Sentence examples for a progressive reading from inspiring English sources

We have a progressive reading of Islam".

Underlying this indictment of liberal Christianity is the assumption that a progressive reading of scripture and its ethical conclusions are somehow an accommodation to a purely secular system of meaning, while conservative interpretation is self-evidently the gold standard of biblical faithfulness.

He says he is building for the future, trying to offer Americans a progressive – read left-wing – agenda and to get more people to run for local, state and national office.

And like our libertarianism, "It provided both a fiercely conservative and a mildly progressive reading".

It's a clever and progressive reading that achieves an equality between the sexes without denying the divinity of the text.

Here, the audience lies down on comfortable cushions, which makes [things] easier, and mostly make possible a longer and more progressive reading of the piece.

Since the primary Koranic verses used to condemn homosexuality also suggest male rape, the progressive reading is that the verses revile using sex as domination, said Scott Kugle, an American convert and university professor who specializes in the topic.

Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists.

Nizamuddin, New Delhi, DL 110013, India, +91 98 1037 8670 meghnamanaktala It started life as a studio space for alternative artists; now, People Tree is primarily a bookshop crammed with progressive reads, handmade jewellery and independently designed clothing.

Throughout the department, radical, progressive (read: left-wing) ideology has spread like a nasty weed.

OK, so it's not the most progressive read you're ever likely to come across, with its all-male fellowship and its dearth of female characters, but it's also not the misogynist tome that some have tried to paint it as.