Collocations for faith - noun

enormous, great, tremendous
absolute, complete, implicit, total, unshakable, unwavering
little
I have little faith in doctors these days.

blind
He seems to have a blind faith in his boss.

abiding
an artist whose work reflects his abiding faith in humanity

renewed
touching
She showed a touching faith in my ability to resolve any and every difficulty.

public
Business crime undermines public faith in the business system.

have
pin (esp. BrE), place, put
He distrusted political systems and placed his faith in the genius of individuals.
She did not pin much faith on their chances of success.

show
share
I wish I shared your faith in the jury system.

lack, lose
people who lose faith in themselves

shake, undermine
destroy
renew, restore
They are trying to restore faith in the political system.

regain
retain
If the company can retain its customers' faith it could become the market leader.

affirm, express, proclaim

faith in
Her faith in human nature had been badly shaken.

an act of faith
a lack of faith
a leap of faith
These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of faith on the part of teachers.

have every faith in sb

religious
deep, genuine, strong, true
simple
unquestioning
new-found
her new-found faith in Jesus

active
a large decline in the number of people who have an active faith of any sort

personal

have
come to, find
He found faith gradually, rather than in a sudden conversion.

lack, lose
shake, undermine
regain
strengthen
proclaim

healer, healing

through faith
They believe that people can come to salvation through faith.

faith in
After her son's death she lost her faith in God.

an article of faith (often figurative)
the team's greatness was an article of faith for him (= a belief that could not be questioned).

living
Christianity is a living faith which has shaped their history.

world
The study of other world faiths is an important part of religious education.

Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, etc.

profess
practise/practice
Christians were allowed to practise/practice their faith unmolested by the authorities.

keep alive, uphold
Their aim was to keep alive the traditional Jewish faith.

pass on, preach, spread, teach
the role of parents in passing on the faith to their children
He felt the call to preach the faith to others.

tradition
community, group
a committee which is made up of members of different faith groups

school (BrE)
the debate on faith schools

people of different faiths

bad, good
The judge did not find any bad faith (= intention to do wrong) on the part of the defendants.

break (= break a promise to sb)

in bad faith
Thet had entered into the contract in bad faith.

in good faith
We printed the report in good faith, but have now learned that it was incorrect.

keep faith with sb
As manager, he was not prepared to keep faith with (= keep a promise to) the players who had failed him.

keep the faith
They kept the faith (= remained faithful) in the face of ridicule.