To stand with the solidly coherent group had been at first both ethics and religion; now neither ethical excellence nor the highest religious loyalty was possible without standing out from the group. (religion-online.org)
According to him, identity politics founded on religious loyalties rather than competence and commitment to unity is a threat to our democracy and progress. (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)
Except in the modern Western world (cf. H. Schneider's Religion in Twentieth Century America), religious loyalty outranks any other loyalty. (religion-online.org)