Sentences with phrase «imposed upon religious»

The fact is that some of the barriers which national cultures have imposed upon religious comprehension have already grown so high that very little if any understanding exists across them.

With this gesture, the Vatican said, the Pope «desired to show his closeness, attention and prayer also to all those who suffer for their faith, in particular to Christians who are enduring persecution or limitations imposed upon their religious freedom.»

Not exact matches

On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that read, «Coach [Tommy] Bowden... has abused his authority as... head football coach by imposing his strong personal religious beliefs upon....

The fact remains, however, that the Vichy leaders have enforced anti-Semitic laws in a more and more strict and iniquitous fashion, depriving French Jews of every governmental and cultural position, imposing upon them all kinds of restrictions with regard to liberal and commercial professions, mercilessly striking many of them who were wounded for their country during the present war, and hypocritically trying to hide a bad conscience under a pseudonational pathos in which religious and racial considerations are shamefully mixed.

The religious insights usually emerge naturally out of depictions of worldly existence rather than appear to have been imposed intellectually upon the work.

The givenness of the barrier between time now and time then yields for us banalities about anachronism, on the one side, and imposes upon us the requirement of mediating between historical fact and religious truth, on the other.

On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that read, «Coach [Tommy] Bowden... has abused his authority as... head football coach by imposing his strong personal religious beliefs upon student - athletes under his charge.»

Any place of business is required by law (at least here in GA) to accomodate any religious belief in so far as it does not impose an «undo hardship» upon the business.

So a project emerged aimed at extending a reasonably good life to the many without imposing either religious or philosophical authority upon them.

[5] Pius XI made clear in his encyclical on education, «when the faithful demand Catholic schools for their children, they are not raising a question of party politics, but simply performing a religious duty which their conscience rigidly imposes upon them.»

Rigid teleologies that impose a trivial form of harmony upon the universe and make God the overseer of this world order are intolerable not only on scientific but also on religious grounds.

I appreciate this legal reasoning might not be very satisfying, particularly in light of your hypothetical, and while I personally disagree with the effect being a religious business owner may indirectly impose their beliefs upon their employees, I nonetheless see the decision as a correct application of the law (i.e. RFRA) as written.

Furthermore, the chief justice believes that the court, in imposing paternalistic limitations upon the process of full American political discussion, is justified by the evidence to be found in the experiences of other nations: «The history of many countries attests to the hazards of religion intruding into the political arena or of political power intruding into the legitimate and free exercise of religious belief.»

No, religious fanatics determined to impose their beliefs upon others are the root of quite a bit of evil.

My contention that the propositional element in religious assertions consists of stories interpreted as straightforwardly empirical propositions which are not, generally speaking, believed to be true has the great advantage of imposing no restriction whatever upon the empirical interpretation which can be put upon the stories.

All it prevents them from doing is imposing the religious practices of one group upon others, out of concern they might feel uncomfortable.

«It's their way, their cultural view, their religious view, their lifestyle view, and then they say, «not only I believe it for myself, but I'm going to take that value and that view and I'm going to impose it upon you and your lifestyle.»

There has always been a tension between religious freedom and groups who feel that part of religious freedom is imposing their religion upon others.

However, it should also be recognized in passing that there are generally certain religious motives involved, a personal framework through which they understand and live their lives which they then seek to impose upon the evidence and empirical science.

Typical, a judge can be informed in exercising discretion afforded by secular law by an overall religious worldview without infringing upon freedom of religion (e.g. in judging what sentence within a range should be imposed) but may not cite to religious sources as authority for that decision.

Parents often emphasize in the agreement that neither parent will change the child's current religious affiliation, impose any religious practice upon the child, or initiate or terminate religious education for him, except upon the prior consent of the other.