religious belief

collocation in English

meaningsofreligiousandbelief

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religious
adjective
us
//uk
/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious belief

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An exclusivereligiousbeliefis commonly described as areligiousbeliefthat implies the falseness of contrary teachings.
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Religiousbeliefrequires a 'leap of faith'.
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Both these claims aboutreligiousbeliefneed to be evaluated.
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The effects ofreligiousbeliefare more complicated.
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An error theory forreligiousbeliefmakes this unnecessary.
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He might have found that inreligiousbelief.
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Psychosocial needs in cancer patients related toreligiousbelief.
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He rightly rejects purely expressivist accounts ofreligiousbelief.
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Chapter 3 explores the definition ofreligiousbelief-that andreligiousbelief-in, and of their opposing forms of religious disbelief.
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Sceptics frequently hold that onereligiousbeliefis as likely as another.
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At best, theistic arguments are superfluous to the psychological and epistemic dimensions ofreligiousbelief.
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Religiousbelief-that and disbelief-that are easily characterized, given this move.
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However,religiousbeliefhas undergone considerable change in terms of greater pluralism and growing secularism.
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These reflections invite some more general comment on the epistemology ofreligiousbelief.
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Each author is also sensitive to the interplay betweenreligiousbeliefand national consciousness.
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This means thatreligiousbeliefdetermines what the believer takes to be worthwhile.
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Different forms ofreligiousbeliefhelp us to address this estrangement in different ways.
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It is, in fact, one of the most characteristic features ofreligiousbeliefin the region.
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My concern here will be with implications ofreligiousbeliefon the question of metaphysical compatibilism.
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Religiousbeliefis far more than a matter of assenting to propositions, though it includes that.
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But he accepts that there is no knockdown proof of the truth of anyreligiousbelief.
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We now know a good deal about the psychological causes and consequences ofreligiousbelief.
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Indeed, the notion of sanctity is not devoid of meaning in the absence ofreligiousbelief.
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The right to have one'sreligiousbeliefrespected is therefore indisputable.
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