One priest said he was there to observe whether or not Pepper was able to «embody» the spiritual foundation of religion. (businessinsider.com)
«The underlying foundation of all religion is performance — whether it's a tribal dance around a campfire to satisfy the fire god, or a dead religious activity performed week after week by an evangelical Christian with the intent of impressing his God. (nakedpastor.com)
We often hear it said that there exists a basic human need for some sort of deliverance, salvation, release, liberation, pacification, or whatever we may wish to call it, and that this intrinsic need is one of the main foundations of all religion. (religion-online.org)