Sentence examples for principle religion from inspiring English sources

Still, at this point, though reality has bitten, there is no statement that in principle religion and state must remain separate.

Here is the principle: Religion burnishes and amplifies what is already there inside someone.

Proponents of anekāntavāda apply this principle to religion and philosophy, reminding themselves that any religion or philosophy even Jainism which clings too dogmatically to its own tenets, is committing an error based on its limited point of view.

She said she objected to the eruv on principle, not religion.

Gerhard recognizing the Bible as the only guiding principle in religion, the Loci argues for the infallibility of the Bible against the infallibility of the pope.

The fourth principle, "Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained," criticizes the Supreme Court for having misinterpreted Thomas Jefferson's metaphor of a "wall" separating church and state".

In accordance with this principle, the religion knows no greater sin than shirk ("partnership"), the attribution of partners to Allah; that is to say, polytheism or anything that may look like it e.g., the notion of a divine trinity.

Indeed, according to John McGreevy, a historian at Notre Dame, Kennedy's office had to consult with the Jesuit theologian John Courtney Murray to find out whether a Catholic could "support, in principle, the religion clauses of the Constitution".

The liberal-leaning Interfaith Alliance, which favors strict enforcement of the rules on the principle that religion is compromised by involvement in partisan politics, has arranged conference calls for clergy members to discuss the new guidelines with I.R.S. officials.

Since respect for human life and dignity is fundamental to all religious traditions, it follows that respect for the freedom of thought and expression must likewise be recognized as a fundamental principle of religion.

Defining civilization in nineteenth-century liberal terms as a society governed by the rule of law, reason, and the "principles of religion and morality," he couched the history of disease prevention within a teleological narrative of social, cultural, and moral progress.