What do you think of this idea: Any "ideology" (in the broadest sense) that fulfills the following four functions can be called


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What do you think of this idea:
Any "ideology" (in the broadest sense) that fulfills the following four functions can be called a religion: it provides

Meaning (Why is the world /life the way it is? what is it all about?);
Purpose (what in my place in this world ? What do I have to do to have a menaingful life?);
Community (which are my people, and what connects us?);
Rituals (what do we do together to strengthen and celebrate this community?)

The point is that many "Nones" would also meet all four points, including many atheists, so religion in postmodernity is no longer tied to ideas like God or an afterlife

(based on the book Strange Rites by Tara Isabella Burton