Definition of religion

The definition of religion is a controversial and complicated subject in religious studies with scholars failing to agree on any one definition. Oxford Dictionaries defines religion as the belief in and/or worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.^{[1][failed verification]} Others, such as Wilfred Cantwell Smith, have tried to correct a perceived Western bias in the definition and study of religion. Thinkers such as Daniel Dubuisson^[2] have doubted that the term religion has any meaning outside of Western cultures, while others, such as Ernst Feil^[3] doubt that it has any specific, universal meaning even there.