Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…Erdogan the country began a gradual transition from «Kemalism», which includes the preservation of secularism, ProWestern democratic values and a gradual departure from the Ottoman heritage, to a more conservative domestic and foreign policy, characterized by the strengthening of Islamist and nationalist sentiments, as well as the transition to the policy of «neo-Ottomanism», «neo-pan-Turkism». …”
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Pentecostal Churches and Capitalism in a South African Township: Towards a Communism of the Market? by Thibaut Dubarry

“…Indeed, the market itself appears to be sacralized, implying a transfer of holiness into the secular domain. We conclude with the idea that we have observed a fourth wave of Pentecostalism, anticipating that the golden age of Gesara/Nesara may be considered as a secular faith, forming a Hegelian synthesis of the two so-called secular religions of the 20th century, capitalism and communism. …”
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(De)Globalization, the Global Imaginary, and Religious Narratives: A Theoretical Framework and the East Asia Litmus Test by Beilei Bai

“…Central to the topic is that fact that the crisis experienced by the global imaginary affects the interplay between its secular and religious dimensions. The secular imaginary had fostered a homogenous narrative that has caused both ontological and epistemological crises. …”
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Le contrôle du corps des femmes à travers l’histoire. Essai de mise en perspective de la question de la santé sexuelle et reproductive des femmes dans le monde arabe by Sophie Bessis

“…This corset was forced to yield (more or less) to secularized and secularized societies where religious prohibitions were gradually disconnected from the positive law. …”
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Covid-19, Congregational Worship, and Contestation over ‘Correct’ Islam in South Africa by Goolam Vahed

“…It remains to be seen whether these divisions will boil over into physical confrontation among Muslims, and, with trust in the state dissipating, how Muslims will manage their relationship with the secular state.   [1]    This article acknowledges the assertion of Schoeman (2017:6 of 7) that it is de-batable whether South Africa can be strictly regarded as a secular country. …”
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Between Secularisation and Loss of Faith by Dorin Mircea Dobra

“… We study the thesis that today we are faced with secularization in its true sense, and not so much with the loss of faith. …”
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AMERICAN TELEVANGELICAL FRAMES: RELIGIOSITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND COMMODIFICATION by Nopita Trihastutie

“… A secular state, like United States of America, guarantees the private right of individual to express their religious ideas in public. …”
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Humanist Limits in the Material Phenomenology of Religion by Gaelin Meyer

“…This epistemological tension emerges as secular and non-secular concepts are worked with concurrently. …”
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Foreword by Rian Venter

“… From text: The position of theology at a public and secular university has become a contested issue in recent years. …”
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Virtuoses ambivalents by Graham Jones

“…But while secular magicians celebrate virtuosity as a central element of magic, gospel magicians minimize its role.…”
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The Extraordinary Imperial Ambassadors to the Conclave during the 1667–1730 Period by Jiří M. Havlík

“…During the years 1691–1730 the practice of appointing extraordinary secular ambassadors to the conclave had already stabilised – mostly they were imperial counts who intervened with total respect in the events that took place around the papal election. …”
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Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016 by M. Prozesky

“…The paper argues that, five hundred years on, Robinson’s project of developing a Christian response to contemporary secular challenges remains valid in South Africa. …”
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<i>Tona</i>, the Folk Healing Practices in Rural Punjab, Pakistan by Azher Hameed Qamar

“…Tona, a layman’s approach to healing that describes magico-religious (fusion of magic and religion) and secular magic practices in rural Punjab, Pakistan, is an example of magico-religious and secular magical practice. …”
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Le statut de la sainteté dans les « religions politiques » by Yves Bizeul

“…On the contrary, he wants to transform the world by his commitment. The new secular holiness is not about contemplation but about action and creatio ex nihilo. …”
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Thinking God in a Global Multi-religious Context: Trends, Challenges and Possibilities by Rian Venter

“…This article situates God-talk intentionally in the present global and post-secular horizon and asks about the implications of this hermeneutical move. …”
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Clinical ethics radically reconsidered: bioethics, common morality, and the law by H. Tristam Engelhardt Jr

“…Nesta edição, dando continuidade à publicação da obra “After God: Morality and Bioethics in a Secular Age”, do importante bioeticista Prof. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr, que gentilmente nos cedeu os direitos, será apresentado o capítulo seis. …”
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Singing and Sounding the Sacred – the Function of Religious Songs and Hymns in the Public Sphere by Elsabé C. Kloppers

“…Religious singing in public spaces forms bridges between personal faith, the church, and public Christianity, while at the same time also forming bridges to a pluralist, secular, and post-secular society. I depart from the premise that the singing of hymns in the public sphere constitutes a form of religion lived in public. …”
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Cult of war by Elena Markus, Nina Frolova

“… The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces in Kubinka near Moscow is a quintessential example of the post-Soviet populist ideology, representating a mixture of ostensibly religious values with multiple secular cult objects. …”
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Where does the moral groundwork come from in today’s society? by ks. Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…The article shows sociological and moral dilemmas of modern liberal democracies resulting from the fact that liberalism has become radically secular. The author raises the issue of the origin of this state of affairs, as well as of paradoxes that arise while these societies search for justification of moral positions.…”
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Adolescencja współczesnej kultury zachodniej –kryzys tożsamościowy i sekularyzacja by Marcin Kłosowski

“…In this perspective, secularization may be seen as a manifestation of such crisis and the militant atheism as a manifestation of negative identity. …”
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