These views, in fact, show that Makiguchi's opposition to the military regime was rooted in humanistic values of compassion and justice aroused from his religious belief, than just worldly political considerations.

Judged by mere worldly considerations and probabilities, his story is a very doubtful one.

Indeed, the husband may not have any religion to teach her, though in such a situation she will be in great want of a support to her virtue, independent of worldly considerations.

On the other hand was Kyle, seemingly apart from any worldly consideration or motivation, his incredible martial-arts skills just a reflection of things that relentlessly drove him for spiritual transcendence.

They consider that indulging in politics, even for a good cause, will by definition lead to bid'a and shirk (the giving of priority to worldly considerations over religious values.)

- a lady of such youth, and such attractions, however real her respect for you, might have been influenced in marrying, by worldly considerations only.

For a few short days they would not believe an assertion which their intellect, so long employed among worldly considerations, could not in any manner grasp.

Mix in more worldly considerations - like the bottom line and the stock market - and the "triumph" of the book's title begins to look more ambiguous.

Laymen steeped in worldly considerations had difficulty grasping this concept, but the truth of a vitally important fact soon becomes apparent to even the most stolid.

"Sometimes we priests forget the more practical and, as you say, worldly considerations."