Mr Bush's fondness for religious language and biblical references has provoked a storm of criticisms.
At the same time, he argues, the English have always been reticent about religious language.
You can tell from the lack of gender neutrality and the Christian religious language that the provision has been around for a while.
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But in the United States, where respect for the Bible remains high, the left more often attempts to appropriate religious language, misquoting it in support of statist solutions.
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Rarely do the journalists and campaign staffers that travel with McCain hear him freely use such religious language, and if the senator is obliged to chat about faith, he usually appears genuinely eager to move on to something else, which made his self-assured performance at Saddleback all the more striking.
There are marked cultural and religious differences between Turkey's Alawis and the more numerous Alevis including language and religious rituals, where Alevis place more prominence on the role of music and dance.
The resulting debate encompassed different interpretations of Islam, issues of portrayal, language, religious tolerance, the right to freedom of speech, the character of the Arab media and more in a heightened atmosphere which cut through the normal professional courtesies.
But many are well educated, with good language skills learned at religious schools and strong international support networks - many Christian churches are international.
It also contains language about exceptions for religious leaders, who had complained that their missionary work could be criminalized if the recipients of their aid were undocumented immigrants.
But while religious leaders may be speaking the same language, how do they get that message across to those engaged in conflict on the streets?
Religious traditions are repositories of immensely moving narratives, language that can be used for either good or evil.
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For the first time, an Arabic-language drama is looking at the victims of religious extremism and questioning violence.
Around a quarter of the complaints were specifically about religious offence, with the rest concerned with pre-watershed language.
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