Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.

Many of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians, due to the predominance of the Christian faith in Western culture, as well as widely celebrated religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

Many citizens are deeply religious, regularly going to church.

Many states at this time functioned as theocracies, with codes of conduct largely religious in origin or reference.

Many Christian Scientists thought the book violated the church's by-laws, and the editors of the church's religious periodicals and several other church employees resigned in protest.

Many other " community day schools " that are not affiliated with the Solomon Schechter network take a generally Conservative approach, but unlike the Schechter schools, these schools generally have " no barriers to enrollment based on the faith of the parents or on religious practices in the home.

Many of these religious edifices are Christian in origin, with Roman Catholic structures particularly prevalent.

Many international religious leaders have visited Chicago, including Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.

Many types of content-control software have been shown to block sites based on the religious and political leanings of the company owners.

Many religious leaders focusing on the wrath of God instilling a fear in their members.

Many definitions of music implicitly hold that music is a communicative activity which conveys to the listener moods, emotions, thoughts, impressions, or religious, philosophical, sexual, or political concepts or positions.

Many of the German religious houses that lodged women had been home to communities of women, such as Beguines, that became Dominican once they were taught by the traveling preachers and put under the jurisdiction of the Dominican authoritative structure.

Many, but not all, special schools are religious in nature.

Many rituals can sometimes be considered folklore, whether formalized in a cultural or religious system ( e. g. weddings, baptisms, harvest festivals ) or practiced within a family or secular context.

Many religious mythologies had a view of Earth as being a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts ( e. g. some Native American religions and various forms of shamanism ).

Many English settled then in North America for religious or economic reasons.

Many people who come close to death and have near death experiences report meeting relatives or entering " the Light " in an otherworldly dimension, which share similarities with the religious concept of Heaven.

Many medieval religious movements emphasized mysticism, such as the Cathars and related movements in the West, the Jews in Spain ( see Zohar ), the Bhakti movement in India and Sufism in Islam.

Many religious homes in Russia have icons hanging on the wall in the krasny ugol, the " red " or " beautiful " corner ( see Icon Corner ).

Many of those described as " Islamists " oppose the use of the term, and claim that their political beliefs and goals are simply an expression of Islamic religious belief.

Many religious philosophies are specifically idealist.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many young churchmen and others enquiring about their faith visited him and sought his advice, including such well-known social figures as the writer and philanthropist Hannah More, and the young Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, who had recently undergone a crisis of conscience and religious conversion as he was contemplating leaving politics.

Many Westerners who first encountered the practice believed it was a sign of worship, but kowtowing does not necessarily have religious overtones in traditional Chinese culture.

Many of the later sources may also have formed part of a propaganda effort designed to create a history for the people of Ireland that could bear comparison with the mythological descent of their British invaders from the founders of Rome that was promulgated by Geoffrey of Monmouth and others.

Many of the stories of the Tanakh, and the Qur ' an are believed to have been based on, influenced by, or inspired by the legendary mythological past of the Near East.

Many mythological boys have frequently been represented in various arts, e. g. Venus ' often mischievous son Cupid, himself a young god of love which he ' inflicts ' on humans by shooting his arrows ; in some style periods even multiplied as naked little boys called putti.

Many documents of the Katipunan bore a letter K which stood for Kalayaan ( Liberty ), while some had the rising mythological sun in the center.

Many cultures feature stories, historical or mythological, involving superhuman, supernatural, human and in some instances animal wet-nurses.

Many of the stories it contains are mythological, and the allegedly historical information in them is highly suspect.

Many creatures have bodies created by Jadawin to replicate mythological creatures ( e. g. merpeople, centaurs ) implanted with the minds of abducted humans.

Many of their subjects include mythological scenes and scenes from works of fiction by the Italian Torquato Tasso and the ancient Greek novelist Heliodorus of Emesa.

Many Hellenistic and Roman sarcophagi showed crowded scenes of combat, sometimes mythological ( an amazonomachy is a term for a scene of battle between Amazons and Greeks ), and usually not relating to a particular battle ; these were not necessarily used to bury people with military experience.

Many Virgin Steele songs are mythological, often dealing with subjects from Greek and Christian mythology.

Many of them have mythological scenes on the outside and a gorgon grimace on the inside.

Many Hellenistic art works have been uncovered, as well as a large number of ivory rhytons, the outer rims ( coins ) decorated with Iranian subjects or classical mythological scenes.

Many enemies in Will Rock are deliberately borrowed from Greek mythological monsters.

Many decades ago the Seerkind ( creatures of magical abilities ) decided to hide themselves through a spell or " Rapture " in a safe haven after being hunted down and eradicated by humans for centuries ( with humans most commonly depicting them as demons and fairies in their mythological tales ) as well as being decimated by a destructive being known as The Scourge.

Many of the designs found on the textiles here come from pre-Hispanic codices and based on Zapotec mythological figures, but more moderns images such as those from modern Mexican painters can be found as well.

Many mythological heroes, such as Cúchulainn and Bran in The Voyage of Bran, journeyed to Otherworld realms.

Many of the battles listed are purely mythological, and none are historically reliable.

Many of the other gods in the Pali Canon find a common mythological role in Hindu literature.

Many of the mythological entries were the work of the German expatriate Leonhard Schmitz, who helped to popularise German classical scholarship in Britain.

Many Babylonian deities, myths and religious writings are singular to that culture ; for example, the uniquely Babylonian deity, Marduk, replaced Enlil as the head of the mythological pantheon.

Many of the stories of the Tanakh, are believed to have been based on, influenced by, or inspired by the legendary mythological past of the Near East.

Many of Dubreuil's subjects include mythological scenes and scenes from works of fiction by such writers as the Italian Torquato Tasso, the ancient Greek novelist Heliodorus of Emesa and French poet Pierre de Ronsard.