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The term Development of Religion is a generic
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Generic is something that is general, comon, or inclusive rather than specific, unique, or selective.* Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white...
 term used in a variety of situations. The term is often used to describe the various stages in the evolution of any particular religion or religious system.

Development of religion can be applied to the following scenarios






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The term Development of Religion is a generic
Generic

Generic is something that is general, comon, or inclusive rather than specific, unique, or selective.* Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white...
 term used in a variety of situations. The term is often used to describe the various stages in the evolution of any particular religion or religious system.

Development of religion can be applied to the following scenarios
  • Origin of religion
  • History of religions
    History of religions

    The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious experiences and ideas. This period of religious history typically begins with the invention of writing about 5,000 years ago in the Near East....
  • Prehistoric religion
  • Paleolithic religion
    Paleolithic religion

    Religious behaviour is thought to have emerged by the Upper Paleolithic, before 30,000 years ago at the latest,but behavioral patterns such as burial rites that may be characterized as religious, or ancestral to religious behaviour, reach back into the Middle Paleolithic, as early as 300,000 years ago, coinciding with the first appearance of H...
  • Evolutionary psychology of religion
    Evolutionary psychology of religion

    Evolutionary psychology of religion is based on the hypothesis that religious belief can be explained by the evolution of the human brain. As with all other organ functions, cognition's functional structure has been argued to have a genetic basis, and is therefore subject to the effects of natural selection....
  • Development of new religions
    Development of new religions

    The process and mechanisms that lead to the emergence of religions proceed by innovations modifying existing traditions.Such innovations ultimately lead to schisms, reform movements or divisions that separate a new tradition from its predecessor....
  • Teleological development of religion
    Teleological development of religion

    Teleological developmentFrom a religious viewpoint, there are several possibilities to account for the historical development of religion.Religions can consider themselves founders of religious traditions, with a founding figure establishing a doctrine based on revelation or enlightenment....