The phrase "religious overtones" refers to the presence or hints of religious ideas, symbols, or themes in something, such as a conversation, artwork, or literary work. Full definition
Despite the heavy religious overtones of their game, the inescapable moralizing of what can lead a person to eternal damnation, Visceral Games still says that what they created wasn't a religious game. (kotaku.com)
Don't get me wrong, Religion is a powerful tool as evident in todays wars as it's used in music lyrics, political speeches with religious overtones among other things. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
In order to reach such an optimistic conclusion, the authors sometimes use the least common denominator to define religion, enabling them to detect religious overtones in settings as diverse as a «Jello wrestling» contest between the dean of students and the college chaplain and the crowning of a homecoming queen. (religion-online.org)