Sentences with phrase «conventional religious practices»

He saw the obsessive - compulsive dimension that is very prominent in many conventional religious practices.

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To me he is saying that those Christians who regarded themselves as religious (such as himself, a practicing Jew) should understand that undefiled religion is not religion at all in the conventional sense.

But we also pointed out that the «religious» spirit is by no means absent today, although frequently it expresses itself in ways very different from older and more conventional religious attitudes and practices.

Boomer disaffection with conventional forms of piety such as Sabbath observance, their reluctance to make commitments and the gender revolution all contributed to the overturning of traditional religious practices, though not the quest for wholeness.

Until and unless faith is deeply personalized and religious practice an equally personal matter, both will be largely superficial and conventional.

The team has a unique mix of experienced private practice lawyers, bank lawyers and an Islamic scholar, who has a detailed understanding of the conventional and religious principles governing the area, to... more