| 单词 | religious |
| 例句 | These long millennia may well have witnessed wars and revolutions, ecstatic religious movements, profound philosophical theories, incomparable artistic masterpieces. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she was not particularly religious, the mother liked to make her plots providential. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She’s on the phone of a young woman from a Montana religious sect, on a moonlit night, on the spinning and ever-changing earth. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You barely make me go to the mosque, except for religious holidays or weddings.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Some of the crew made fun of him for how religious he seemed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that he really was a heretic and was burned for his religious beliefs; it was just unfortunate that the Copernican model got tangled up in the whole business. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Living in a community of shared faith, I enjoyed much more than mere social reenforcement of religious belief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From commercial music—pop and rock to jazz, from folk songs to national songs, religious and holiday songs, and multicultural music—children hear the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that make up their musical environment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Oliver was deeply religious and had for a long time considered the ministry to be his calling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmer had never cared much about the religious dogma he’d been taught as a child, and he still didn’t believe in most of it now. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Terryl recalls the woman imploring: “I’m a religious woman, and my husband, he’s an important man.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Then too you are in love. Do not forget that is a religious feel- • ~ » mg. “You believe so?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Their purpose was religious, rather than civic or utilitarian. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing evidently religious or, for that matter, interesting about the place, but it was pleasant and quiet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Wyatt said Terryl also helped organize community meetings with religious leaders, the bishops, who often were the first people contacted when a problem cropped up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And apparently Litchfield was happy to have Etty as his wife, even though, like Charles, she did not conceal her religious doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z English, as the most common language in the country, was used in teaching mathematics, history, geography, physics, biology, religious instruction, woodworking and domestic science. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is in non-Catholic countries that a mid-sixteenth-century change in style, according to the mood of the ruling religious elite, is most clearly demonstrated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He is a quiet, humorous, religious man of solid accomplishment. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the new laws thrilled the country's religious citizens, but my mostly secular family wasn't having it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He tells the hospital that no religious services are necessary, is told that the ashes would be ready in a few days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the home Granny maintained a hard religious regime. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the scientists I have discussed were profoundly pious, but their religious faith was not what they had in common. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For Charles, marrying Emma made his religious doubts real and tangible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days it was chivalrous, adult long, religious, almost platonic. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, thinking this is like asking the Pope isn’t he religious. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I read how, entering India—half a billion deeply religious brown people—the British white man, by 1759, through promises, trickery and manipulations, controlled much of India through Great Britain’s East India Company. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This sounds like a religious card, but she doesn’t care. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A flash of red and gold from a window filled with religious articles caught my eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see them put up their own school, keep their kids out of public schools, and you still think their religious stuff is open to anybody who wants to drop in?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just didn’t have the smarts for it. And there’s the religious thing, too. All these years, man, I still hate church.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His title was not a religious one but a medical one. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Though Pa feels that Vincent's behavior is not “normal” religious passion, he probably doesn’t realize that Vincent’s extreme religious zeal is likely a sign of mental illness. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But eventually his religious commitments began tearing him apart. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On Monday morning, September 26, religious services were held at the pavilion and attended by James Garfield's Ohio friends and family as well as by many national dignitaries. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Most of the pro-Zionist students, myself included, joined a religious Zionist youth group; a few joined the youth arm of the Revisionists. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Along with two friends, he headed about ten miles away to Geauga Seminary, a school of 250 students run by the Free Will Baptist religious denomination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The clerics were recruited by the prison service, whose one edict was that they must preach exclusively on religious matters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even better, he knows as much about cheat codes to video games as religious topics. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Many are good church people, anchored in the religious faith of their mothers and fathers....What a tragedy! The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The first two such colonies were founded by separate but similar religious groups, the Pilgrims and the Puritans. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z For example, the Pilgrims who colonized Cape Cod could be considered a Protestant Christian cult because their beliefs were in opposition to Catholicism and other dominant Protestant religious thinking of the time. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I tried to persuade her of the necessity of the struggle, while she attempted to persuade me of the value of religious faith. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s Boo Boo’s religious philosophy? I didn’t think she had any.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Stanton called her “a grand, brave woman, radical alike in political, religious, and social principles.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All the early English colonizers of North America, including those who came for religious reasons, had sworn loyalty to the king of England. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It can also, when inhaled in sufficient amounts, create a lightheadedness that feels like religious reverie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Never once did I hear a classmate or teacher make an exclamation of religious joy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For this reason, Egyptian religious holidays had a tendency to slip backward relative to the seasons. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And the things he was saying in his final months on earth seemed to transcend all religious differences. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a religious context, a covenant refers to an agreement a group of believers feels their deity has made with them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Here in New England books contained only a dreary collection of sermons, or at most some pious religious poetry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He told his cousin Fox, for instance, knowing that he was religious, that he didn’t think the book would convert him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They had judiciary powers, and could act as judges in both the religious and secular courts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mama was all for having a religious in the family, but Pap4 did not approve in the least. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept the religious traditions of a Jewish housewife and was loyal to her husband, but Tateh had absolutely no love for her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, Pascal’s lust was greater than his religious fervor for a time, because he would use science to unravel the secret of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After an hour, the doors were shut so that the family, the cabinet, and medical attendants could hold a private religious service. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “A pastor, actually. And he was religious. He died a few months ago. Hence...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I also met with religious leaders—African, Arab, Asian, Muslim, and non-Muslim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He has lost all passion for the art business and has replaced it with a religious fanaticism unlike anything they had learned as boys in Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We’re not a very religious family, but where death is concerned, it pays to be open-minded. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Isabella towered over her soft-spoken husband, Benjamin, a deeply religious man who had converted to the Jewish faith. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A chorten is a religious monument, usually made of rock and often containing sacred relics; it is also called a stupa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I have never seen an Amity religious ceremony before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Years later he would comment that both books struck him as religious, in the sense that the characters were searching for an ultimate power and a meaning to life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There are people who tell me today that they are not religious because they consider religion to be an evasion of life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A number of them left Ireland for religious reasons, but most were victims of disastrous British policies that brought economic ruin to Ireland’s wool and linen industries. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Museum at Alexandria, likewise, would have been presented to the public as a religious benefaction from the king. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The resolution of my spiritual dilemma, if there is to be one before death, will have to take place where it began, among persons who do not share my religious convictions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Link’s bar mitzvah was more than a religious service; it really changed people around here. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Make a joyful noise to the Lord so she would begin to jump up and down to all that religious salsa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "But...how could we be? We're not religious. What are you talking about?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They not only taxed the lands and the cattle of the Cossacks but also their churches and religious customs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Baba mocks the story behind this Eid, like he mocks everything religious. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The consumption of alcohol was legal, and no one had to worry about the religious police arresting them for throwing a coed party. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He isn’t religious, scoffs at Jesus Christ and takes the Lord’s name in vain, and though I’m not Orthodox either, it hurts me every time to see him so lonely, so scornful, so wretched. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z These days the prevailing fashion in politics was one of obsequious submissiveness to the religious authorities, and ultimately to Geneva. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Of course they were religious people, and the men who could read and write, who kept the records and drew the maps, were the tough untiring priests who traveled with the soldiers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But most of his religious friends were not angry with Charles; they saw very clearly the soundness of his argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At Maer without Charles, his charm, his wit, his very presence to remind her of all she loved about him, the problem of their religious differences loomed large. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, it was an archipelago of cities that acknowledged Tiwanaku’s religious preeminence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had been expecting a religious uproar, hadn’t he? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells us remember our religious duties but, above all, obey our mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Islamophobia was on the rise in the United States, perpetuated by violent stereotypes and religious extremism portrayed in the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There was something almost religious about that room, as though it contained a spirit that belonged only to Mr. Pignati, and it was best left alone. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Inspired by one another, the women decided to take action: They planned to gather women together to “discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of Woman.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But this period of hectic experiment was under threat: a religious storm was whipping up across the continent and music was in its path. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There were women representing the Red Cross, PTAs, political parties, religious groups, and social clubs, as well as women marching behind banners from every state. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A heliocentric universe resonated with Kepler’s religious sense, and he embraced it with fervor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s have a little more religious freedom between us,” he proposed obligingly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Few of our men were religious, but no one minded long sermons; we enjoyed being outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Nicanor was against a religious ceremony and burial in consecrated ground. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Lenny’s put in a beautiful line of statues and religious accessories.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As young men, both developed deep religious beliefs. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I am writing about my religious life, aware that most of my readers do not consider them-selves religious. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that I minded him being religious, it was just that I didn’t want him being closer to God than I was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Fischer, who much later in life would gain notoriety for his anti-Jewish rhetoric, always said that although his mother was Jewish, he had no religious training. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Brij on the grounds of religious tolerance and me on account of I’m a conscientious objector. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to be researching the religious beliefs of the Ibo people. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t religious, the way we thought of it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Really. I’m fine. David’s started going to these truck-stop churches. So he’s gotten kind of annoyingly religious lately. Him leaving me alone is a big deal. It’s just...I’ll explain later. Okay?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z By day, Evans is a kindly and now semiretired minister in the Uniting Church in Australia, who does a bit of freelance work and researches the history of nineteenth-century religious movements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We were not religious people, far from it, so I was a bit surprised. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A holy or sacred place; a building or room for religious worship. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Others, the so-called cromlechs, form the setting of religious observances. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu was uninterested in church, indifferent about making any religious effort, perhaps because her mother already made so much. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sharia meant that all aspects of life—from property disputes to personal hygiene—would be dictated by religious judges. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Though he’d never been religious, he realized now that he’d always believed in the soul, in a force of personality that survived death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In those peaceful times, such a comment wasn't meant in a hostile way, but as an affirmation of how strange we seemed to those whose religious practices differed from ours. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Why is she making me act so religious and devout? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She had always had the makings of a legend in her: the prodigious strength, the fearlessness, the religious ardor, the visions she had in which she experienced moments of prescience. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles thought that listening to music could be rapturous, religious even. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever wondered, for example, how religious movements get started? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Music expresses identity, and children often take part in family celebrations that represent an ethnic or religious heritage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Danielle’s parents and grandparents are pretty old-fashioned and religious. Just like my parents, who couldn’t find a way to be accepting of me and my situation all those years ago. They still can’t.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Apparently, the sustained and coordinated effort they required could be compelled only by the authority of religious faith—a faith that almost literally demanded the moving of mountains. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I underwent, during the summer that I became fourteen, a prolonged religious crisis. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z We’re tempted to spell it like religious, but sacrilege is the root. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nation of Islam is a religious organization based on Muslim principles, but it is also deeply rooted in Black nationalism. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wondered if there was something wrong with me, because it was real easy for me to lie, even to a pack of religious people on Sunday morning. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1600s, choosing religious seclusion was a way to flee an intolerable living situation—such as a painful marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the religious, especially with the white religious. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As one group of highly placed religious functionaries to another, don’t do this to us! 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For two thousand years, religious and personal prejudices against Jews have been vented and exercised, as strong as white prejudices against the non-white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On late Sunday afternoons before evening church services, old women who were carbon copies of herself came to the apartment to share leftovers from the Sunday meal and religious talk of a Bright Hereafter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The songs are culled from folk, stage musicals, patriotic songs, Tin Pan Alley songs, culturally diverse songs, film songs, and religious songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Even though Dr. Darwin was not a religious man himself, having a son who was in the church was not an anathema to him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is why I had a habit of debating my most religious friends in high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She cared nothing for being a lady or being religious. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A need that I did not comprehend made me use words to create religious types, criminal types, the warped, the lost, the baffled; my pages were full of tension, frantic poverty, and death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You are the son of a religious cleric, it said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After about five years as a member, he came up with the idea of going to New York City and launching a religious newspaper. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He had interviewed well at Cambridge and in two weeks he was leaving for France where he was to teach English at a religious school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They also rescued it from Pascal and religious dispute. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Irish. All the way. And my dad’s actually a pretty good cook too. And they’re both way too religious for me, but that’s a whole other story,” I finish. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Every other word out of their mouths was “Blessed be the Lord” or “Aleluya,” and they went around door-to-door every Sunday selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Though Jack had no way of knowing it, this ended his formal education, both religious and academic. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He brings me slides he thinks I would like to see and offers them to me shyly and eagerly, with a conspiratorial giggle, as if we are sharing a delicious, esoteric secret, or something religious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Could my religious beliefs be based on such convoluted history? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z For that matter, even religious worship would have been permitted if the proles had shown any sign of needing or wanting it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Their religious experience may have been turbulent and filled with controversies, reforms and revolutions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a little hung up on Blue’s parents being religious. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to use my newfound platform as an Olympian to talk about my religious beliefs, but that didn’t stop the flurry of attention I received because of my hijab. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My first letter, I remember, was from my religious brother Philbert in Detroit, telling me his “holiness” church was going to pray for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the only religious idea I know that surpasses the endless number of infinitely old cycling universes in Hindu cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, let’s look at the role that religion played in everyday life. What benefits would religious beliefs have in their world?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In school, religious instruction stressed that man was a sinner. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pause in the wrong place and the sense of a religious text can alter in significant ways. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z For religious people, including Cuvier himself, the idea raised uncomfortable implications since it suggested an unaccountable casualness on the part of Providence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I realized I was in a unique position to transform the way society sees Muslim women and Black women in predominantly white sports, and the way we as ethnic and religious minorities see ourselves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z After my father’s desertion, my mother’s ardently religious disposition dominated the household and I was often taken to Sunday school where I met God’s representative in the guise of a tall, black preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She always looks worried when I’m at the dictionary so I tell her I’m looking for canonize or beatific or any class of a religious word. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She proposed that, when the fall school term started, I should be enrolled in the religious school rather than a secular one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So she asked him to look at the religious side again. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, some people found religious significance in the men’s experience. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The only thing wrong with Sahara is that she's crazy religious. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Was it not a word, thanks to Pascal, irretrievably associated with religious polemics of the sort that the members of the Royal Society were determined to avoid? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She said he would, that he was devoutly religious. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in the history of the Christian church, people had been told by the Pope that killing people was not only permissible, but a religious duty. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z A religious fanatic, maybe even crazy, but a murderer? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Malcolm X for some reason suddenly began to deliver a spate of attacks against Elijah Muhammad, making more bitter accusations of “religious fakery” and “immorality” than he ever had. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They took care to engage the temple priesthood, which was essentially a system of religious corporations with their own pecuniary interests. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Charles still struggled with religious questions, and with how Emma and other religious people would react to his going against the biblical story of creation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of each day was spent in religious meetings, prayer, and study. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Bodega left my words hanging and walked away toward a small wing that had an exhibition of wooden religious figures. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He came from a religious home and he believed in the lessons of the Lord. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m—my family is kind of religious. Actually, really religious. And my parents. Well, they wouldn’t be super happy if they knew where I was. And who we were with.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Why do anything else when your lifestyle feeds you amply and supports a rich world of social structures, religious beliefs and political dynamics? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And no religious person, until I was a man in my twenties—and then in prison—could tell me anything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't believe in baptism or the waters of Jordan or anything like that, but I guess I feel about a hot bath the way those religious people feel about holy water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He’s also a Catholic, which is kind of like being related to us since we are in the same religious family. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Crowded into one-room church buildings, the faithful clutched live rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths to their bosoms or draped the snakes around their necks while they prayed in a spiraling frenzy of religious passion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have a religious bone in his body. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Every time Faizah fenced, we had to have official paperwork from the New Jersey Board of Education with us, which stated her hijab was for religious reasons and she was eligible to compete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But my mom is a good-natured and religious person, and that’s always been the way she has lived her life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Coach Ritchey’s tooth became a sort of religious artifact for the team, like the bones or dried innards from a Catholic saint. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He was from India, and his beard and turban were signs of his Sikh religious beliefs. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The Kingdom of Armenia, for example, established Christianity as its official religion in 301, and Armenians held on to their religious independence even when they were subsumed into the later Persian and Arabic Empires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “As moral, religious and law-abiding citizens,” the group wrote, “we feel that we are unprejudiced and undiscriminating in our wish to keep our community a closed community.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Today’s Catholic elementary schools attempt a less mechanical approach to religious instruction. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He confessed that he was a religious believer, an admirer of capitalism, and a sexual pervert. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Chaplain,” he asked casually, “of what religious persuasion are you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It's been a long time. I'm not a religious man. But it's been a long time.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Tracy had grown up on a farm west of Lincoln in a religious family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Reginald and I laughed about Philbert, who, the last time I had seen him, had gotten deeply religious; he wore one of those round straw hats. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is true of the doctors, the lawyers, the educators, the religious leaders and the businessmen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are very religious people, you know,” the old man said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had had no association with them; the religious home in which I lived, my mush-and-lard-gravy poverty had cut me off from the normal processes of the lives of black boys my own age. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also truly disagreed with Charles’s theory on both scientific and religious grounds. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These campaigns were called the Crusades and were framed as religious wars between Christianity and Islam. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want religious people talking about a God I don’t believe in,” says Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Those of us who were Jewish spoke Yiddish at home, Polish in public, and Hebrew in religious school or at the synagogue. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was a local religious station, but in their news broadcast there was no mention of the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In Japan, sumo is not only the national sport but also a repository of the country’s religious, military, and historical emotion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was a compound, Fjerda’s ancient stronghold, home to an unbroken succession of kings and queens, repository of their greatest treasures and most sacred religious relics. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The only thing you can do now, the only religious thing you can do, is act. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Eventually, the interference of the Parrish Street Gang in religious affairs led one White Rock minister to protest attempts to “Mutualize” his church. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Early Egyptian hieroglyphs recorded religious and state propaganda and bureaucratic accounts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was not religious, but I liked rituals. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z What historian Barbara Tuchman called the emperor’s “wooden-headedness, in the special variety of religious mania” is often said to be why he didn’t order his army to wipe out the Spaniards immediately. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even as more people marry across racial and religious lines, often to partners who match them closely in other respects, fewer are choosing partners with a different level of education. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In my eyes, one of the biggest blessings was that the campaign crossed all socioeconomic, religious, political, racial, gender, and age boundaries. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The first scientists appear, as far as their religious beliefs are concerned, to be a more or less random sample of the intellectuals of seventeenth-century Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some people even put music on a par with a religious experience, tapping into some other-worldly part of their conscious or unconscious existence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He says everything will be different, he’s a new man, he hopes we’re good boys, obeying our mother, attending to our religious duties, and he’s bringing us all something for Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Instead, it brought her the greatest shame and humiliation of her entire religious life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The policy was supported by the Dutch Reform Church, which furnished apartheid with its religious underpinnings by suggesting that Afrikaners were God’s chosen people and that blacks were a subservient species. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna realized, then, that this was not just another demonstration by religious students. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the early 1800s in the southwestern and western states, there was a prohibition against playing musical instruments and dancing by certain religious organizations. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For his part, Charles admitted that Emma had been right when she said that his looking at the world in a scientific way probably precluded him from looking at it in a religious way. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I hedged, fearful of getting into a religious argument. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Music was still used for great occasions of state and it was still central to religious ritual - but now it was also addressing people’s intimate emotional exchanges. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Jaime approached the study of medicine as if it were a religious calling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When he received his authors copies he saw that FitzRoy had added a volume with a religious polemic arguing against Charles’s geological findings—that the earth was formed gradually and was still being formed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s religious. You must leave right away.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The religious services were certainly no great strain, either, since they were conducted only once a week at the Group Headquarters building and were attended by very few of the men. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Fourteen hundred delegates from all over the country representing one hundred fifty different religious, social, cultural, and political bodies converged on Pietermaritzburg for the All-in Conference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t think of herself as a reformer, but her religious beliefs led her to conclude that all people were equal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was abandoned and sacked for religious reasons—archaeologists have advanced several hypotheses for the city’s demise. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I quit church and avoided my deeply religious godparents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote, “Church and state, priest and legislators, all political parties and religious denominations have alike taught that woman was made after man, of man, and for man, an inferior being, subject to man.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My old yearning to be in the religious life stirred. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She promised it wouldn't be overly religious, so I agreed to check it out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My parents looked puzzled to have their way gently blocked by three broadly smiling religious strangers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They mentioned religious books, but with reluctance, not wanting to influence the children. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Instead, they felt that “a splinter terrorist cell, or a lone actor...would be more likely to exploit a hurricane on site. This includes persons pursuing a political agenda, religious extremists, or other disgruntled individuals.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But according to my religious friends' strict beliefs, I was the one who would go straight to hell. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The only other entertainment available was Pastor Ted and his throng of religious fanatics, who were wedged into sandwich boards and parked just outside the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Billy could not imagine how the curtain was supported in nothingness, and he supposed that the magic curtain and the theatrical grief were part of some religious ceremony he knew nothing about. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, political and religious ideas merged into a white supremacist way of viewing the world and its peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I chipped his sacred religious item into long splinters using a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture is not unlike Egypt today, where the government in Cairo keeps power by a combination of tactics, including management of local religious authorities that swerves between heavy-handed intimidation and cynical appeasement. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I laugh with the thrill on a religious man’s face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were still called canons and they still lived in a community associated with the cathedral, but they had no religious duties and the posts were entirely in the gift of the King. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I was growing tired of spending time and money trying to cobble together a wardrobe that satisfied my aesthetic and my religious beliefs. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tame by our standards, and as Coach said, it wasn’t likely to incite a religious war or anything since it contained a moral lesson. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My mother is as stubborn as she is religious. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Strangely enough, my religious friends were the ones who were either doing all the drugs or having all the sex in high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Though I don’t believe in anything, I know it’s important to sound religious when talking to old people. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Though I am a Methodist, I would attend each different religious service. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up and pretended to study the pictures on the walls like I was a lover of religious art. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s reasonable to presume, then, that the greater part of their mental, religious and emotional lives was conducted without the help of artefacts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A sacred choral work could navigate through the religious texts and order of service as ordained by the Church. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The religious holidays to which the exams coincide are observed by many of our students. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She’d been alone since she was ten, when she begged her mom to stop sending her to stay with Grandma Huberman, the religious nut, who told her God could see into her wicked, wicked heart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She respected the gods—if they existed, and when it suited her to ask for their assistance—but religious ceremonies were...brutal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Calvin objected to Europe’s dominant religious doctrines of his time. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A lot of Muslim women find it difficult to lead an active lifestyle while adhering to their religious principles around modesty, with most gyms being coed and workout wear being formfitting. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He wanted to read more—not just chess journals—acquire more money, continue his religious studies, and possibly meet someone with whom he could fall in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A farmer that religious might be offended if he saw you breaking the Sixth Commandment forninst his field. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He also had other distractions revolving around his position at Trinity College and his own unorthodox religious convictions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “People don’t like you because of your religious?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just do me a favor and remember one thing,” he says, and I can see he’s trying not to be too typically religious. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He thought about Captain FitzRoy, who had married a religious woman and was now a Bible literalist—he thought every word in the Bible was true. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they were a religious minority, Jews often served as scapegoats for crimes they never committed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z His father had not been a religious man; only once a year did he attend church, the one time each year that a service was held in the Milagro church. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Visiting Memphis accompanied by her powerful protector would earn Cleopatra the unconditional respect and loyalty of all Egyptians.Cleopatra and Caesar’s journey also had religious significance for the Egyptians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He and his friends backed up while Hygeia and her snake underwent a violent religious experience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Bobby’s attempt to find some deeper, perhaps religious meaning to his life took a wide and twisted path. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was being shunned and bullied, even turned away by his family, which was something that could happen in a small, highly religious community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the walls were cheap religious pictures depicting the Devil being slain by the angel Michael. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Or will they scream if she denies us our freedom of religious expression? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Freud’s picture of man’s nature was anything but complimentary, it was anything but religious. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z O’Neill listened carefully while I went through Jesse’s story: his family’s involvement in a religious cult when he was young, the three divorces he’d lived through, his father’s illness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He also stayed long enough in each town to form the most enthusiastic of his converts into religious societies, which in turn he subdivided into smaller classes of a dozen or so people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been to many religious services over the years. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The religious difference—he is Roman Catholic, she is Jewish—posed no problem. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At these rare moments when Lana Lee grew sentimental or even religious, she thanked God for His goodness in forming a body that was also a friend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Advertised as “a convention to discuss the civil and religious condition and rights of women,” it was organized by women Quakers along with pioneering women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Her feet are free of the three-inch heels she’d worn as soon as the religious part of the wedding was over, causing her to tower over almost everyone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some were asked to speak on the relevance of the professional clergy to the religious vocation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was awful, and yet was one of the few expressions of religious freedom left in a world that had laid its various gods to rest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My religious doings were reported to my parents in the hushed, urgent tones of treason revealed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Of course we all know about Jerusalem—it’s such a big part of religious history and constantly in the news—but why do you think people have had so much trouble acting civilized over there?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The girls knew people like Fishtail’s father, Day Thunder, who kept the records for the religious gatherings, the Midewiwin, and etched stories and songs on scrolls made of birchbark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The idea that the temple, wearing its own black band, grieved for the burned-down mansion, that it yearned for a grand and invisible presence, bestowed a faintly religious ambience. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Their charitable contributions finance dozens of mission agencies, religious broadcasters, and international service groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was the religious calendar that governed my school year. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Boyle was a deeply religious man who gave money to pious causes and by the terms of his will founded the Boyle Lectures for the conversion of unbelievers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Although Ridgeway’s father scorned religious talk, Tom Bird’s testimony on the Great Spirit reminded him of how he felt about iron. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Sixth grade has been rough for her. She used to go to a religious school. Less than a hundred kids in all the grades.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They didn’t enjoy it They were hopelessly nationalistic and religious, always hanging about round one of the chapels in Ireland. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are religious zealots,” responded the older man. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z But it is in India, where it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies, that we have the first written record of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “A lot of religious people don’t celebrate Halloween,” Mom says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I know this is a religious ceremony, but the phrase that pops into my head comes from the Indy 500: Gentlemen, start your engines... Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She wondered if it was affected, or if his religious freedom allowed him to retain whatever scarring caused the limp. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The slaves had to sneak away in the night and take their chances with the patrollers if they wanted to have any kind of religious meeting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My parents didn’t raise me to be religious. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj, is a religious obligation that every orthodox Muslim fulfills, if humanly able, at least once in his or her lifetime. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena listened and experienced each phrase of her mother’s emotion from religious ecstasy to innocent confidence to embarrassment. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the custom of rampaging religious mobs or conquering armies running riot, that morning in the Heart of Darkness the posse of Touchable Policemen acted with economy, not frenzy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the religious boy, God helping him, did not speak. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Germans, for example. The Germans don’t like us. ‘Because of our religious.’ Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed me what it means to have courage backed by religious conviction. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Although many could not share his Muslim religious beliefs, they found in Malcolm’s puritanism a standing reproach to their own lives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some men who could have avoided the army enlisted, and others objected to the war on moral or religious grounds and took the walk up Golgotha which normally comes with that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I guess if I’d been daring I could have countered Faith's story with one about my family’s religious rituals. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "But—I told you. I'm not religious. And I'm not married, not planning to be. Ever." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She says religious people are all twisted and evil and manipulative and just want money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They weren’t all Quakers, some of them weren’t even religious. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The damage in Shangla was even worse, and fundamentalist religious leaders suggested once again that God had sent a natural disaster as punishment for enjoying un-Islamic behaviors. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He enjoyed the conversations he had with them about religious matters. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In all honesty, though, Gregory was a fine candidate, and the appointment seems to have been made largely on merit, not just because of Halley’s unconventional religious views. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The book was about, among other things, a massive religious movement—a reawakening of sorts—that occurred simultaneously with the opening of all these microscopic doors that allowed visitors from space to overrun the earth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But it was Joyce’s mother, and in particular her mother’s religious views, that most oppressed Joyce. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some works had a religious theme, others were portraits, and others simply captured the elusive light of daily life with a vibrancy that was missing in post-mortal art. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Will our parents scream at the school board if she allows a religious ritual in her office? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In communicating any religious belief, the operative word is faith, a concept illustrated by our very presence in that classroom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And despite her misgivings about the religious ramifications, Emma not only agreed she would publish this draft in case of his sudden death, she also helped him make it better. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also the construction of a landscape of sacred power, built in an atmosphere of ecstatic religious celebration. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “If you are religious, I mean a Christian, worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance. Dismissed.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb regarded the low attendance at religious services as a sad reflection of his own status. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was to be in college, at Stanford, that my religious faith would seem to me suddenly pared. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Momma, always self-conscious at public displays of emotions not traceable to a religious source, told me to come with her and we’d bring the bread and bowls. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She and C.P. are often invited to speak about their experiences before college classes and various religious and civic organizations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But over the years it gradually shed its religious affiliation and became a secular institution, as did the other Ivies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But there aren’t any losses for us to compensate; religious sentiment is superfluous. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahmad, who was the most religious member of the family, sang the azan in his baby sister’s ear and blew in her face three times. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The priest frets about me when we meet, but he’s only around once a month, and Joseph himself has never suggested that I ought to turn Catholic or even religious. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, the principal led us in prayer—a prayer which all tribal schoolchildren were expected to know by heart, regardless of the religious beliefs of their parents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Practicality and common sense became pillars of his religious faith. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Edwards was persistently if not profoundly religious. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe his mother was a lot more religious than he previously thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Mutual also forged links with religious leaders in Durham that allowed them to control the most powerful of all black institutions: the church. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “You can do something no one has done: you can examine Mormonism not just as a religious movement, but as an intellectual one.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Now, under Nugent, its activities were devoted to frustrating the work of the religious authorities, and to remaining obscure and apparently harmless. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And more: that it was the only legitimate object of not just political but religious fervor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For Charles had not heeded his fathers advice: He had not concealed his religious doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In religious images, the lurking presence of the infinite could be put to good use. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If Elmer Gantry was the Elijah, Armstrong’s the ‘Christ’ of religious hucksters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Liyana’s mother said they were a spiritual family, they just weren’t a traditionally religious one. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She wanted them to be religious, and I thought they should be political. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re not very religious, but going to church is part of Mom’s personality. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In religious instruction classes, Sor Juana had told how God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had sinned. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There were many motivations for these journeys: ambition, greed, national pride, religious fanaticism, prison pardons, scientific curiosity, the thirst for adventure and the unavailability of suitable employment in Estremadura. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the procession were all the dignitaries, civil and religious. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The religious world also was represented at the conference, most notably by the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s deeply religious. He thinks God put him on earth for a certain number of years and that he mustn’t ask for more.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As you know, I am not very religious. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z How, for example, would religious faiths have unfolded? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The same civil and religious institutions that kept Egypt stable could serve to focus domestic resentment over foreign domination. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They reported teachers, priests, religious leaders, and other adults who made derogatory remarks against the Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Zoe didn’t like the idea of marrying someone either so religious or so diminutive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His parents were Southern Baptists and religious fundamentalists, unusual at the time in Levittown. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z For some, deep religious convictions can soften harsh human emotions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it is too late. Perhaps I have outlived my religious feel- • » ing. “My own comes only at night.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Franklin then had the Algerian argue that the enslaved Christians were “better off with us, rather than remain in Europe where they would only cut each other’s throats in religious wars.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her family’s motto was “sharing and caring,” and even in a community of active citizens, the Winstons distinguished themselves with their tireless service, religious devotion, and humanitarianism. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He played violin and read music and composed it, mostly classical and religious music. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We must be willing to challenge courageously the conventional social, political, economic and religious wisdom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early days there had been no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny to decorate the sacrilege, piety, or greedy whimsy of Milagro’s various religious seasons. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The penance was to wear the hair shirt of a certain dead religious that we knew of,” he went on at last, defeated. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Articles in the magazine were, as the title implies, written plainly and seemed as much political as religious. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In 1860, when he was not yet nineteen, his devout father urged him to join a religious commune in Oneida, New York, run by a man his father admired. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Not every Abnegation family is religious, but my father says we should try not to see those differences because they will only divide us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Did they have ceremonies, moral codes, sports contests and religious rituals? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the contrast between musical styles in around 1500 and those of fifty years later, at the height of the European religious reforms, is dramatic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Religious zealots and religious dissenters were making noise while members of the Church of England and Unitarians like the Darwins also quietly questioned their faith. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And probably why she was one of Dad’s favorite people, even though she hated the Ramones and thought baseball was boring, while Dad lived for the Ramones and thought baseball was a religious institution. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Coins minted in the city at the time showed Mark Antony and Octavia on one side and symbols of religious rites on the other. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In Kilanga these are matters of religious observance, they are baptism and communion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Another thing I wish to stress is that the Crusades were an unholy muddle of political motives, greed, savage brutality, and religious fervor. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Should we not then be willing to explore vigorously, in every nation, major changes in the traditional ways of doing things, a fundamental redesign of economic, political, social and religious institutions? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He got to wear the same uniform as everyone else and didn’t have to carry the burden of explaining our family’s religious practices every time we went to an away meet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s a cultural thing, not a religious thing,” Rabia adds from the necklace wall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I grew up hearing my father's friends talk about religious divisions in the town, but I thought there must be more that unifies us than divides us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am not a religious person, but I will admit that I prayed then. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She claimed that he had only been pretending about his religious feelings—as was shown by his immediately going off with Elaine when he had the dunce. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At least half his working life was given over to alchemy and wayward religious pursuits. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s just the best private school around, so my parents sent Lauren and me there anyway. We’re basically sinning our way through religious school. It’s great.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z After a religious service in the Capitol on Friday afternoon, the casket was taken back to the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thus the first names of places were saints’ names or religious holidays celebrated at stopping places. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t realized he was religious until just now, but suddenly he found himself praying. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z What I remember is all the people who spoke of Prince’s religious zeal, his abiding belief that Jesus was with him. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The earliest Olympic Games were religious, as well as athletic, festivals, and as such would have included some music-making. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Parents from as far away as New York sent their children to Allen for its rigorous liberal arts curriculum, its religious teaching, and its insistence on imparting social graces to its students. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I know millions of American Muslims—both religious and secular—are echoing these very same words at this very same moment. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Tío Lalo closed the store, came inside the house, found me sitting on the same chair, my bag at my side, the religious magazine crinkled from having been read so many times. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If the Baptists hadn’t taken upon themselves the religious conversion of the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dark, with thick closed curtains, black couches, dim lights, and deep brown wood-paneled walls lined with religious scenes on blacklight posters. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He had to make it an ally of the diagnostic process—everything medical needed to be viewed in the context of religious beliefs and social practices. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She added, “I should wish if possible to avoid giving pain to your fathers religious friends who are deeply attached to him, and I picture to myself the way that sentence would strike them.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was religious, wasn’t he?” she asked loudly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But these women, many of whom had no education and who were brought up to follow the dictates of their religious leaders, were frightened. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Our family never went to church, and I worried that people who did were infallible and we were wrong in our willful resistance to religious guidance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Another said he was leaving to help Fazlullah build a religious center. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For me, the madrasa was a place for religious education only; I would go to the Khushal School for all my other studies. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Many artists like Marrel had turned away from historic or religious subjects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mary Anne enjoyed shocking Ben about religious matters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1940s, he rejected communism and rediscovered his religious beliefs. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z He said that maybe I had a calling for the religious life that was manifesting itself early on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately it felt like a deeply religious contact. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z According to Temp, the deacons voted to put it in the church records that “Mary Willis Blakeslee has swapped her religious birthright for a mess of matrimonial pottage.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Oh, no, I'm not going to get married. And I—I'm not really Jewish enough to do that kind of thing anyway. I mean, I'm not religious." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What made this retreat possible was the development of a new and powerful argument for religious faith. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "You get religious all of a sudden? If your gramps had a grave, he'd be turning in it." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The bookshelf in their living room at home now held only an assortment of religious bound volumes and his father’s periodicals on agriculture. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I ask about this onion, which may mean something religious for all I know, but Grace says it’s a ventilator. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a religious context, cult refers to a relatively small group of people dedicated to a set of beliefs that are outside mainstream theology. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z "The Epsteins are very religious. They don't even touch money after sundown on Fridays." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z James’s religious beliefs were central to his life. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was intensely religious and knew the life story of every Catholic saint. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny knew that working on the Sabbath was against the law as well as against all his religious training. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe a woman who had grown up in such a free and liberal household as the Wedgwoods’ would be understanding about his religious doubts, if he could not manage to conceal them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it would all work out with Emma—if she didn’t mind his nose, and if he managed to conceal his religious doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They exchanged members, hunted together, traded rare luxuries, cemented political alliances and celebrated religious festivals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody in their house is religious, but for some reason, that’s what came to her lips when she saw the price. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z ‘The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Darwin had no problem with his son’s religious doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result of the raid, more than four hundred other youth groups—mostly political and religious groups—vanished. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Only a sophisticated religious or ideological system could sustain such efforts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I can barely sit still for it, especially with all this religious talk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I have kept up what some people would consider my strange religious practices. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Nobody but a religious fanatic would put up with such gross ignorance for over an hour every week of their lives—nobody but religious fanatics and the innocent victims they forced to go to church. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Frankly, I’m afraid he might be on the verge of some disastrous religious conversion.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I was also quite religious, and the party’s antipathy to religion put me off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those developments include religious warfare, the notion that land should be private property, the concept of white supremacy, and the desire for gold. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The homily at Sunday mass, intended to give parishioners basic religious instruction, has often been poorly prepared and aimed at a childish listener. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In rural Kentucky, three men threw pieces of a tombstone off a bridge, smashing the windshield of a passing car, killing a teenage girl who was traveling with her family on a religious pilgrimage. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was also meant to be a godly community, a religious home for the Puritans, who did not tolerate dissenting views on spiritual matters. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Nobody would suspect he had grown up in a household even more religious than my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Their commitment to their religious teachings was so focused that it is not unreasonable to describe them as cults. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He was very religious and a good student, and he had the kind of reputation that allowed the family to persuade civil rights leaders to push for an investigation into his death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Later I found out from one of them, my first girlfriend, that they simply thought I was religious. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To stay in Sagarmatha’s good graces, for instance, no team was permitted to enter the Icefall for the first time without first undertaking an elaborate puja, or religious ceremony. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then an entire band goes to the platform and begins to jam on some of that religious salsa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Malcolm X toured Clay about in Harlem, and in other places, functioning, he said, as Clay’s “friend and religious advisor.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The only religious book I had in my collection was the Landmark biography Jesus of Nazareth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Robert Plant’s voice wails above it all like some sort of religious chant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Now he did feel it Previously, when in deepest meditation, he was still his father’s son, he was a Brahmin of high standing, a religious man. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess that would take a religious miracle,” I ventured. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He refused to allow it in the house, except for the millet beer that was necessary for religious ceremonies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The oldest preserved Chinese writing of the late Shang Dynasty consists of religious divination about dynastic affairs, incised into so-called oracle bones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Just a wreck now. And you’re only alive because Nailer’s nicer than most of our people. Had himself some kind of religious experience out there. Got the fever eye, now, for sure.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Ralph was not religious in general, but in times of hardship, gods grew up, some to test and prod, others to look in on him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew she was religious, and he was consumed by the fear that his secret idea would go against her beliefs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z California searches vehicles for vegetables and fruits which might carry pernicious insects and diseases, and regulations of these are enforced with almost religious intensity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter was an unprecedented institution in the Greek world—a place devoted not only to the religious cult of the Muses, but to advancing human knowledge in the broadest sense. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I showered, braided my hair with ribbons, and sat in the living room reading a religious magazine while I waited for Mami to pick me up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If there is infinity to be found here, it is within a closed religious space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In a week there’s a letter to say he arrived safely, that we are to be good boys, attend to our religious duties and above all obey our mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The nuns were not interested in constructing a temple of religious abstractions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lynn told me they host monthly debates here, for entertainment, and also hold religious services here once a week. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Before Kepler had time to make any decision, a deterioration in the religious situation made the decision for him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I was having problems with my own religious beliefs and did not need this interpretation by France. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z If not for him, I wouldn’t have left the subway to walk, and I wouldn’t have seen Natasha having her religious musical experience. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He would never forget the first fire, what it had meant to him—as important as it must have been to early man—and he approached making a fire now almost as a religious experience. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z She was a member of a religious order that prohibited autopsies, but the doctors very much wanted to know what was replicating inside her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their silence left a vacuum into which any religious faker could step and mislead our people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there is the example of the religious group known as the Hutterites, who for hundreds of years have lived in self-sufficient agricultural colonies in Europe and, since the early twentieth century, in North America. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So he was religious. Everybody was insane but me. He wouldn’t take any amount of money.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Yes, we inevitably turn to God; for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “These cultic movements and AA can achieve dramatic and rapid transformation,” he says, speaking very broadly of religious movements. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That means if they find you guilty in religious court, they kill you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She had heard of a religious community in the Netherlands—the Labadists—whose members gave up all material possessions to live simply, away from the whims and fashions of public life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had studied the Quran, our holy book, since I was five; and my parents sent me to a madrasa for religious studies in the afternoons when school finished. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Micah’s mom, Ms. Rosen, is the religious one at their house. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The temple, for the mound was surely built for religious reasons, was laid out in a wide, shallow U about 150 feet long and 60 feet high, with a sunken plaza between the arms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although Jack’s parents had both grown up in religious Jewish households, they did not go to weekly services. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I particularly feared he would get embroiled in a religious discussion, bring in my Roman Catholicism in a way that could embarrass the Church. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many other pseudosciences, numerology is ancient, and acquires some respectability from its religious associations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And Charles’s religious doubts continued to sadden her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z McKissick told reporters that the sit-in was actually sponsored by several national and local civil rights and religious organizations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d found three religious scrolls and the letter with the red seal, but that was it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe it works for some people, though. You don't look very religious, Jake." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They were a people of deep religious feeling, but they had little imagination. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was—and still is—a deeply religious woman. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “She’s cute at first,” I said, “but trust me, it wears off once she crowns herself the pope and declares the bathroom ‘religious grounds.’” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He had a considerable power base from strong religious and ethnic loyalties and was thought to be harboring terrorist organizations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z From its hiding-place he took out his mouse-nibbled volume, turned with religious care its stained and crumbled pages, and began to read Othello. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well he hasn’t got religious mania, and he isn’t running around in a circle spouting Gilbert and Sullivan, so I suppose he’s normal.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I do not want to make it sound as if I am extremely religious, but I did not know what else to do, so I thought I might pray. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Not everything in the letter to Courtney had been absolutely true, but surely the part about Trotter being a religious fanatic was. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Fifty press reporters, photographers and television cameramen clustered beneath religious murals to the rear of the altar, and some stood on chairs to see better. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She made him stop for religious reasons—the body is a temple and so on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He very religious, too. He built him a big cross right in the office.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later he told me how religious faith was so disdained at Harvard and so important to the poor—not just in Haiti but elsewhere—that he’d become convinced that faith must be something good. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If I practise certain religious observances, then there are grounds for thinking the statement is true, but it is difficult to see how one could ever prove it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But really, my parents abandoned everything they knew and loved because they didn't want their daughters to grow up with a strict religious code. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Hmmm. I don’t mean it that way. Listen, my darling, if you’re going to be religious, you must be either a Hindu, a Christian or a Muslim. You heard what they said on the esplanade.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In their opinion, religious rule had damaged the country they once loved. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Did that mean he was suddenly getting religious, as people are said to before they go into danger? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On one such lazy, hot summer night Granny, my mother, and Aunt Addie were sitting on the front porch, arguing some obscure point of religious doctrine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, all of these men are religious leaders in the community. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They have religious items for those eager to get back to their old ways. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The family had a heritage of not drinking, and a religious faith. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes religious folks draw pretty deep lines in the sand. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The only exception he would make is for people whose religious beliefs prohibit tissue donation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The women in attendance were appalled, but no one dared to challenge or contradict the religious leaders. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “But something HAPpened to me. I had a religious Experience.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if the dead child were not a punishment for my having turned my back on my religious calling? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could call it self-love and give plenary indulgences for its religious performance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was bad when Mom got religious and invoked the Virgin Mary. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z This chapter looks at the religious and philosophical foundations of the permanent English colonies in North America. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was also nerve-racking, as there had been talk by some religious societies that the world was going to end on the first day of the millennium. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In their American classrooms, the nuns worked very hard to approximate that other place, that earlier kind of religious experience. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, for a man involved in the rough-and-tumble world of professional baseball, Sunday was very religious. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A serene, almost religious smile lit up the woman's face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The celebration was fine except that the play was religious and dull. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The wire had told him I was in town, and on some “religious kick.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I also wanted to be a voice who spoke up in defense of our religious rights. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The settlement included a number of religious shrines, the earliest found so far, and on their plaster-covered walls we encounter the earliest paintings on a man-made surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But by moving to Waltha Castle, she was also exercising one of the only freedoms available to women at the time: religious independence. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had a considerable power base from strong religious and ethnic loyalties, and he was harboring and sponsoring four different terrorist organizations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Does she think that makes her look religious? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And when the religious ceremonies had been completed, we left, my husband and I. How well I remember the day, and the sudden sickness that overcame me when the moment for departure came! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed particularly concerned, for religious reasons, with preventing the state from performing an autopsy on their son's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But for those who’ve lived as refugees longer than memory, learning to believe in the nutrient cycle requires something close to a religious conversion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents had split up when she was a baby, and she had been raised by her grandmother, an old lady on a pension, who was very strict and old-fashioned and religious. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I know why my religious brother would want to visit a girl’s parents. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And southern colonists’ preference for slavery presumably reflected their different ethnic, class, and religious backgrounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ayatollah Khamenei was Iran’s Supreme Cleric: the absolute religious and governmental authority. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “What’s serious? I was a kid. The thing is, I believed in God and all that, but it wasn’t the religious part that interested me. Just being nice to people, that’s all. Being decent.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Blake was not a particularly religious man, though going to church did make him nostalgic for his Protestant upbringing in Holland before World War II. Now, however, his interest in religion was mostly strategic. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He lived with a religious sect in Delhi until his death in 1998. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This super-sleuth then got off on my “Black Muslim” religious beliefs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On a visit home Pa lectures him against sin and sends him back to The Hague with religious missives to read. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Some religious people were furious that it ignored the biblical account of creation and man’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not religious but I get the feeling that it’s the simplest rituals, the ones that are integrated with the earth and its seasons, that are the most profound. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that you’ve wrestled with three major religious traditions, apply your newly enlightened mind to Alaska’s question. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The religious overtones in Morton’s metaphor are well placed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Afterward, Blanca stocked up on the religious cards, booklets, and leaflets she hands out every Saturday morning. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was a religious mutt, which made him even more open to the students he taught over the years. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In both the Christian Crusades against Muslims and England’s invasion of Ireland, “religious” warfare easily became genocidal. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The sky was full then and the coming of spring was a religious event. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It is one of those vaguely religious things people say that sometimes creep you out, but now it’s kind of nice. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The word “safety” brings us to the real meaning of the word “religious” as we use it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z When Sister Ibinabo was talking to Christie, with that poisonous spite she claimed was religious guidance, Ifemelu had looked at her and suddenly seen something of her own mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This woman’s back, for weeks, was kept literally raw, made so by the lash of this merciless, religious wretch. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z And why, you might ask, was the otherworldly, deeply religious Patria attracted to such a creature? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were his political and religious theories, his vigilant search for dark conspiracies, his joy in languages, his affection for Zita, and of course, his abiding commitment to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Papi would lift his hat when he came to the door, like the men who sometimes showed up on Sunday mornings selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The conflict, portrayed by both the Catholics and the Protestants as a holy war, was more an exploitation of religious fanaticism by those hungry for land and power. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He said people always asked him if he was religious or secular. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Particular places might hold spiritual or religious significance for any Indigenous nation, such as a place mentioned in an origin story or where ancestors are buried. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Darryl is a professor of social and religious history, an elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and still a religious conservative—though not always predictably so. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Dr. Martin says that feathers should not be removed from nature unless for Indigenous or religious reasons.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Kepler had long seen which way the wind was blowing and sought an appointment at his old University, Tübingen, but was rejected out of hand because of his unorthodox religious beliefs. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a religious thing; he just didn’t care for the taste. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z For more than a decade, Sahagun and other religious authorities regarded the conversion as a triumph. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No lying or stealing, and no insubordination to civil authority, except on the grounds of religious obligation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s probably a religious motif, though in the foreground something more immediate: money, the release of others jailed in some sinkhole for doing more or less the same thing these men are doing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too easy to assume that their behavior toward me was based on some sort of racial or religious prejudice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Fletcher’s lies collapsed immediately—one of those weak religious specimens—and he relinquished the name of his associate on the railroad, a man named Lumbly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, they did, didn’t they? But what they don’t see is that you cannot force someone to be religious. It must come from their heart.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “What more is there to say? Kid got caught in a crazy lie, and now the religious crazies want to make him a poster child. I almost feel sorry for him.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z After that, they both agreed not to discuss his religious views or hers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The religious school opened and I put in a sullen attendance. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z My heart raced at the thought of this religious center where only the holiest of priests and the most beautiful of Sun Maidens lived, always in prayer and praise to Inti and the other gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The one inflexible event on our weekly schedule was Sunday morning religious services. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were agrarian, unsophisticated, industrious people, Jews and Christians alike, whose lives revolved around family, our religious calendars, and the seasons of sowing and reaping. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Although English music outwardly toed the religious line, it is important to stress its one great anomaly during the Reformation period. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Usually, I did not pray “on time,” which means praying five times a day, our religious duty. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her mom had never put up any pretenses about being overly religious. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Europeans who came ashore at Cape Cod in November of 1620 carried a view of the world that was based on the teachings of Christian religious reformer John Calvin. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He had grown up in a profoundly religious home in La Porte, Indiana, where his father had been a Methodist pastor. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z In my last letter I casually asked if the young lady in the blue outfit in the foreground of your religious picture was Mary Magdalene, the sinner. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Unlike most colonists, however, who believed that the Africans and Amerindians were “rough, wild people, naked, with no God or religious service,” Maria embraced their customs and lore. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Also preying on his mind were his failure to find romantic love, and his constant religious doubts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He would say, “I have Jewish hands, Jewish bones, Jewish stories, and a Jewish soul. But I’m not officially observant of—the religious practices of the Jewish people. Got it?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was not going to remove my hijab—it was a violation of my religious rights to be forced to do so. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Quotes from the Bible and religious precepts have been creeping into his letters to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Father and I find your religious zeal a bit of a mystery.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Much as I desire the suffrage,” she wrote, “I would rather never vote than to see the policy of our government at the mercy of the religious bigotry of such women.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ever since Kim Bazemore kissed him in Sunday school, he’s been acting all religious, thinking less and less about basketball, and more and more about GIRLS. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z The respectable, “solid citizen” now indulges his racial and religious hatred in this fraternity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In time, my religious doings went from the notice of those to whom it didn’t matter and only amused, to that of those to whom it did matter—and they were not amused. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He also tries to console him with religious precepts, reminding him that every life has its “trials and tribulations.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I remember the musty living room, full of those old Christ pictures, prayers woven into tapestries, statuettes of the crucifixion, other religious objects on the mantel, shelves, table tops, walls, everywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Others turned to extreme religious movements, including snake handling. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There are about 6.5 million American Muslims in this country, making them one of the largest religious groups in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z |
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