Sentence examples for religious precept from inspiring English sources

In my story, I tried to explain how and why the once purely religious precept of redeeming prisoners has become so deeply fixed in Israel's collective consciousness.

Neither conformity with a religious precept nor opposition to it should be a reason for either barring or inviting a speaker.

In other words, a rule of law did not arise merely by virtue of the existence of a moral norm, religious precept, or social custom but was instead governed by a distinct set of institutions and processes.

Compiled in fifth-century Babylon (today's Iraq), it has since enticed, intrigued and exhausted generations of Jews.For Orthodox Jews, lifelong study of the Talmud is the supreme religious precept.

Frank Herbert's Dune features a far future version of a religion that is inspired by Islam, a galaxy which is driven by religious precept, a messiah who assumes the role with reluctance and is essentially martyred in consequence.

Nor am I suggesting as a legal or moral principle that "an author of … recognized brilliance should be barred from giving a commencement speech because one of his fictional works fell afoul of a … dogmatic religious precept," as commenter Jonathan DiMarco says.

Inject religious precepts into public policy so as to control women's bodies.

One, Lt. Col. Stuart Couch of the Marines, said the abuse violated basic religious precepts of human dignity.

Schneebalg's ultra-Orthodox family refused to have a forensic autopsy carried out because of religious precepts, and the cause of death was never conclusively established.

"We're all in this together," the chorus of the show's climactic anthem, is probably as profound and morally instructive as most religious precepts.

For others they are important religious precepts, part of early civilization's effort to lay down rules to foster peace and community.