Definition of «religious undertones»

The phrase "religious undertones" refers to elements or themes that are connected to religion, spirituality or beliefs. It can imply a sense of reverence, devotion, faith or piety in something or someone. The term is often used when discussing art, literature, music, politics or other aspects of culture where there may be an underlying religious influence or perspective.

Sentences with «religious undertones»

Heaven is definitely not a film for everyone, in fact, I would venture most viewers will have a hard time coming away liking the film because of the lack of sympathy for the characters or when the film tries to tie in religious undertones in a mystifying final stretch. (qwipster.net)
Also, generally when statements are made like this in politics, it's an underhanded shot at minority communities with higher percentages of single parent households, or else a message with religious undertones (ie divorce is bad). (sbnation.com)
Afterall, it could be reasonably argued to have anti-military undertones, racial undertones and even religious undertones as Goldstein highlights in The LA Times. (treehugger.com)
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