noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , major
▪ universal , world
▪
Judaism is one of the great world ~s.
▪ ancient , established , old , old-time ( esp. AmE ), traditional
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the ancient ~s and philosophies of China
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She dismissed creationism as old-time ~.
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These faiths draw on the traditional ~s of indigenous peoples.
▪ new
▪ contemporary
▪ dominant , mainstream , popular
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the leaders of all the mainstream ~s
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This popular ~ is a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism with spirit beliefs.
▪ minority
▪ official , state
▪ institutional , organized
▪
I believe in God, but I don't belong to any organized ~.
▪ orthodox
▪
Darwinism contradicted orthodox ~.
▪ fundamentalist
▪ false , true
▪ alternative
▪
Football has become an alternative ~ for many people.
▪ folk , native , primitive
▪ pagan
▪ monotheistic , polytheistic
▪ Eastern
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Eastern ~s such as Shintoism
▪ Hindu , Jewish , etc.
▪ Catholic , evangelical , Orthodox , Protestant
VERB + RELIGION
▪ belong to , have
▪
She has no ~.
▪ follow , practise/practice
▪
Do you still practise/practice your ~?
▪ adopt
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The majority of children adopt the ~ of their parents.
▪ embrace , find (= become interested in) , get ( informal , esp. AmE )
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He reportedly embraced ~ and became a vegetarian.
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As a result of her brother's death, Maria found ~.
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We're waiting for the company to get ~ on recycling. ( figurative )
▪ change
▪ abandon , reject
▪ defend
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She believed that her ~ needed to be defended by philosophy and logic.
▪ endorse ( esp. AmE ), promote
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The law prohibits the government form endorsing a particular ~.
▪ impose
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I don't think the government should try to impose ~ on our society.
▪ found
▪
He founded a new ~.
▪ preach
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The teachers started preaching the Christian ~ to us at every opportunity.
▪ spread
▪ study , teach
▪ discuss
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They never discussed ~ or politics.
▪ respect
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I believe we should respect all ~s of the world equally.
RELIGION + VERB
▪ be based on sth
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a ~ based on reason
▪ originate from sth
▪
He believes that all ~s originated from a single source.
▪ develop
▪ spread
▪ teach sth
▪ forbid sth
▪ give sth , offer sth
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Almost all ~s offer the idea of sacred space.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
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These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by ~.
▪ in a/the ~
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In their ~, mountains are sacred.
PHRASES
▪ an adherent of a ~ , an follower of a ~
▪ a form of ~ , a kind of ~
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NOTE: Religions
▪ accept … , adopt … , convert to … , embrace … , follow … , turn to …
▪
He converted to Judaism when he got married.
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people who follow Hinduism
▪ abandon … , reject …
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He rejected Christianity and became a Buddhist.
▪ … spreads
▪
Islam spread rapidly through North Africa.
▪ … preaches sth , … proclaims sth , … teaches sth
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Christianity preaches that sinners can be forgiven.
▪ a follower of …
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followers of Sikhism
▪ the rise of … , the spread of …
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the rise of Christianity in the 1st century
▪ the teachings of … , the tenets of …
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the basic tenets of Buddhism