Sentences with phrase «european wars of religion»

After the terrible experience of the European wars of religion occasioned by the sixteenth - century Reformation, many of the brightest and best, including many thoughtful Christians, decided that God and the gods could have no place in the public telling of the myth of origins.

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His later travels confirmed for him a statement made early in his Chicago days: «The European centers of learning, nearly all of which were affected by war, continue to devote great interest to the study of Eastern civilizations and religions.

The church also raised concerns that «jihadists have entered European countries under the guise of being refugees and migrants, when their real intention has been to wage war on the West on behalf of their religion» as another reason for opposing the mosque being built.

Observing that some of the fiercer debates surrounding works by van Gogh can assume the tenor of «religious wars,» Douglas Druick, Searle Curator of European Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, says, «Van Gogh is almost a religion, and there are a lot of high priests.»