Le pouvoir laïque est-il profane ? Classement distinctif et spiritualisation seigneuriale en Haute-Allemagne à la fin du Moyen Âge by Joseph Morsel, Camille Noûs

“…We can then deduce the generic correlation established in this society between social – secular as well as ecclesiastical – domination and the attribution of a more spiritual character to the dominant than to the dominated, who are relegated to the carnal.…”
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St. John Paul II’s Natural Law Legacy and International Human Rights Culture of Human Dignity – A Road to Universal Brotherhood and Peace by Ján Figel

“…The author advocates a return to the core principles of key documents on this subject to counter the influence of various  ideologies and  totalitarian regimes. Highlighting secular and faith-based sources including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Vatican II Council Declaration, the text emphasizes human dignity as the meeting point for religious and secular humanists. …”
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Religion and Social Economic Development of Communities in Nyarushanje Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Ayebare, Agnes

“…The primary reason for this has been the conceptualization of development as a secular project underpinned by the view of modernization and development across the world. …”
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The Quest for a Stable Disk by J. A. Sellwood, R. G. Carlberg

“…Here, we revisit this issue and show that simply eliminating the most nearly circular orbits from Toomre's disk model can inhibit troublesome secular growth. We also present both 2D and 3D simulations of particle disks that remain featureless for over 50 orbit periods. …”
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Wychowanie do zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście katolickiej nauki społecznej by Irena Grochowska

“…One of the basic calls of the modern church is to call secular people to engage in the process of evangelization and building the new humanism. …”
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The Transition from Song to Poetry in Latvian Literature in the Second Half of the 19th Century by Māra Grudule

“…In the second half of the 18th century, as a result of transferring from a German to a Latvian cultural space, a new genre of song was created by the German pastor Gotthard Friedrich Stender, the secular, didactic and sentimental ziņģe (a term coined from the German verb singen, ‘to sing’). …”
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South Africa’s Weekly Media: Front-Page Reporting 9/11, Preventing Islamophobia by Muhammed Haron

“…Since a radical Muslim group was blamed for this dastardly deed and since Muslims were implicated for this reprehensible act, the secular media expectedly placed the Muslims – in majority and minority settings – around the world under the spotlight. …”
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The spirit that moves. A new society and its first publication by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“…In fact, it is studied and practised in secular, non-religious contexts. …”
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"Vous venez d’où pour avoir cet accent ?" by Henri Boyer

“…From the combination of notions of speech community and linguistic market we search to highlight the impact of the imaginary of the French language community (ethno-socio-linguistic imaginary) on the dynamics of the official linguistic markets, considering as main driver a secular linguistic ideology : the unilingualism . …”
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Understanding career calling: historical roots and practical relevance for school counselors by Robbani Alfan, M Solehuddin, Juntika Nurihsan, Yusi Riksa Yustiana

“…Tracing its roots from Ancient Greece to modern times, the concept of career calling has shifted from a spiritual vocation to a broader, secularized understanding, yet remains deeply tied to prosocial motivation and meaningful work. …”
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Public Initiatives in the Process of Establishment of Lithuania University by Virginija Jurėnienė

“…A massive agitation took place in the press both for a secular as well as for a Catholic university. Politicians began to participate in the agitation for the university in February 1921. …”
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Religión, secularidad y activismo héteropatriarcal: ¿qué sabemos del activismo opositor a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en Latinoamérica? by José Manuel Morán Faúndes

“…Sin embargo, investigaciones recientes han dado cuenta, de cómo ciertos elementos seculares también se imbrican en la acción colectiva contraria a los ddssrr. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…It was, in a way, a reflection of the way of thinking of the secular rulers of that time, for whom the use of forms of coercion was a common way of imposing their will. …”
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POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND CENSORSHIP IN 19TH-CENTURY RUSSIA by Igor M. Chubarov

“…The core idea of this article is to investigate a connection between clerical and secular censorship and the development of Russian philosophy, literature and journalism in XIXth century. …”
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"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse by Markus Vogt

“…The second part of the essay deals with the question which competence the churches can contribute to the ecological discourse of a pluralistic, partly secular or atheistic society. I speak also about the encyclical Laudato si’. …”
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Etyka „otwarta” na religię. Krytyka założeń teorii sekularyzacji opartej na koncepcji José Luis López Arangurena by Jarosław Charchuła

“…The presented justification reveals the shortcomings of the theory of secularization. For Aranguren, the postulate of openness of ethics to religion is a logical consequence, a proper recognition of the subject of ethics and its methodology. …”
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Faith Based Organizations as Instigators of Development: the contribution of Alfagems Secondary School in Morogoro (Tanzania) by Tadeusz Jarosz, Emmanuel Komba

“…As FBO insiders target a given developmental goal, they start to act upon the secular proponents which are continually being reinforced from within the religious dimension. …”
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Editorial by J. Rossouw

“… From text: The first edition of what turned out to be one of the foundational texts of what became known as the intellectual movement of Radical Orthodoxy (RO), John Milbank’s Theology and social theory: Beyond secular reason was published in 1990. Something of this seminal book’s impact is conveyed in the two blurbs on the back cover of the second edition, published in 2006. …”
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Droit à la ville et contestation de l’ordre moral urbain en Turquie by Benoit Montabone

“…It demonstrates that the defense of a public green space in the heart of Istanbul is not the main driver of the revolt, but moreover the latter is the response of the secular people to the evolution of the ways of producing the city and of controlling the public spaces by the islamist ruling party AKP. …”
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K. Nürnberger, Informed by Science, involved by Christ, How science can update, enrich and empower the Christian faith by A. R. Tucker

“…As someone who has a degree in Geology, has been a minister in a mainline denomination for 40 years, and aspires to develop missional congregations I believe that this should set the agenda for Christian apologetics in today’s, increasingly secular and scientifically influenced, world. …”
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