It is important to realize that there is this dimension to the notion
of the religious community because the secularized understanding of many modern Westerners can not conceive of it except in purely sociological terms.
They are now suspicious
of any religious community because of the rampant insidiousness of vision in communities they have experienced.
Not exact matches
Minors are selling their bodies
because of a crisis that represents a breakdown in
community between civilians and the government, between secular and
religious fighters, between ethnic groups.
For example, we have an atheist Prime Minister — and no one cares
because this is personal (it is not about her politics)-- just as public schools are used for general education and
religious education is served by your place
of worship, associated
community, family, etc..
«People who go to church are more likely to volunteer and give to charity — not just
because they're
religious, but
because they're part
of a
community.»
The silly catch phrase
of «love the sinner but hate the sin» becomes nothing but contemptuous mockery
because they literally ARE the sin in the eyes
of the self righteous
religious community.
By participation in an ongoing
religious community, particularly
of the type we know in the Western world, an isolated individual is partly lifted above himself, not only
because he may, in a group, be more recipient
of God's help, but also
because he there shares in the distilled wisdom
of our race.
It's just an age - old attempt to have it both ways; people who are Christian and perceive that others will reject them for being «
religious» or «conservative» love this kind
of talk
because it allows them to distance themselves from the Christian
community while still claiming to follow Christ.
Since then he has been pressing for Christians to change their Christologies, not
because they are unfaithful to Jesus Christ but
because they are demonstrably falsifying
of what occurs in other
religious communities and obviously destructive in Christian relations to these
communities.
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment
of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim
of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment
of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim
of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon
religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment
of the Department
of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to
religious practices
of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption
because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment
of the secretary
of labor that a
religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had
religious objections to being paid for their work.
Smith and Denton can not answer this question
because they did not study youth in the context
of their
religious communities.
At a meeting
of the National Council
of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among
religious leaders
of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions
because the social logic
of conversions is not valid now», that the promise
of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all
religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a
religious community like others
of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.
Being a professional driver in a major city, I try to keep informed on the outward practices
of the major
religious AND
community groups, street festivals, etcetera,
because they can directly affect my job (through traffic patterns), so it is quite useful.
Religious institutions may be caught in the middle of such changes: pro-Western religious orientations may suddenly become unpopular because of changes in trading alliances, peasants may turn to millenarian or folk religions to revitalize economically threatened communities, communist or nationalist movements among oppressed urban workers may strike out at traditional religious organizations, an
Religious institutions may be caught in the middle
of such changes: pro-Western
religious orientations may suddenly become unpopular because of changes in trading alliances, peasants may turn to millenarian or folk religions to revitalize economically threatened communities, communist or nationalist movements among oppressed urban workers may strike out at traditional religious organizations, an
religious orientations may suddenly become unpopular
because of changes in trading alliances, peasants may turn to millenarian or folk religions to revitalize economically threatened
communities, communist or nationalist movements among oppressed urban workers may strike out at traditional
religious organizations, an
religious organizations, and so on.7
The relationship to Judaism is more important than that to other
religious communities because of its central role in the self - definition
of Christianity and the long history
of Christian persecution
of Jews.
Atheism, pantheism, and paganism have, it would seem, made far more inroads within the Jewish
community than Christianity, but Jews who adhere to these
religious inclinations,
because they do not join a rival covenant
community, largely escape the censure
of the Jewish
community.
Partly
because of the opposition
of Communist countries, The United Nations has kept itself at some distance from faith
communities, although
Religious NGOs have, for many years, made a contribution at certain levels, in particular to specialist agencies.
On a
religious side the Muslin
community will be happy, but the non-Muslim
community wont be and cause some trouble
because of it.
We do right by each other and right by our
community because it's the good and righteous thing to do, not
because we suffer the burden
of guilt hung on us by some
religious text.
Because the
religious community is composed
of people, it becomes necessary to define the Christian concept
of person.
The
religious community - priests, prophets, laypeople - lives in the midst
of the power and technology and wealth - which is where the
religious community always must live,
because it is precisely this
community in the midst
of power that knows that truth - telling is the condition for peace.
This is a more complex scenario, though,
because the extent and nature
of the complicity between representatives
of religious communities and expansionist colonial powers is often hard to assess, and conclusions about it must
of necessity be context - specific.
Of course, one of the main problems is that there are many people who don't want to understand each other, or they feel they already understand the religious other because some book told them what others believed or some member of their religious community did all the research for them so they wouldn't have to do it themselves and told them what others believe
Of course, one
of the main problems is that there are many people who don't want to understand each other, or they feel they already understand the religious other because some book told them what others believed or some member of their religious community did all the research for them so they wouldn't have to do it themselves and told them what others believe
of the main problems is that there are many people who don't want to understand each other, or they feel they already understand the
religious other
because some book told them what others believed or some member
of their religious community did all the research for them so they wouldn't have to do it themselves and told them what others believe
of their
religious community did all the research for them so they wouldn't have to do it themselves and told them what others believed.
The liberal
religious community has felt helpless before the dramatically changing sexual mores
of the final decade
of the 20th century
because we have allowed ourselves to remain trapped between the inflexible moralists on one side and the freedom - worshiping secularists on the other.
I have focused more on the privileges and abuses
of power
because I think it is the core consideration about
communities, including
religious or spiritual ones.
«
Because this is at some level a moral issue, and the
religious community can not stand idly by and allow a moral issue like this to go without a comment,» said Carlos Campo, president
of Virginia's Regent University, the college founded by evangelical icon Pat Robertson.
School sponsorship
of a
religious message is impermissible
because it sends the ancillary message to members
of the audience who are nonadherents «that they are outsiders, not full members
of the political
community.»
Because of the differences in religion and customs, these people lived apart in their own
communities where they could follow the
religious injunctions
of Islam in their living habits, marriage and funeral rites, and other ceremonies.
That is why the
religious community must do its own research and imagining and forming
because it necessarily grows out
of the context
of encounter
of faith.
We understand the pluralism
of our social context in part
because it reflects the variety
of ways in which we understand our own experiences.The problem
of being the church is acute for us not only
because we must live side by side with those
of other
religious communities, but
because the church is only one
of the
communities in which we live.
For my wife and me we felt led out
of the organization
because for us, we found a better way
of community and fellowship without the
religious part and the doctrine and denominational aspect.
Therefore, the implicit suggestion that the Christian
community should distrust equally all philosophic systems
of thought
because they in turn are restrictive and even corrupting in their
religious effects is basically idolatrous in character.
The
communities and traditions I listed are all
religious,
because these kinds
of practices and experiences play an important role in them.
Western writing on Eastern religion has had, in the course
of the last hundred years,
because of its substance, an influence on the development
of those religions themselves that certainly deserves careful historical investigation; on the whole,
because of the form in which it has mostly been cast, it has in addition been causing resentment and is beginning to elicit protest.22 Certainly anyone for whom comparative religion studies are something that might or should serve to promote mutual understanding and good relations between
religious communities can not but be concerned at this contrary effect.
Emancipation from the endless discussions
of committee meetings, trying to solve problems in both
religious and political
communities that had hitherto occupied so much
of my time, was a desirable freedom from the chores
of a democratic society; but it also meant an emancipation from responsibility — a doubtful boon,
because responsibility engages us in the causes
of moral, political and
religious movements.
On behalf
of my three friends who killed themselves
because of the severe hate and rejection by the
religious families and
communities they were a part
of... go to hell.
It doesn't have to be a
religious community — what matters is that you have some sort
of community because, as Phil Waugh, who with his wife runs the Covenant Marriage Movement, told us, your
community will hold you accountable.
But Vail charges only $ 500 to $ 1,000
because she works in the
religious Jewish
community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where the parents
of large families can not afford $ 3,500 for a birth attendant.
Some State Police officials said they believe Freilich has held onto his non-union job through four governors, and at a time when many state workers are facing the loss
of their jobs,
because top state officials and their political advisers believe Freilich can marshal votes in Jewish
communities known for voting in unison behind candidates recommended by their
religious leaders.
Dr. Debbie Almontaser
of the Muslim
Community Network said people — regardless
of specific creed or faith — are currently feeling vulnerable
because of their
religious beliefs.
And that is why you have people elected like Ed Day
because people outside
of Ramapo who have not seen the growth
of the
religious communities in their neighborhoods yet, they still understand what's happening in East Ramapo and they know that it's fundamentally wrong that people would take over a school district who don't send their children there and then deny minority students a fair education.
and many
religious students appeared to reject evolution
because of their faith even though they understand that the scientific
community accepts evolutionary theory as valid.
However,
because of the
religious community, there are some
religious exceptions to the dating process.
If you already have a public following, perhaps you write a column for your local newspaper, or you are a public speaker, a popular chef at a well - known restaurant, a teacher, host a radio talk program, or are a
religious or
community leader, you will likely be able to sell more books on your own
because of what you do and who you are.
We have uplifted shared values
of justice, responsibility, and stewardship in numerous rounds
of public comments and hearings about this proposed coal terminal
because our
religious traditions tell us that we have moral responsibility to protect and care for God's creation and our
communities.
Canada remains deeply concerned about the plight
of persecuted
religious communities globally, targeted
because for their faith, either through government restrictions, terrorist violence, or extreme social hostilities.
This is despite the best efforts
of Lady Hale, who gave the main speech, to emphasise at paragraph 34 that this decision did not amount to replacing legal oppression
of one
community (homosexual couples) with legal oppression
of another (Christians and others who shared the appellants» beliefs about marriage),
because the law equally prohibits a hotel keeper from refusing a particular room to a couple
because they are heterosexual or
because they have certain
religious beliefs.
In addition, on a
religious point
of view... if you provide an essential service to the
community because you feel it is your Christian duty to do so, you should not be looking at people's beliefs when you provide these services, or who you employ to provide these services as long as they do it with the right intention and with the same mission.
This is
because they live in isolated, often resource - rich environments, and that the sustenance, socio - legal structure,
religious beliefs and place
of residence
of Indigenous
communities are founded on the natural environment in which these
communities live.
Second, until very recently many gay people spent their adolescences and even adult years hiding their sexual orientation out
of fear
of being judged and rejected by their friends, families, or
religious communities because they are gay or lesbian.