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as in cult
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the Jewish religion has followers in many parts of the globe
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as in faith
belief and trust in and loyalty to God
without his religion, he would not have been able to survive all the difficulties he has faced over the years
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Recent Examples of religion
Vrindavan's development has been dramatic, says John Stratton Hawley, professor of religion at Barnard College, Columbia University.
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] A psycholinguistic analysis of posts on Twitter and Weibo during COVID-19 lockdowns found that residents of Lombardy grew increasingly focused on leisure and residents of Wuhan grew increasingly focused on religion.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But, even here, pictures drove the religion’s expansion and begat other pictures.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Singapore is a land of many religions, but everyone seems to go about their business.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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Ironically, Spencer left the band after Kiln House to move to America and join a religious cult, the Children of God.Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Rizzoli The Cartier Tank Watch The Cartier Tank is perhaps one of the most iconic watches ever created and has rightfully earned a cult following.Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth described the tattoo in question as a Jerusalem Cross and a symbol of his Christian faith.James Powel, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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And with the Bears hoping to zero in on a new coach who can set a demanding tone in their locker room, hiring Campbell would require a big leap of faith.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Carter’s trust in his own ingenuity, persistence, and persuasion, as well as his trust in God, were brought into question.Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Matching interests is closely related to pathos, the appeal to the emotions of the audience, and is one of the three essential elements of persuasion set down by Aristotle over two millennia ago.Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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More on culture On Broadway, mothers are usually either objects of devotion or monsters.Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
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Previously, the constitution prohibited discrimination based on race, creed or religion.Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Paul’s spiritual quest steers him surprisingly close to New Age creeds that the author, as a young man, would have made fun of.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Protests by members of the Alawite community, the minority sect the Assad family belongs to, erupted last week in Homs after video showing an Alawite shrine in Aleppo being vandalized circulated online.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Guatemalan officials raided a compound on Friday belonging to Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect with past links to child exploitation.Jody García, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Religion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/religion. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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