Religion and Faith

I’d have to say that it depends on how you define religion. You seem to like quotes, here’s one I've always liked:

“Is not religion all deeds and all reflection,
And that which is neither deed nor reflection, but a wonder and a surprise ever springing in the soul, even while the hands hew the stone or tend the loom?
Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
Who can spread his hours before him, saying, 'This for God and this for myself;
This for my soul, and this other for my body?'” - Gibran

I'd say that religion and faith are different. Faith is the substance to which religion gives voice. Religion is the expression of our faith.

 

Upon reflection, I think that religion being faith expressed would also apply to the definition you have ascribed to "religion."

I often hear that Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. But this is not correct. It is a relationship (individually, a relationship with God; corporately a relationship with one another in the Body of Christ). But people are not saved for their sake alone. Reading Acts it becomes clear that Christianity is a relationship but also a religion as we express our faith and function within the Body of Christ corporately.