Bislama term referring to various customary beliefs and practices.

But many people resisted the new religion, favouring traditional beliefs and practices.

These beliefs have more or less authority based on the nature of the practices or beliefs and on the group in question.

Child protection issues often challenge long held beliefs and practices and can provoke denial and resistance to change.

Christian tradition is a collection of traditions of practices or beliefs associated with Christianity or groups with Christianity.

As in the case of Mr. El Derini, they were interrogated by SSI agents about their Shia Muslim beliefs and practices.

A social representation is a stock of values, ideas, metaphors, beliefs, and practices that are shared among the members of groups and communities.

Some of these practices are based on religious beliefs, but many of the limitations are cultural and emanate from tradition as well as religion.

Besides ignorance, poverty and lack of health services, inhabitants of rural areas suffer from cultural beliefs and traditional ones that lead to practices of initiation rites.

The Linobambaki did not entirely convert to a traditional Muslim life, and only demonstrated religious practices and beliefs that would gain them advantages only afforded to Muslims.

Cultural beliefs and practices associated with causes and treatment of illness, and other lifestyle behaviors, are important determinants of women's health status, and in the prevention of morbidity and mortality.

From the standpoint of their compatibility with modern liberal democracy, acceptance of pluralism, more than adherence to particular beliefs and practices, may be what most clearly distinguishes religions.

As is common with most ancient civilizations, the objects made of the most durable and precious materials, and thus more likely to survive, were associated with religious beliefs and practices.

No State could judge a person's beliefs provided that they manifested those beliefs in a legal manner.

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

And there's another cognitive bias I'll call confirmation bias, where we tend to accept data that confirms our beliefs and reject data that contradicts our beliefs.

Davidson picked up this theory, and his work in the 1980s dealt with the problems in relating first person beliefs to second and third person beliefs.

The transformation in investors beliefs is striking.

They spoke passionately about their beliefs and shared their ideas readily.

traditional beliefs have emphasized young children's need for training and socialization.

Who believes in justice, whose beliefs are twisted.

Such beliefs have given the bird some protection.

Western culture is shunned and traditional Kikuyu beliefs like female circumcision promoted.

State and Entity constitutions forbid discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs.

For example, beliefs about what it is to be male' and female'.

Meritocracy is at the core of American conservative beliefs.

Such pillars express the religious beliefs of their time.

In the rural parts of Ecuador, indigenous beliefs and Catholicism are sometimes syncretized.

I don't know I prefer to test their beliefs, scientifically.

Once again, social meanings are enmeshed within beliefs about heredity.

While politics is constantly on the move, beliefs and ethnic origins are inherited and unchanging.

But, without the freedom to express other views and beliefs, democracy will remain illiberal.

Benevolent beliefs can apply to any group and are as detrimental as hostile prejudices.

Representatives of the world's religions and beliefs have coexisted peacefully throughout history in Uzbekistan.

Other aspects include the residential neighborhood, if rural or urban one, and personal beliefs.

Our relevant principles and practices are basically identical to international practices.

The Yezidis have held on to their beliefs for 4,000 years.

At a deeper level traditions are eroded with their sacred beliefs.

The data suggest that people who consume meat go to great lengths to try to resolve these moral inconsistencies between their beliefs and behaviour by adjusting their beliefs about what animals are capable of feeling.

He opposed his father's political beliefs, and complained of his lack of influence in government.

The report claimed that the disadvantages women faced resulted purely from societal beliefs and attitudes.

6. Urges States to ensure that, in the course of their official duties, members of law enforcement bodies, civil servants, educators and other public officials respect different religions and beliefs and do not discriminate against persons professing other religions or beliefs

At TEDxWarwick, journalist Mustafa Akyol talks about the way that some local cultural practices have become linked, in the popular mind, to the articles of faith of Islam. Has the world's general idea of the Islamic faith focused too much on tradition, and not enough on core beliefs?

To avoid conflicts and strife within countries, we believe in raising religious beliefs above politics, and keeping them beyond day to day disagreements based on changing interests, so that religious beliefs or ethnicity are not misused for political ends.

The Republican Party recently issued a Pledge to America to explain its beliefs and campaign promises.