21.   Tchotchkes, he calls them, invoking a Yiddish word, and a reminder that religion has played a big role in civic engagement and his life.

22.   The West should recognize that specific cultural values and political policy may intersect without threatening civil liberties, and that religion can play an important role in public life.

23.   Their Jewish religion played only a part of their decision to leave Minsk, they said.

24.   Tutu made it clear that religion played an important role in the end of officially sanctioned apartheid.

25.   Turks who believe that religion should play a greater role in public life have not initiated anything resembling a frontal assault on Western culture here.

26.   Islam pervades life in Indonesia, but the religion played a marginal, restricted role in politics during the three-decade, authoritarian rule of former President Suharto.

27.   It was an appropriate end to a campaign in which religion played a major role.

28.   Meanwhile on Monday, the Dalai Lama said religion could play a bigger role in promoting world peace by facilitating more humane interaction among people and groups.

29.   Observant and secular Jews find themselves increasingly at odds over what role religion should play in daily life.

30.   Religion also played a role in the Republican primary.