religion

Example Sentences

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Iran's government since 1979 has been explicitly rooted in religion, with a top Shia cleric serving as supreme leader.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A documentary on Fox Sports 1 explores the connection—in the importance of ritual, shared experience and more—between religion and America’s pastime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But I never wanted religion to be the butt of the joke.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

After all, Vance had really just wanted to highlight religion, it would have made a little more sense to portray mysterious flying objects as angels, not demons.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Thus religion, Latin literature and Aristotelian philosophy all concurred: there was no such thing as new knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton