Sentence examples for distinct faith from inspiring English sources

Sikhism, which arose in the Punjab region in the 15th century, includes elements of Hinduism and Islam but forms a wholly distinct faith.

Yet time and time again, a pattern emerges that brings great meaning to my life and a distinct faith that my days in this world will not be squandered by sloth, greed, or the risk of praising false idols.

Though Hinduism and Sikhism are distinct faith traditions, Hindus and Sikhs share many of the same values (including service, dharma, pluralism, and a non-proselytizing philosophy), reflected in the historical syncrety of practice.

Sikhs deserve to have their religion's core values highlighted and how those values have shaped a growing community in the United States, while Jainism deserves to get space as a distinct faith whose roots trace back to ancient India.

Most scholars believe that Roman distinction between Jews and Christians took place around 70 AD Tiberius most likely viewed Christians as a Jewish sect rather than a separate, distinct faith.

Almost all of them chose Bahá'u'lláh, which confirmed his calling, and from this point on the Bahá'í faith emerged as a distinct religion.

Hope, however, must be something distinct from faith.

Ministering to Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school, the department does not recognize non-Sunni communities like the Alevis or Caferis as distinct religious faiths, subsuming them under the common label of "Muslim," the basis for the depiction of Turkey as a religiously homogenous country that describes its population as "99 percent Muslim".

Ideally, we will dispense with distinct ecclesiastical faiths, along with their revealed texts and doctrinal statutes and observances, in favor of a universal, pure religion of reason, dedicated to morality.

Yet by the time the Puritans first landed off Cape Cod in 1620, there were already numerous existing communities of European arrivals, each practicing distinct religious faiths and many (like the Jamestown colonists in Virginia or the French traders in what would become the upper Midwest) united and motivated by goals far distinct from spiritual ones.

The words on which Ellison swore spoke of his personal faith, distinct from the faith of most of the citizens he represents; the particular book that held those words was a symbol of his national identity and a physical manifestation of the coexistence of Muslim faith and American values.