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My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you let go of that, then it's possible to see God as a force, to connect to him or her spiritually.
Christopher Durang

Meaning of "organized religion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORGANIZED RELIGION

organized religion  [ˈɔːɡənaɪzd rɪˈlɪdʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORGANIZED RELIGION

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Organized religion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORGANIZED RELIGION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Organized religion

Organized religion, also known as institutional religion, is religion as a social institution, in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established. Organized religion is typically characterized by an official doctrine, a hierarchical or bureaucratic leadership structure, and a codification of rules and practices. The term organized religion is frequently used in the mass media to refer to the world's largest religious groups, especially those known by name internationally, and it also refers to organizations to which one can legally or officially affiliate oneself with or not. Organized religion is distinguished from the broader idea of religion especially in anthropology, sociology, and philosophy. American philosopher William James describes that Religion... shall mean for us the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude... in relation to whatever they may consider the divine. Since the relation may be either moral, physical, or ritual, it is evident that out of religion in the sense in which we take it, theologies, philosophies, and ecclesiastical organizations may secondarily grow.

Definition of organized religion in the English dictionary

The definition of organized religion in the dictionary is institutionalized religion, usually with a hierarchical clergy and rules to govern the means by which adherents participate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORGANIZED RELIGION


alloantigen
ˌæləʊˈæntɪdʒən
antigen
ˈæntɪdʒən
antireligion
ˌæntɪrɪˈlɪdʒən
Bajan
ˈbeɪdʒən
Cajun
ˈkeɪdʒən
contagion
kənˈteɪdʒən
dihydrogen
daɪˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
florigen
ˈflɒrɪdʒən
Harijan
ˈhʌrɪdʒən
hydrogen
ˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
indigen
ˈɪndɪdʒən
irreligion
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən
mucigen
ˈmjuːsɪdʒən
oxygen
ˈɒksɪdʒən
religion
rɪˈlɪdʒən
smidgen
ˈsmɪdʒən
smidgeon
ˈsmɪdʒən
Trajan
ˈtreɪdʒən
widgeon
ˈwɪdʒən
wigeon
ˈwɪdʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORGANIZED RELIGION

organization chart
organization expense
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
organization man
organization men
Organization of African Unity
Organization of American States
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
organizational
organizational culture
organizational psychology
organizationally
organize
organized
organized chaos
organized crime
organized labour
organizer
organizing

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORGANIZED RELIGION

American Legion
bioregion
British Legion
Central Region
Ceredigion
critical region
D region
E region
ecoregion
F region
foreign legion
French Foreign Legion
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
legion
region
revealed religion
Royal British Legion
Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region
subregion
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Synonyms and antonyms of organized religion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «organized religion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORGANIZED RELIGION

Find out the translation of organized religion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of organized religion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «organized religion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有组织的宗教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

religión organizada
570 millions of speakers

English

organized religion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संगठित धर्म
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الدين المنظم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

организованная религия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

religião organizada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগঠিত ধর্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

religion organisée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agama yang teratur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

organisierte Religion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

組織化された宗教
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조직화 된 종교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diatur agama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổ chức tôn giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட மதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संघटित धर्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Örgütlü din
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

religione organizzata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zorganizowana religia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

організована релігія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

religia organizată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οργανωμένη θρησκεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

georganiseerde godsdiens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

organiserad religion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

organisert religion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of organized religion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORGANIZED RELIGION»

The term «organized religion» is regularly used and occupies the 105.521 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORGANIZED RELIGION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about organized religion

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10 QUOTES WITH «ORGANIZED RELIGION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word organized religion.
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Dave Davies
I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.
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Christopher Durang
My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you let go of that, then it's possible to see God as a force, to connect to him or her spiritually.
3
Luke Ford
I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted.
4
Luke Grimes
I'm not really a fan of organized religion.
5
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be.
6
Hunter Parrish
I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in that respect.
7
Rhea Perlman
Our kids are not Jewish, and they're not Catholic. They're not Episcopalian. They're not Buddhist. They're not anything. We do all the holidays to keep the traditions and the culture going, but I truly don't have a great feeling about any particular organized religion, and I don't think it's right to impose one on my kids.
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Lisa Randall
Organized religion and musicals present tenets to live by that don't entirely make sense but, on the whole, make people who believe them secure, thus giving an appearance of inclusiveness.
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Richard Rohr
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.
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Robert Shea
Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORGANIZED RELIGION»

Discover the use of organized religion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to organized religion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and ...
This book presents the case for loving the local church.
Kevin L. DeYoung, Ted A. Kluck, 2009
2
Adventures in Churchland: Finding Jesus in the Mess of ...
Dan Kimball shares his story of growing up as a non-Christian and how he was drawn to Jesus and his teachings, but not to Christianity or the church.
Dan Kimball, 2012
3
I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & ...
Provides insights into the Jewish spiritual life including the quest for meaning, faith, identity, community, and holiness.
Lawrence Kushner, 2010
4
Organized Religion Is...: Blind, Leading the Blind
I have for a number of years, since my retirement from teaching elementary school for thirty-three years, contemplated the possibility of writing a book expressing a few of my strongly held beliefs.
Frederick J. Azbell, 2010
5
The Future of GOD and Organized Religion: And Business ...
THE FUTURE OF "GOD" AND ORGANIZED RELIGIONOrigins of religion, from ancient times to todayReligious Practices and differences between major religionsAgnosticism and Humanism; "religions" of their ownA look at probable changes in major ...
Ben Carter, 2003
6
The Empty Church: Does Organized Religion Matter Anymore
"The Empty Church" offers the first cogent explanation of why his has occurred--and tells what can be done about it.
Thomas C. Reeves, 1998
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Organized religion in the political transformation of Latin ...
This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and national settings.
Satya R. Pattnayak, 1995
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Religion the Defamer of God - How Organized Religion and ...
Sphero amalgamates the topics of organized religion and politics to reveal how these two subjects are responsible for global crime, terrorism, political servitude, the curtailment of individual freedom in democracy, a broken global economy, ...
M. W. Sphero, 2008
9
Replenish the Earth: A History of Organized Religion's ...
Examines religious attitudes on the treatment of animals
Lewis Regenstein, 1991
10
Rising Above Organized Religion: The Journey to the Higher View
The Journey to the Higher View Patti Murphy, Robert Bressett. “adults ” telling us that Santa exists. So, ultimately, [grew up! Santa doesn t exist! No one church is true! Oh, [ thin/e there's some “truth” in most religions, hut not one has all the ...
Patti Murphy, Robert Bressett, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORGANIZED RELIGION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term organized religion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Donald Trump is an actual fascist: What his surging popularity says …
... the ultimate evil to fascists, promoted the destruction of traditional institutions such as the family, the bourgeois state and organized religion. «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Faces of Faith: Festival celebrates peace of mind
I was brought up without any organized religion. Our household was very open, and we welcomed everything in. My parents wanted me to ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
3
Quirky signs for an unusual church
... Anchor isssued a formal, public apology "to those who have been wounded, let down and made weary by the church and organized religion. «StarNewsOnline.com, Jul 15»
4
Sound Track: “New Alhambra” by Elvis Depressedly
There's more than one mention of the crucifixion (“Jesus died on the cross / so I could quit my job”) and of organized religion (“you know that ... «Mountain Xpress, Jul 15»
5
How This Jewish Couple Balances Their Queer Identity With Faith
Much of the struggle, she added, stemmed from the stereotype that identifying as queer overrides any commitment to organized religion: "We ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Valencia, Ruby Marie
... who was brought up in the Protestant faith and later converted to Catholicism, realized that organized religion had become difficult for her to ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
7
Finding Design In Links
... the ruins and stuffed within its crumbled walls speak mindfully of the temporal nature of power, the papacy and organized religion. Founded ... «27east.com, Jul 15»
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Scientists discover 14000-year-old evidence of dental work ? and it …
Much has changed since the Paleolithic era — the invention of agriculture, the advent of organized religion, the rise and fall of civilizations ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Jimmy Carter and Jacqueline Woodson on Race, Religion and Rights
... the pair spoke candidly about their earliest memories of race, the importance of organized religion in their worldviews and their assessments ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
Millions of women risk female genital mutilation. Will Obama defend …
While the origins of FGM are ancient and predate organized religion, there is one thing we know for sure: its purpose is to control female ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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