Sentence examples for religious actor from inspiring English sources

But by suggesting that the "problem" stems from "within Islam," Blair exhibits a deficiency that has longed plagued Western conversations about faith and politics: the inability to separate the religious actor from the religion itself.

When Saddam was toppled, Iraqi society was deeply impoverished (the country was bankrupt and under sanctions) and awash with weapons, criminal networks and powerful tribal and religious actors, sub-state forces who were well positioned to stake their claim in the new Iraq, at the expense of millions.

(This is the case even when religious actors are the ones who appeal to those secular reasons).

This tension is doubled by 'legal uncertainty', regarding the question whether – legally - other religious actors than Christian clergymen can access this right.

Discussing transition activities of religious actors at these two levels, the article highlights the religious agency in STs, thereby contrasting existing transitions research where religion is often regarded as a passive landscape variable.

Building on this approach, the present article analyses the emergence of Muslim prison chaplaincies in three German federal states by focussing on how framing strategies of state- and religious actors accommodate the national state-church framework and prison-related norms.

Some religious actors are among the most passionate advocates of human rights and human dignity.

Engaging religious actors is increasingly viewed as part and parcel of American statecraft.

For decades, conservative religious actors have lobbied against human rights protections for LGBTI people.

Religious actors from many traditions persuade anxious parents to vaccinate their children, often by example.

Not surprisingly, religious actors and issues are deeply embedded in Kenya's refugee challenge.