Sentences with phrase «religious traditions tended»

In my more seeker - sensitive, «low church» upbringing, religious traditions tended to fall into the «religion» category in my mind.

Recently I've noticed that the religious traditions we tend to fight against the most are often the ones from which we came.

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The distinction the Oliners made between the appropriation of religious traditions by non-rescuers and rescuers comes to mind here: The rescuers tended to understand the inclusiveness and extensiveness of injunctions to love to extend to all persons and groups.

They tend to cherry pick their religious traditions to only mention those that sow hate and discord among the population while doing everything they can to divide this great nation.

The American Coptic community is close - knit: The tradition's churches tend to be social hubs as well as religious centers.

But by and large those who study religion tend to acknowledge the ambiguity of human action, the complexity of ideals in practice, and the inescapable difficulties in interpreting scripture, history and religious traditions.

First, religious schools tend to breed idolatry, by identifying a particular tradition with the ultimate.

Proud of their secular society, most Japanese aren't religious in the way Americans are: They tend not to identify with a single tradition nor study religious texts.

However, at the deepest levels, the philosophical and religious traditions of the West tend to place truth and justice at the foundation of all else in our common life.

In their comparative emphasis on Christian tradition and religious experience, liberal churches tend to differ from more radical religious groups (e.g., the Unitarian Universalists).

Even so, today it is not uncommon for the religious freedom concept to be swallowed up in the separation concept because freedom here as elsewhere is interpreted in purely negative terms, as the liberal philosophical tradition tends to treat it.

In the past, the fundamentalist and evangelical traditions within Christianity have tended to stand in a counterculture relationship with American society while the mainline churches have been more identified as a culture - affirming religious tradition.