Sentence examples for spiritual equality from inspiring English sources

These women were influenced by the Quaker theology of spiritual equality, which asserts that men and women are equal under God.

Along the same lines, Broad and Green (2009, 172 79) point out that there is no necessary inference from the Quaker theory of spiritual equality to the view that women as well as men ought to have equal access to social goods, such as education.

The radical Protestant conviction that demanded that spiritual equality in the eyes of God be met with a greater social equality here on earth never failed to inform his history writing.

To support their cause, they repeatedly cite scriptural arguments for women's spiritual equality with men and put forward long lists of female worthies.

She asserts the spiritual equality of the sexes, she appeals to female exempla in the Bible, and she reinterprets key scriptural passages that appear to endorse women's subordination to men.

Her arguments in favour of female preaching rest on a principle of spiritual equality, or the idea that both men and women have the supernatural light of Christ within them.

In the Learning Age green paper in 1998, the then education secretary David Blunkett set out the broadest vision yet of "learning that promotes equality, spiritual development and citizenship".

Jainism /ˈdʒeɪnɪzᵊm/, traditionally known as Jaina dharma, is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings and emphasises spiritual independence and equality between all forms of life.

Equality is the ideal, but an equality where the spiritual side of women (often known as the eternal feminine, but in India called "Shakti," after the consort of Shiva) fully blossoms.

Though Mar may not necessarily resolve this question for herself, she does provide illuminating answers about what witchcraft in America means today: It's a spiritual movement focused on nature, equality and the triumph of the self.

"This sort of behaviour manifested by the leaders of this school clearly does not conform to the spirit of the equalities legislation which underpins the spiritual, moral, social and cultural standard," Wilshaw wrote.