Indeed, the slap-in-the-face principle could apply to any public representations of religious beliefs or nonbeliefs other than one's own, whether by government or not.
His coursework and research allow him to focus on the media representations of religious groups, the integration difficulties facing minorities, and the relationships between Islamic and Western values.
Early paubhas were representations of religious traditions.
"Throughout history, art has served as a representation of religious, cultural, political and social movements," remarks Roti, the 25-year-old artist cum laude.
In the piece, which had its premiere in Taiwan in 1994, Mr. Lin creates abstract representations of various religious rituals, including those of the sadhus, holy men of India, and the practitioners of qi gong, a Chinese system of physical and spiritual exercises.
Representations of the religious have become frightful and shocking.
We stop short at the representation of the religious by a self-confessed humorist (Johannes Climacus) in a medium which, according to Climacus's own account, necessarily alienates the reader from true (Christian) faith.
Some reviews suggested that the game is a representation of the religious nature of Limbo or purgatory, as the boy character completes the journey only to end at the same place he started, repeating the same journey when the player starts a new game.
Often the priest is someone of the Christian faith with lack of representation of other religious sects in the community.
The snake, for example, representations of which adorn religious and royal buildings, symbolizes the benevolent spirit of the water and the protector of the king.
The ground plan, the façade, the spatial arrangement, the layout, the decorations and the symbols of different parts of this building can all be seen as representations of various cosmic, religious, social and political realities.
