Five elements of a religion per Clifford Geertz

References

Schilbrack, K. (2022). The Concept of Religion. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2022). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2022/entries/concept-religion/

1. a system of symbols
2. about the nature of things,
3. that inculcate dispositions for behavior
4. through ritual and cultural performance,
5. so that the conceptions held by the group are taken as real.