In whаt wаys dоes оur lоok аt newer/“younger” religions force us to return to the fundamental question/problem we tackled at the start of the course—how do we define “religion”? Aside from being a fundamental question in the academic study of religion in courses like this, in my Lecture, I discuss how being able to define “religion” with respect to the First Amendment has important implications for many United States governmental entities, including the IRS and the VA. Why/how? *** Remember that submitting any part of a Learning Evaluation created using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Bard, or writing/translation platforms like Grammarly, Quillbot, and Google Translate violates my Academic Integrity policy (see Syllabus). Like other forms of plagiarism, this is misrepresentation/fraud because it is presenting someone else’s work as your own.