Sentence examples for constitutes religious from inspiring English sources

In many states, just what constitutes "religious exemption" is hazy.

But the increase in the number of people finding faith communities via social media platforms provokes the question of what constitutes religious experience and whether "friending" a church online is at all similar to worshiping at one.

Regarding (3), we must distinguish between Otto's androcentric claim that his type of numinous experience constitutes religious experience at its most profound, and the rich variegation of religious and mystical experience of men throughout history.

Experiences and the way that the world around us makes us feel constitutes religious experience.

Opponents of the new requirement contend that it constitutes religious discrimination.

However, in the Philippines, the courts have accorded the individual autonomy to decide what constitutes religious practice.

Examining the circumstances of the Bible readings and prayers in the schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland, the court found that they constituted religious exercises and were therefore unconstitutional under the establishment clause.

The federal district and appellate judges who refused to let Trump's revised travel ban stand recognized this when they, rather unusually, pointed to his own campaign statements about Muslims to reason that the executive order, which does not mention Muslims, nevertheless constituted religious discrimination.

Other commentators have thought that phenomenological treatments of religion risk overlooking the central role of practices in constituting religious traditions.

Furthermore, they have also consulted religious texts to determine what type of acts might constitute religious practices.

However the BBC survey showed that while many considered his comments insensitive to the disabled, others defended his right to express his religious beliefs by claiming that to sack him would constitute religious discrimination.