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What is Religious Exercise?

July 6, 2020
Janice Tzuling Chik

In “The Philosophical Meaning of Religious Exercise,” I argue that religion should be understood primarily as a characteristic form of human activity directed towards a being (or beings) whose nature transcends that of human nature. The paradigm of religious exercise therefore is worship, defined broadly as human activity directed towards the transcendent. Rejection of this […]

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