ABSTRACT
The concepts of religion and religiosity are the starting point for innumerable lively and fruitful debates among specialists. German sociologist Georg Simmel differentiates religiosity from religion in the following way: He defines religiosity as the inner form of human experience, which thus precedes religion. In Simmers social-religious approach, the parallelism between religiosity and sociability is fairly clear. While religiosity is at the basis of religion, sociability is at the origin of society. As for religion Simmel envisages the same perspective. At first religion is merely nature, then it becomes more spiritual until it completely develops into culture. Then the original predisposition becomes a cultural product; from a simple attitude it transforms itself into a concrete reality. Thus, the transition from nature to culture matches in many aspects the passage from religiosity to religion. Religiosity provides vital substance to customs and habits.
