Religion is at one and the same time irrelevant as a sure guide to the perplexities of practice and eternally relevant as ultimate transcendent principle. (religion-online.org)
e.g., You give no basis for «illegitimate coupling» when transcendent principles are the foundation of Western culture including science. (judithcurry.com)
«Thus,» Lifton writes, «the poles of meaning around the image of profession shifted from the proclamation of personal dedication to transcendent principles to membership in and mastery of a specialized form of socially applicable knowledge and skill.» (religion-online.org)