organized religions
Institutional worship systems
Organized religions are religious traditions with formal structures—established doctrines, rituals, clergy, and institutions.
The term distinguishes structured faiths like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism from personal spirituality or informal belief systems.
Often used with skeptical or critical undertones: She rejected organized religion but still considered herself spiritual.
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- house of worshipReligious service venue
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- faithTrust without proof
- synagogueJewish house of worship
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organized religionsfolk religion
Traditional community-based spiritual practices
shamanism · spiritual but not religious · animism · mysticism
organized religionsatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · secularism · irreligion · godlessness · nonbelief
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