The bishop was part of the demythologisation movement, an attempt to re-describe Christianity in terms that made sense to the non-religious mind.

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It is clear how, in Mr McCain's mind, the religious right is one such group.

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In Canada legislation framed with secular arbitration in mind but used by religious courts is a hotter issue than in Britain.

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Many of those who had observed events in Northern Ireland from abroad would have regarded the young Ian Paisley as a firebrand preacher, and his other calling as a religious minister was not far from his mind during his speech.

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Only a kind of religious faith in the ability of the human mind to represent the fabric of society mathematically could have led to such confidence in these models.

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But, whereas many of Abou El Fadl's contemporaries responded to such police-state tactics by embracing militant Islamism, the abuse only magnified his desire to find a community where he could speak his mind without fear of retribution from either secular or religious authorities.

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Both books under review are to some degree dirges for the sort of Jew who could be recognised not from overt signs of religious observance but from mannerisms, tastes, affiliations and habits of mind.

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Hannah, the mother, first loses her mind in the aftermath of her daughter's death and then finds a religious calling.

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