Sentence examples for religious starting from inspiring English sources

You can see a lot more people becoming religious, starting to pray on a regular basis.

However, these shared religious starting points don't prevent white evangelicals and African-Americans from reaching sharply different conclusions about specific political policies.

As Mr. Shahzad became more religious, starting around 2006, he was also turning away from the Pakistan of his youth, friends recalled, distancing himself from the liberal, elite world of his father, Bahar ul-Haq, a retired vice marshal in the Pakistani Air Force.

This symbolizes an important shift in the political path of Iranian society, transitioning from the traditional and religious starting point after the 1979 revolution towards more modern and technocratic governance.

Some I knew who had not seemed particularly religious started to pepper their conversation with quotes from the Koran.

It frequently leads to key religious festivals starting a day early for millions of people in the Pashtun north-west who follow the mosque's lead.

But, while the musical pickings are slim, there's plenty of religious comedy, starting with this Monty Python sketch that imagines a meeting between the Pope and Michelangelo.

Many religious seekers start their spiritual journeys without knowing where the end will be ― they could end up subscribing to a different religion, or they could end up atheist.

In biblical times, during the period of the second temple in Jerusalem, religious and nationalist interests often clashed, most notably when religious zealots started an unwinnable uprising against the Roman occupation that led to the destruction of the temple and the start of 2,000 years of diaspora.

And, in other parts, official religious commissions started to replace the Protestant preachers with Catholic clergymen.

It is true that progressive religious bodies started to decline in the 1960s.