Religious Organization

(noun)

Religious activities generally need some infrastructure to be conducted. For this reason, there generally exist religion-supporting organizations, which are some form of organization that manage the upkeep of places of worship, e.g. mosques, prayer rooms, other similar edifices or meeting places, and the payment of salaries to priests, ministers, or religious leaders. In addition, such organizations usually have other responsibilities, such as: the formation, nomination, or appointment of religious leaders, the establishment of a corpus of doctrine, the disciplining of priests or other people with respect to religious law, the determination of qualification for membership, etc.

Related Terms

Examples of Religious Organization in the following topics:

  • Religion and Social Support

    • According to many social science studies, psychological well-being is positively correlated with religious engagement.
    • Surveys by Gallup, the National Opinion Research Center, and the Pew Organization conclude that spiritually committed people are twice as likely to report being "very happy" than the least religiously committed people.
    • There is now extensive research suggesting that religious people are happier and less stressed than their non-religious counterparts.
    • Certain features of religious practice may facilitate greater well-being for members.
    • Surveys by Gallup, the National Opinion Research Center and the Pew Organization conclude that spiritually committed people are twice as likely to report being "very happy" than the least religiously committed people.

  • The Ecclesia

    • Ecclesias are different from churches because they typically must compete with other religious voices in a community.
    • Churches typically tolerate no religious competition, and serve as the guardians and guides of spiritual life for a particular group of people.
    • Ecclesias are also typically not the sole religious body in a particular societal space.
    • State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination that have been given official status by a state, or are directly operated by a state.
    • An ecclesial community is, in Roman Catholic terminology, a Christian religious group that does not meet the Roman Catholic definition of a church.

  • Social Correlates of Religion

    • The correlation between higher rates of happiness and religious affiliation has been demonstrated by several studies.
    • Some research suggests that both non-religious and religious meaning systems can be quite effective when it comes to managing death anxiety, and that the latter have a few additional advantages.
    • Surveys by Gallup, the National Opinion Research Center and the Pew Organization conclude that spiritually committed people are twice as likely to report being "very happy" than the least religiously committed people.
    • Some research suggests that both non-religious and religious meaning systems can be quite effective when it comes to managing death anxiety, and that the latter have a few additional advantages.
    • Identify what might be a tension in understanding highly religious nations and highly religious people

  • Gatekeeping

    • Censorship occurs for a variety of reasons including national security; to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech; to protect children; to promote or restrict political or religious views; to prevent slander and libel; and to protect intellectual property.
    • Lewin was an influential behavioral and organizational psychologist who proposed the Phases of Change Model.

  • Religion

    • Sociology of religion is the study of the beliefs, practices, and organizational forms of religion, using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology.
    • Agents of socialization differ in effects across religious traditions.
    • Parental religious participation is the most influential part of religious socialization–more so than religious peers or religious beliefs.
    • The biggest predictor of adult religiosity is parental religiosity; if a person's parents were religious when he was a child, he is likely to be religious when he grows up.
    • Secular people converted to religion and religious people became secular.

  • Genocide

    • Genocide is "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group".
    • Genocide is defined by the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group," though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars.
    • Organization:"Genocide is always organized...
    • Preparation:"Victims are identified and separated out because of their ethnic or religious identity...""

  • Religious Diversity

    • Indeed the United States is quite religiously diverse.
    • After Christianity and no-religion, Judaism is the third-largest religious affiliation in the United States, though this identification is not necessarily indicative of religious beliefs or practices.
    • Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.
    • Religious pluralism is sometimes used as a synonym for interfaith dialogue.
    • Religious symbols represented in this picture reflect the religious diversity in the United States.

  • Childless Couples

    • Some childless individuals are sometimes applauded on moral grounds, such as members of philosophical or religious groups, like the shakers.
    • Childfree social groups first emerged in the 1970s, most notable among them The National Organization for Non-Parents and No Kidding!
    • The term "childfree" was used in a July 3, 1972 Time article on the creation of the National Organization for Non-Parents.

  • Religious Symbols

    • Religious symbolism is the use of acts, artwork, and events to create a mythos expressing the teachings of the religion.
    • The Star of David is a Jewish religious symbol that represents Judaism.
    • Religions view religious texts, rituals and works of art as symbols of compelling ideas or ideals.
    • Religious symbolism is effective when it appeals to both the intellect and the emotions.
    • Discuss the use of religious symbols as means of representing the ideals and values of a particular religion

  • The Future of Religion

    • 2) When discussing institutions, secularization can refer to the transformation of an institution that had once been considered religious in character into something not thought of as religious.
    • It has especially come to refer to any religious enclave that intentionally resists identification with the larger religious group in which it originally arose, on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become corrupt or displaced by alternative principles hostile to its identity.
    • A full analysis of what constitutes religious fundamentalism is beyond the scope of this chapter.
    • While widely associated with religious fundamentalism, suicide bombers are not exclusively religious; only 43% are identifiably religious.
    • What the future of religious fundamentalism holds for human society is unknown, but because of the impact of this particular religious approach on society today, religious fundamentalism warrants continued study.