* List of Anglican church composers – See also Religious music

Religious festivals often have a folk music component.

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Religious people in many regions of the United States did not want their children exposed to music with unruly, impassioned vocals, loud guitar riffs and jarring, hypnotic rhythms.

In response both to televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's June 1987 book Religious Rock ' N ' Roll: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, which had criticized the music of Norman and other Christian rock artists, and Swaggart's February 1988 admission of adultery with a prostitute, Norman wrote the song " Selah ", which had its last verse censored by Benson, which was: " My songs are spiritual fornication ,/ that's what this television preacher said ./ I guess he knows a lot about fornication ,/ I heard he wrote some sermons in a prostitute's bed.

Religious music ( also sacred music ) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.

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" For example, the televangelist Jimmy Swaggart wrote a book titled Religious Rock n ' Roll – A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing in 1987 and criticized the scene, particularly Stryper, for using heavy metal music to preach the gospel of Christianity.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali was a firm advocate for music, and believed that wajd aroused passionate love for God Al-Ghazzali wrote a chapter entitled " Concerning Music and Dancing as Aids to the Religious Life ", where he emphasized how the practices of music and dance are beneficial to Muslims, as long as their hearts are pure before engaging in these practices.

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Religious music, influenced by American gospel, has become an important part of Dominican popular music in the 1990s.

Religious music remains an essential part of traditional Muslim and Coptic celebrations called mulids.

Religious music is also popular.

Religious and cultural events can be held here — such as yajna ( fire rituals ), music and dance performances and marriage.

Religious music was not supported by the regime and in time was purged from performance.

Religious sentiment often becomes a contributory factor of crime.

Religious orders who regularly deal with the congregation often have their own designated postulator generals.

Religious compositions in vernacular languages were often called madrigali spirituali, " spiritual madrigals.

Religious beliefs often seek to identify and address the basic problems of human life, including the conflicts between, among, and within persons and societies.

Religious skepticism is not the same as atheism or agnosticism, though these often do involve skeptical attitudes toward religion and philosophical theology ( for example, towards divine omnipotence ).

Churches also often played a role, especially the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers ), Congregationalists, Wesleyans, and Reformed Presbyterians as well as certain sects of mainstream denominations such as branches of the Methodist church and American Baptists.

Most prominent among the latter in Maryland at the time were members of the Religious Society of Friends, often called Quakers.

The Elizabethan Religious Settlement was an attempt to end the religious divisions among Christians in England, and is often seen as an important event in Anglican history, ultimately laying the foundations for the " via media " concept of Anglicanism.

Helms was a prominent ( and often controversial ) national leader of the Religious Right wing of the Republican Party, and played a key role in helping Ronald Reagan become President of the United States.

Some religious orders, for example the Franciscans or the Dominicans, have " Third Orders " of associated religious members who live in community and follow a rule ( called Third Order Religious or TOR ), or lay members who, without living in formal community with the order, have made a private vow or promise to it, such as of perseverance in pious life, hence are not " religious ", that is to say, not members of the Consecrated life ( often called Third Order Secular, or TOS ).

National Religious Israelis often choose to devote time after high school to Torah study, either during their army service at a Hesder yeshiva, or before their service at a Mechina.

Today, a hazzan, particularly in more formal ( usually not Orthodox ) synagogues, is likely to have academic credentials, most often a degree in Music or in Sacred Music, sometimes a degree in Music Education or in Jewish Religious Education or a related discipline.

Religious Conservatives often consider it obscene.

Religious scholars often serve as judges, especially for criminal and family law ( more rarely for commercial law ).

Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.

The " Religious Freedom Watch " site is often cited by alt. religion. scientology users as a contemporary example of " dead agenting.

Religious scholars such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, and Pierre Abélard wrote lengthy theological and philosophical treatises, often attempting to reconcile the teachings of the Greek and Roman pagan authors with the doctrines of the Church.

Religious private schools often simply add religious instruction to the courses provided by local public schools.

Religious titles for women include sacerdos, often in relation to a deity or temple, such as a sacerdos Cereris or Cerealis, " priestess of Ceres ", an office never held by men ; magistra, a high priestess, female expert or teacher in religious matters ; and ministra, a female assistant, particularly one in service to a deity.

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, often shortened to the Catholic League, is an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organization.

The second New Right tended to focus on social issues and national sovereignty ( i. e. the Panama Canal treaty ) and was often linked with the Religious Right.

Religious images of Tekakwitha are often decorated with a lily and cross, with feathers or turtle as cultural accessories.

Religious practices are still often tightly controlled by government authorities.