Sentence examples for progressive reading from inspiring English sources

We have a progressive reading of Islam".

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The trouble with invoking neutrality, as many who objected to the program did, is that the next step is to demand "balance" and the equal representation of all viewpoints, precisely the demand made by the "progressive" (read hopelessly confused) officials when they complained that the event as planned excluded "alternative positions" and was therefore "one-sided".

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