"Religious symbolism" refers to the use of symbols, signs, or objects that have special significance within a particular religion. These symbols often carry deeper meanings and represent spiritual or sacred ideas, teachings, traditions, or stories associated with that religion.
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... some legal experts question the degree to
which religious symbolism should be mixing with the official business of the state, including the workings of its justice system.
At the popular level, evidence of greater self - consciousness about the nature
of religious symbolism is naturally less apparent.
This said, while it is easy to get lost in the transfixing aesthetic of the paintings, various elements of the work such
as religious symbolism bind Houghton's thoughts, beliefs and oeuvre succinctly.
Bellah's argument that greater self - consciousness
about religious symbolism tends to be accompanied by a greater emphasis on personal interpretation and a decline in tacit acceptance of official creeds is also supported by a variety of evidence.
Religious symbolism pointing to some ultimate context of cosmic significance, to a ground of meaning and love, to a comprehensive preservative care, is at least not incompatible with what we now know about the logic of emergence and he nature of physical reality.
This is why such seemingly contradictory mediated symbols as those emerging on science fiction programs like The X-Files may be just as useful in religious identity - construction as programs with overtly
religious symbolism such as Touched by an Angel.
But in a secular society in which churches have not shown an interest in the visual arts, artists have tended to create their own
private religious symbolism.
Examining personal diaries, newspaper reports and advertisements from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Schmidt noted the way Christmas was once celebrated in department stores like Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, which featured hymn - singing and
elaborate religious symbolism that turned the store's cathedral - like central area into a commercialized version of a church.
Still more, the liturgical character of many of them is obvious: they are hymns used in connection with some sort of
enacted religious symbolism.
Parents and child; friendships unbroken; convergence of elements air, water, and earth; and
even religious symbolism can be realized in the form of the triquetra.
not sure there needs to be anything sinister, but when
inferring religious symbolism onto rather innocuous imagery, well, that's the bread and butter of the conspiracy theory industry!
Olive is a well - known tree that also
carries religious symbolism and different medicinal properties, such as helping to prevent arthritis and reduce inflammation.
It is a mad, visionary and quite often preposterous survival tale, very bloody, very violent and full of
murky religious symbolism.
Others cite the
overbearing religious symbolism, starting with his disinterest in church as a lad to his ultimately becoming a bit of a Christ figure of sorts (perhaps not a coincidence that the film found a Christmas Day release), as being a bit too overbearing, but I find it one of the more fascinating artistic flourishes, and it brings great relevance to Zamporini's life and dedication to his religious pursuits beyond the scope of the film.
Complete with fast - paced fistfights on speeding machinery, slow - motion ballets of martial arts, and
unnecessarily religious symbolism, this is the Woo, the whole Woo, and nothing but the Woo.
There are two scenic churches that
exemplify religious symbolism and historic architecture in Ponta Delgada, as well as providing a prime opportunity for some photography.
Its soaring, mosaic - tiled towers bring a modern feel to a traditionally Christian iconography, yet maintain
significant religious symbolism; inside, the light from its stained - glass windows flood the stonework with bright colours, representing, in Gaudí's eyes, the beauty of life and faith.
With its bevy of loaded questions about existence, its
constant religious symbolism, and its sexually charged subject matter, the only real surprise was that the game was released at all outside of Japan.
From the same period, Abstraction (1949 — 50) revealed the
potent religious symbolism that permeated the artist's iconography, which spans from lust and perdition to salvation, making it a modern take on the reflections on the human condition rendered by the masters of classical painting.
The crucifixion, of course,
strong religious symbolism, but at the same time, the depiction of the body in this position has inspired so many performance artists of the past.
Strains of pre-Columbian folk art and
religious symbolism infuse her pieces, and her figurative assemblages feature portraits of other artists, political leaders, and movie stars.
- His sensual muses come to live next to
religious symbolism creating a contrast that questions Western and Eastern philosophies, both sacred and secular.
I always try to point out to people the
overt religious symbolism that is evident if on entering the Vancouver courthouse by the south entrance one ventures up the flight of stairs under the glass roofed atrium and faces the iconic statue at the other end.
An attempt to show how we can envisage the study of
religious symbolism in the perspective of the science of religions, and what the results of this procedure can be.
Hanging red apple decorations are especially used on French Christmas trees as they are also linked to
religious symbolism from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.