Vi fant 3 definisjoner av organized religion på engelsk.
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Noun
organized religion -
an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
institution,
establishment an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
christian church,
church a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion
hebraism,
jewish religion,
judaism the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
hindooism,
hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
taoism philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
buddhism the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
khalsa the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699
church of scientology,
scientology a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
shinto the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
established church the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation
