ABSTRACT
Whatever the ultimate source(s) of religion, and whatever other components it may include (emotional, behavioral, moral, etc.), any religion contains certain ideas and conceptions about what kinds of things exist in the world, what they are like, and what they have done. We might refer to this as the “ontology” that each religion embodies, in the sense of the “existents” that it posits-the beings, the forces, and the facts of religious reality. These are commonly referred to as the “beliefs” of religion.
