ABSTRACT
Having considered the way religion is practised, organized and believed, we proceed to try and define it. Attempts, as we noted in the first chapter, usually concentrate on the functional or substantial aspects. The former wants to draw into the net secular ideologies which have little to do with the divine as understood by the religions we have examined. Questions about ultimacy are rarely answered as the sociologist deals with the function of religion in society, but it is useful to understand how religious organizations and secular movements can be regarded as similar.
