| Descriptor English: | Religion | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Religión                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Religião | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Religion | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Animism Beliefs, Religious Ethic, Religious Prayer Prayers Religions Religious Belief Religious Beliefs Religious Ethics  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        K01.844 SP2.070.315.420.754 SP3.311.900.898.314.587  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012067 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A set of beliefs concerning the nature, cause, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. It usually involves devotional and ritual observances and often a moral code for the conduct of human affairs. (Random House Collegiate Dictionary, rev. ed.) | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        HI                                                            history | 
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| Entry Combination: | 
                                                                            psychology:Religion and Psychology
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| Public MeSH Note: | RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65 | 
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| History Note: | RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Mental Healing
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| DeCS ID: | 12489 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D012067 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2002/07/02 | 
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PUBLIC HEALTH
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                                        M0018754 | 
                                
| Scope note | A set of beliefs concerning the nature, cause, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. It usually involves devotional and ritual observances and often a moral code for the conduct of human affairs. (Random House Collegiate Dictionary, rev. ed.) | 
| Preferred term | Religion | 
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                                                                                            Religions                                                 | 
                                
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                                        M0018755 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Religious Beliefs | 
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                                                                                            Beliefs, Religious                                                 Religious Belief  | 
                                
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                                        M0018756 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Religious Ethics | 
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                                                                                            Ethic, Religious                                                 | 
                                
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                                        M0018758 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Prayer | 
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                                                                                            Prayers                                                 | 
                                
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                                        FD00060860 | 
                                
| Scope note | A belief that objects, phenomena and happenings in nature, such as trees, gales, earthquakes, have a spirit and conscious life. In some cultures and primitive beliefs, animism is used to explain natural disasters and other catastrophes. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) | 
| Preferred term | Animism | 
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