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Descriptor English: Religion
Descriptor Spanish: Religión
Descriptor Portuguese: Religião
Descriptor French: Religion
Entry term(s): Beliefs, Religious
Ethic, Religious
Prayer
Prayers
Religions
Religious Belief
Religious Beliefs
Religious Ethics
Tree number(s): K01.844
SP2.021.037.020.095
SP3.001.037.033.054
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.)
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Entry Combination: psychology:Religion and Psychology
Public MeSH Note: RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65
History Note: RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65
Related: Mental Healing MeSH
Secularism MeSH
DeCS ID: 12489
Unique ID: D012067
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/02
Religion - Preferred
Concept UI 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
Entry term(s) Religions
Religious Beliefs - Narrower
Concept UI M0018755
Preferred term Religious Beliefs
Entry term(s) Beliefs, Religious
Religious Belief
Religious Ethics - Narrower
Concept UI M0018756
Preferred term Religious Ethics
Entry term(s) Ethic, Religious
Prayer - Narrower
Concept UI M0018758
Preferred term Prayer
Entry term(s) Prayers



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