revealed religion: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

Not exactly. 'Revealed religion' refers to the source of its doctrines (divine revelation). 'Organized religion' refers to its social structure. Many revealed religions are also highly organized, but a religion could be organized (with hierarchy, rituals) without claiming a specific divine revelation in the classical sense.

Typically, no. While Buddhism has sacred texts, they are not considered by most Buddhists to be the direct revelation of a creator god. Buddhism is generally classified as a non-theistic or transtheistic religion based on the insights (enlightenment) of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), making it a 'wisdom tradition' rather than a revealed one in the standard theological sense.

The classical alternative is 'natural religion' (or 'natural theology'), which is the knowledge of God derived from reason and observation of the natural world, independent of any special revelation. Deism is a prominent example of a belief system based on natural religion.

In academic writing, it is used as a standard, neutral categorical term. However, its historical use in philosophical debates (e.g., by Enlightenment critics) was often polemical, contrasting 'revealed' (seen as dogmatic) with 'natural' (seen as rational). Modern scholars aim to use it descriptively.

A religion based on divine revelation, where doctrines, laws, or truths are believed to have been directly disclosed by a deity to humanity, often recorded in sacred scriptures.

Revealed religion is usually formal, academic in register.

Revealed religion: in British English it is pronounced /rɪˈviːld rɪˈlɪdʒən/, and in American English it is pronounced /rɪˈvild rɪˈlɪdʒən/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.