Being the oldest grave in Oakland since its designation as a city cemetery, Nissen's headstone is nearly completely worn away by the passage of time and the elements.

Being a bishop was a position that gained power because bishops and other key religious figures could withstand the constant change of government and political leaders allowing them to become an authority on the city and its political endeavors.

Being a surprisingly tolerant and pluralistic society, even its army incorporated Jews, Christians, Muslims and Pagans at a time when religious warfare was the order of the day around the Mediterranean and in Western Europe.

In these circumstances, anthropologists generally treat so-called " spiritual " practices such as shamanism in the sphere of the religious, and class even non-traditional activities such as those of Robespierre's Cult of the Supreme Being in the province of religion.

Its only religious requirement is indirect: all Shriners must be Masons, and petitioners to Freemasonry must profess a belief in a Supreme Being.

As a result, they apply the Lemon Test only selectively, holding Justice Douglas ' statement in Zorach v. Clauson, " e are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being ".

Being exterior to the individual person, social facts may thus also exercise coercive power on the various people composing society, as it can sometimes be observed in the case of formal laws and regulations, but also in situations implying the presence of informal rules, such as religious rituals or family norms.

Being a Roman citizen, as well as being employed by the Roman State, meant that the archigallus had to preserve the traditions of Cybele's cult while not violating Roman prohibitions in religious behavior.

Being mostly of the Catholic faith, their first concern was to organize a religious community.

Being identified with a political culture and a leadership hierarchy of an existing society, civil religion's priestly role, can interfere with the prophetic mission of a religious faith.

They traditionally believe in a Supreme Being ( Yalafar ) and in a bad spirit ( Can ), yet they have hardly any religious rites.

Being pontifex maximus made the emperor the chief administrator of religious affairs, granting him the power to conduct all religious ceremonies, consecrate temples, control the Roman calendar ( adding or removing days as needed ), appoint the vestal virgins and some flamens, lead the Collegium Pontificum, and summarize the dogma of the Roman religion.

Being a Quaker, Penn had experienced religious persecution.

In some U. S. jurisdictions legal restrictions exist which require a religious test as a qualification for holding public office, for instance in Texas an official may be " excluded from holding office " if he / she does not " acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.

" His relationship with Dumouriez caused Couthon to briefly consider joining the Girondist faction of the Assembly, but after the Girondist electors of the Committee of the Constitution refused Couthon a seat on the Committee in October 1792, he would ultimately commit to the Montagnards and the inner group formed around Maximilien Robespierre-a man with whom he shared many opinions, especially on religious issues such as revolutionary dechristianization ( to which he was opposed-see Cult of the Supreme Being ) Couthon became an enthusiastic Montagnard supporter, often echoing their opinions.

" Being by God's Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church, within these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own religious zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace ... We have therefore, upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following ... That We are Supreme Governor of the Church of England ... "

Being a site of political and religious centre, Kangla has grown into a formidable fortress city through the centuries.

Being a political and religious centre, Kangla grew into a formidable fortress city over the centuries.

For example, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in his " text of reflection " The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today, released in 2006, described the three " components in our heritage " as " strict evangelical Protestantism ", " Roman Catholicism " and " religious liberalism ", accepting that " each of these has a place in the church ’ s life ".

Being a devout Muslim, Diponegoro was alarmed by the relaxing of religious observance at his half brother's court, as well as by the court's pro-Dutch policy.

Being critics of Darwinism, they ardently opposed slavery and provided an education and religious instruction to the new peoples they interacted with since they felt that this was their duty as Christians.

In practice, a Brahmo Samaj is an assembly of all sorts and descriptions of people without distinction, meeting publicly for the sober, orderly, religious and devout adoration of " the ( nameless ) unsearchable Eternal, Immutable Being who is the Author and Preserver of the Universe.

Being 44 causes him to go through a midlife crisis, causing him to have a religious awakening, and to go on a come back killing spree.

Being a religious country where alcoholic drinks are highly taxed, iced teas are a popular alternative to soft drinks.

Being bent on vengeance against Brutus for killing Ephiny, she believes an Amazon Queen should be prepared to fight and kill her enemies.

Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

In August 1986, Binoche began filming Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, portraying the young and innocent Tereza.

In 201 Bato of Dardania along with Pleuratus the Illyrian and Amynander king of Athamania, cooperated with Roman consul Sulpicius in his expedition against Philip V. Being always under the menace of Dardanian attacks on Macedonia, around 183 BC Philip V made an alliance with Bastarnae and invited them to settle in Polog, the region of Dardania closest to Macedonia.

Being named after a member of the Royal Family of the Commonwealth Realms, the school has attracted royal visitors since its foundation, including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

Being suspected of treasonable intentions together with his half-brother, Philip, Earl of Arundel ( husband of his sister-in-law Anne Dacre ), he was imprisoned in 1583, 1585 and 1589.

Němec was also an advisor on Philip Kaufman's film adaption of The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ) with Němec's original film of the invasion being integrated.

Philip French commented that " Slackers makes American Pie look like The Importance of Being Earnest.

Becoming Alien and Being Alien were each nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1988 and 1989.

Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.

The final issue of the Englishman, No. 57 for February 15, ran to some length and was printed as a separate pamphlet, entitled The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So-called.

There was no evidence, either of a positive or negative type, of the actions of a Divine Being in this world ; ;

Being placed in the hopples she was completely baffled.

Being with him was like being swept away by a torrent of falling stones.

Being the Harbor's sole doctor, Abel was also its Medical Examiner.

`` Being at the polls was just like being at church.

The main question of this school was whether Being came before Not-Being ( in Chinese, ming and wuming ).

Being the ever-wary politician, Abd al-Rahman acted quickly to regain Yemeni support, and rode to a Yemeni chief who was mounted on a mule named " Lightning ".

Being behind the technological curve was not entirely surprising ; the chipset used in the 400 and 800 was designed because they were aware the 2600 would be obsolete by the 1980 time frame.

Being single action weapons, they needed to be cocked for each shot, so the rate of fire was also low, and while a shooter could fan his gun, this expended all his shots even faster and made him even more inaccurate than normal.

Being unable to recall the events from memory ( because he was still young ) places him at an age much younger than 10 in 303.

Being a common barator was an offence under the common law of England.

Being hit was a skill he cultivated, saying it was just as good as a hit.

Being able to use a computer to support teaching and research was quite novel at the time.

Being associated with the right hand side was traditionally a reference to strength and virtue ( cf sinister, which derives from the latin for left ).

:" Being in great difficulty they fled to a neighbouring city ( ad civitatem, quæ iuxta erat, confugerunt ) and began to promise and offer to their gods -- But inasmuch as the city was not strong and there were few to offer resistance, they sent messengers to the Danes and asked for friendship and alliance.

Being a son of Julius Caesar, such an entitlement was obviously felt as a threat to Roman republican traditions.

The main question of this school was whether Being came before Not-Being ( in Chinese, ming and wuming ).

The main question of this school was whether Being came before Not-Being ( in Chinese, ming and wuming ).

Being circular, only their diameter was needed to describe their size.

Being placed on the Aventine, and thus outside the pomerium, meant that Diana's cult essentially remained a foreign one, like that of Bacchus ; she was never officially transferred to Rome as Juno was after the sack of Veii.