It provides the symbolic and religious underpinnings of the white, Northern European and American claim to control and dominate all the peoples of the globe. (religion-online.org)
This is against the backdrop of ongoing conflict in Nigeria, Israel / Palestine, Iraq, and Syria — all conflicts with religious underpinnings. (christianitytoday.com)
In a remarkable turn of events, the founders of the US (who could not appease the various religious sects in the former Colonies by choosing a state religion) elected to create a const.tution without religious underpinnings — a truly remarkable achievement for that age. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)