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Collectivities and groups > Organisations > Ecclesiastical and religious organisations

Preferred term

2040Ecclesiastical and religious organisations  

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Scope note

  • Collective bodies that fulfill adiminstrative and decision-making duties, offer services and perform rituals that are believed to benefit either all believers of a religous faith or specific groups of believers. Ecclesiastical and religious organisations provide the constitutional framework of religions and are crucial in the emergence and reproduction of religious identities and practices.

Source

  • Peoples & Bailey 2015

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

Notation

  • 2040

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2040

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