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Religion/Religious Belief Systems

By: Lewis Z. Schlosser & Pamela F. Foley
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:counselors; Hinduism; Islam; religion; religious groups; spirituality; spirituality/religion

The term religion comes from the Latin religare, which means “to bind together or to express concern.” In modern times, religion has become a visible institution that provides an organizational structure for faith in the divine, sacred, or supernatural. In addition, ...

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  Schlosser, L., & Foley, P. (2008). Religion/religious belief systems. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1301-1303). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n436
  
  Schlosser, Lewis Z., and Pamela F. Foley. "Religion/Religious Belief Systems." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1301-3. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n436.
  
  Schlosser, L. and Foley, P. 2008. Religion/Religious Belief Systems. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1301-1303 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n436> [Accessed 6 May 2021].
  
  Schlosser, Lewis Z. and Pamela F. Foley. "Religion/Religious Belief Systems." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1301-3. SAGE Knowledge. 6 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n436.
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