"I try hard not to make a connection to any formal religion," she said.

The Zarticku did not have anything that could be called a formal religion.

But this is far different from a sustained belief or the practice of a formal religion.

For six years, he and his family had no formal religion.

This was the only time anything to do with formal religion was mentioned during the whole of his illness.

We're dealing with a subject that transcends politics or formal religion.

In similar ways, formal religion permeated both family life and the business world.

They're looking at religion of all sorts, formal and informal.

Some of those who come say they are wary of formal religion.

This is yet another sign of what happens when people abandon formal religion.