churchly

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“Beyond Belief” is far more schematic, to the extent that the various chapters—nine, to be exact—focus on aspects of the game that correspond to churchly concepts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That theme, explored with light wit and deep humanity, makes this unabashedly churchly novel strikingly relevant to our conflicted political era.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

He unleashed raw operatic passion in soul-searching arias rather than a churchly Passion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2022

The history of racism in America, and of efforts to overcome it, is usually addressed by Hollywood with a solemn, anxious, churchly hush and flattened into a tableau of villains and saints.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2013

"Saint Philip's next, while we are in the churchly spirit," said Louis; "and then the Huguenot church."

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell