Sentence examples for worldly significance from inspiring English sources
Bayh murmurs some more platitudes, intending to weave as much worldly significance out of two hopelessly parochial governor's races.
In some of the earliest histories of Islam, such as the 39-volume magnum opus of the 10th century chronicler al-Tabari, the Ka'ba and the rituals of the hajj take on an other-worldly significance.
Mitchell has written a theological novel of sorts, and just as certain kinds of theology threaten to rob human life of intrinsic significance — since theology exists to convert worldly meaning into transcendent meaning — so Mitchell's peculiar cosmology turns his characters into time-travelling groundlings, Horology's dwarves.
It's an island of nothingness, and an island that revels in its own lack of worldly and global significance.
Since theology does not remain restricted to transcendent statements and to an esoteric and sacred realm, and since it rather encompasses all worldly dimensions (cosmology, anthropology, historiography, and other areas), it has always had important significance for cultural evolution and general intellectual life.
Weber showed that certain types of Protestantism – notably Calvinism – were supportive of rational pursuit of economic gain and worldly activities dedicated to it, seeing them as endowed with moral and spiritual significance.
"This generation is worldly.
"Worldly Wise, Locally Savvy".
Veronica seemed lively, worldly.
