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 religious and mythological systems contain myths about a paradise.

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 mills have already placed firm orders for this machine.

Many other denominations do not consider the role of ministry as being sacramental in nature and would not think of it in terms of " holy orders " as such.

Many Merovingian saints, and the majority of female saints, were local ones, venerated only within strictly circumscribed regions ; their cults were revived in the High Middle Ages, when the population of women in religious orders increased enormously.

Many are abducted or recruited by force, and often compelled to follow orders under the threat of death.

Many reported stigmatics are members of Catholic religious orders.

Many states have injunction laws that are written specifically to stop domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault or harassment and these are commonly called restraining orders, orders of protection, abuse prevention orders, or protective orders.

Many media sources were wrongly stating that all gagging orders were super-injunctions.

Many religious orders wear the rosary as part of their habit.

Many believe Kissinger's statement to be false and evidence points towards CIA director Richard Helms following orders directly from President Nixon to do whatever was necessary in order “ to get rid of him ”, referring to Allende.

Many orders and partially completed plants were cancelled.

Many commanders simply abandoned their troops and fled on their own, without giving any orders to retreat.

Many tanker-orders were cancelled and the lack of orders for other types of ships caused severe financial problems.

Many forgeries of Napoleon's ( c. 1800 ) war orders exist ; he was so busy with battle concerns that he barely had enough time to sign promotion orders for generals, so his scribes applied his name to lesser documents.

Many local IRA figures, and ex-IRA members such as Joe Cahill and Billy McKee, were incensed by what they saw as the leadership's inaction and in September, they announced that they would no longer be taking orders from the Goulding leadership.

Many of these have made a mockery of the soldier's oath of obedience to military orders.

Many restaurants with high volume use wireless handheld POS to collect orders which are sent to a server.

Many day traders use multiple monitors or even multiple computers to execute their orders.

Many of the more senior officers resented having to take orders from Arif, their junior in rank.

Many orders have, since the end of the Crusades and the Ottoman incursions, become secularized, and are usually represented by Roman Catholic ceremonial, missionary and charitable organizations in modern times.

Many orders of insect have been theorized to be closely related to earwigs, though Grylloblattaria is the most likely.

Many battalions had problems following orders as instructed by their commanding officers.