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'''Religion''' is the most rigid and unyielding of all [[human]] institutions, but it does tardily adjust to changing society. Eventually, evolutionary religion does reflect the changing mores, which, in turn, may have been affected by revealed religion. Slowly, surely, but grudgingly, does religion (worship) follow in the wake of [[wisdom]]--[[knowledge]] directed by experiential [[reason]] and illuminated by [[divine]] [[revelation]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper92.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper92.html&line=47#mfs]
'''Religion''' is the most rigid and unyielding of all [[human]] institutions, but it does tardily adjust to changing society. Eventually, evolutionary religion does reflect the changing mores, which, in turn, may have been affected by revealed religion. Slowly, surely, but grudgingly, does religion ([[worship]]) follow in the wake of [[wisdom]]--[[knowledge]] directed by experiential [[reason]] and illuminated by [[divine]] [[revelation]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper92.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper92.html&line=47#mfs]
'''Religious studies''' is the [[academia|academic]] field of multi-disciplinary, [[secular]] study of [[religion|religious]] beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives. (For material in [[Nordan Corpora]], follow this link: [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Religion])
'''Religious studies''' is the [[academia|academic]] field of multi-disciplinary, [[secular]] study of [[religion|religious]] beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives. (For material in [[Nordan Corpora]], follow this link: [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Religion])