These polar concerns ( imitation vs. formalism ) reflect a philosophical and religious situation which has been developing over a long period of time.

These incidents, typical of many others, dramatize the distressing fact that no controversy during the last several decades has caused more tension, rancor and strife among religious groups in this country than the birth-control issue.

These coenobia resembled villages, peopled by a hard-working religious community, all of one sex.

These Sunday laws enacted at the state and local levels would sometimes carry penalties for doing non-religious activities on Sunday as part of an effort to enforce religious observance and church attendance.

These events represented a major religious crisis: why had their god allowed this to happen?

These nations were often united by common linguistic, religious or family ties.

These are promoted at churches and via religious media.

These included the state itself ( the populus Romanus ), municipalities, and such private associations as sponsors of a religious cult, burial clubs, political groups, and guilds of craftsmen or traders.

These religious sects are also known among Christians as cults.

These discoveries posed a serious challenge to biblical and religious authorities, Galileo's condemnation for heresy being an example.

These religious also struggled for a deeply personal, intimate relationship with God.

These priests were organized and well trained in religious studies.

These funerals echoed the religious festivals of the pagan Greeks and Romans and are seen by many as Saturnalian.

These tokens had religious images upon them ; this also prevented pilferage.

These popular religious practices were distinct from, but closely linked with, the formal rituals and institutions.

These beings may be the origin of the Greco-Roman Galli, androgynous beings of the third sex, similar to the American Indian berdache, who played an important part in early religious ritual.

These folktales may or may not emerge from a religious tradition, but nevertheless speak to deep psychological issues.

These writers point to numerous guerrilla conflicts that center around religious, ethnic or even criminal enterprise themes, and that do not lend themselves to the classic " national liberation " template.

These pronunciations are still used in synagogue ritual and religious study, in Israel and elsewhere, mostly by people who are not native speakers of Hebrew, though some traditionalist Israelis are bi-dialectal.

These four new days are not accepted as religious holidays by all forms of Haredi Judaism, including Hasidic Judaism.

These teachings are thus held by followers in Judaism to define the inner meaning of both the Hebrew Bible and traditional Rabbinic literature, their formerly concealed transmitted dimension, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances.

These included trips to Rome to meet with the pope and other important religious and political figures.

These two theodices can be found in the denominational segregation within the religious community.

These might include: matter, energy, information, real estate, design services, entertainment services, legal services, fame, political power, or the attention of other people to one's political / religious / philosophical message.

These religious differences have led to several incidents that have affected hundreds of thousands of citizens in Burma.

These gatherings, subject to presidency by higher ranking bishops, may govern the judicatory which are represented in the council, though the synod or council may also be purely advisory.

These gatherings were hosted regularly for a while by himself and his wife.

These gatherings in turn are a popular setting for early Irish tales.

These smaller gatherings began as masked balls but evolved into the famous Metamorphoses balls by 1744.

These events often attract more than 250, 000 people and are comparable to the gatherings in Woodstock and Roskilde.

These larger gatherings are usually held at rented stadiums or auditoriums.

These structures are open to the public and are also used for education and gatherings.

These buildings were open to the public ; merchants could sell their goods, artists could display their artwork, and religious gatherings could take place.

These social gatherings were dependent on overly conspicuous luxury and publicity.

These artists interacted with the staff, offered informal gatherings, and staged performances on the newly created dance platform.

These can be seen, for example, at weddings, festivals, and other large social gatherings.

These meetings were accompanied with more informal lunchtime gatherings at various Oxford pubs which coalesced into a regular meeting held on Mondays or Tuesday lunchtimes at the Eagle and Child, in a private lounge at the back of the pub known as the ' Rabbit Room '.

These fans have circles and groups who perform at various gatherings, mainly anime conventions.

These are classified by institutional type, institutional gatherings, by activity sector alphabetically.

These beetles use pheromones to " call " each other, allowing for the large gatherings that are often seen in the Autumn.

These early gatherings discussed the tentative nature of possible neurotransmitter substances such as acetylcholine, histamine, substance P, and serotonin.

These hymns, sung at large gatherings, especially in the south, provided a basis for gospel and blues in the late 19th and early 20th century.

These gatherings often lasted no more than two to six weeks, although winter gatherings were longer, with families organizing under a dagwani, or village headman.

These arrangements included culture camps and social gatherings, with a main focus on adoptive families and their children.

" These annual gatherings are attended by the élite of fashion, and always include a large number of ladies, who generally evince the greatest interest in the target practice of the various competitors, whether it be for the honour of carrying off the Elcho Shield, the Queen's or the Prince of Wales's Prize, or the shield shot for by our great Public Schools, or the Annual Rifle Match between the Houses of Lords and Commons.

These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, " either to please or to educate " (" aut delectare aut prodesse est ").

These gatherings were often attended by guests from other Bunurong clans or from neighbouring tribes, such as the Wathaurung and the Wurundjeri clans from the Woiwurong.

" These gatherings serve as the formal meeting place of the Master and his devotees when he is present in physical form, but also, more often, follow the tradition of early Christianity and take place in the homes of disciples or in any convenient location as times of remembrance of the Master and the need for meditation.