organised religion
Structured belief systems
Organised religion refers to religious practice structured through formal institutions, established doctrines, hierarchical clergy, and shared rituals—as distinct from private spirituality or informal belief.
The term often carries skeptical or critical connotations, implying bureaucracy, dogma, or institutional control: She believes in God but wants nothing to do with organised religion.
British spelling of organized religion.
- house of worshipReligious service venue
- church attendanceFrequenting worship services
- observanceKeeping of customs
- sacred ritualsFormalized acts of worship
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
church · sacrament · hierarchy · clergy · congregation · faith community · moral code · moral teachings · pilgrimage · schism · festivals · scripture · theology · denomination · crusades · liturgy · reformation · prayer
organised religionspiritual but not religious
Personal faith, no denomination
folk religion · mysticism · shamanism · animism · spiritual seeking
organised religionatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · secularism · irreligion · nonbelief · antitheism
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