford University Press. 1923
DEWEY, JOHN. A Common Faith. Yale University Press, 1962.
Tillich, Paul. Dynamics of Faith. HarperCollins, 1957.
Livingston, James C., Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1993.
Hick, John. An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the. Transcendent. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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Is foot ball a religion? Why?

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It depends on how we use the word "religion." If we think in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions, it's technically possible that football would be a religion, I suppose, depending on what necessary and sufficient conditions we agree upon. However, the necessary and sufficient conditions most people would accept would likely exclude football. At any rate, in the way I'm using the word (as it functions in my cultural context), no, football would not be a religion, because it isn't recognized as such. In other words, if said, "Football is my religion," in my cultural context, almost everyone would realize I was either joking or a bit off my rocker.