Chap is absorbed by bogus religion (9)

I believe the answer is:

shamanism

'religion' is the definition.
(I know that shamanism is a type of religion)

'chap is absorbed by bogus' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'absorbed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'bogus' becomes 'sham' (I've seen this before).
'man'+'is'='manis'
'manis' inserted into 'sham' is 'SHAMANISM'.

(Another definition for shamanism that I've seen is " religion".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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