ABSTRACT
Religious (Religieuse, Religiøse-noun); Religiousness (Religieusitet, Religiøsetetnoun)
Both religieuse and religiøse, as well as religieusitet and religiøsitet, are derived from the Latin word religio, meaning devotion to the sacred.1 Kierkegaard often preferred to use the French-based variants Religieuse and Religieusitet rather than the more common Religiøse or Religiøsitet, although he did employ both sets of terms, often interchangeably. In many contexts Kierkegaard probably avoided “Religion” because it had a nuance of institutionalism and suggested a formal system of beliefs and practices.
