when the word 'religion' is used as a noun does it have a capital R?

Question

its from my essay - was wondering if i should capitalize it

"argue that religion should be stripped of its value in government organisations"

Answer 1

Not usually. Capitalizing nouns is considered very old fashioned in contemporary usage -- it used to be very common at one time, if you leaf through a few 19th century books you will immediately notice how common it was.

Some people still do it to draw attention to a word that is being stressed, and sometimes to differentiate between different usages of a term, or differing levels of intensity. For example, "Truth" means something rather more intensified than "truth".

Answer 2

No, religion is a general word like people or animals. One ought use a capital with specific religions or deities or holy books: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Shiva, Jesus, Buddha, the Talmud, the Koran, etc.

Answer 3

No, God gets a capital but not religion. The exception might be if it is the name of an academic department at a university, e.g. you have History, Mathematics, Religion, Economics etc.

Answer 4

No, but specific words for religions are capitalized: Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, etc. Example: Question: "What is your religion?" Answer: "I'm Episcopalian."

Answer 5

not unless it's a specific religion.
religion: Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Agnostic

its like the word name; you don't capatalize name but you capatalize specific names.

Answer 6

Nope =D

Answer 7

nopes!