Sentence examples for total renunciation from inspiring English sources
That's not quite a total renunciation, is it?
Baptism entailed total renunciation of the world and the reception of the Spirit.
Romney, in contrast, has not followed a policy of total renunciation.
But in Northern European and English-speaking countries the idea of priestly celibacy as a total renunciation of sex found widespread favor as a means of inspiring trust in the clergy and as a way of filling churches.
But in Northern European and English-speaking countries the idea of priestly celibacy as a total renunciation of sex found widespread favor as a means of inspiring trust in the clergy — and as a way of filling churches.
And its protagonist is a figure of adamantine resolution, far removed from the Third Way or the New Age: Brand founds his faith as a priest, and his personality, on lack of compro mise - he demands from his flock and his family total renunciation, not only of worldly goods but of tender feelings.
Under a variety of names over the years, including Human Individual Metamorphosis, Bo and Peep, and Total Overcomers Anonymous, the group advocated extreme self-renunciation to the point of castration.
A Renunciation of Politics "It's a very great accusation, a total lie," said Abdul Rahman Khan, a leader of the group's North American leadership council.
It also preaches asceticism, total truthfulness, a determination to take only what is given freely and the renunciation of possessions.
Israel's withdrawal in 2005 – while retaining total control of ingress and egress and utilities – was not a noble act of renunciation, as it is presented by Israeli PR, but a calculated gambit to deflect pressure from retention of the greater prize of the West Bank.
