Sentences with phrase «traditional religious practices»

This says nothing of having spiritual faith, but rather the collective opinions of others tend to simply numb the populous from the core ideals of traditional religious practice and human nature.

the Legislature enacted DRL sec. 25 at a time when traditional religious practices continued to hold sway and governmental regulation of marriage was still relatively new.

In the great prophets this attitude to traditional religious practices grew more revolutionary and iconoclastic.

In our new context, traditional religious practices frustrate the postmodern project, which is one of weakening the strong convictions that once bound people together.

Leigh's work also may also appear to have mystical allusions: her research - driven practice draws from folklore and traditional religious practices spanning the Caribbean, Africa, and the American South.

Canada is a secular democracy where traditional religious practices continue to thrive while new relationship choices — like same - sex relationships — are recognized and accepted in many areas of the law.

Dissenters in these last three denominations are aligned under banners that emphasize evangelical principles and the upholding of traditional religious practices.

In Jesus» teaching, the last who shall be first are people who, by virtue of life circumstance, have very little social or spiritual status according to traditional religious practice — women, children, and eunuchs.

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.

This agreement did not change the status of Jewish Christians, who presumably continued to adhere to their traditional religious practices.

But when one applies criteria of critical analysis, the correspondence between the content and uses of television and traditional religious practices is significant.

[4] European Pentecostalism is known for its unbounded religious experiences and the creation of alternatives to traditional religious practices.

A total of 263 participants were involved who observed Christianity (70 per cent), traditional religious practices (20 per cent) and Islam (10 per cent).