Word: secularation
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...Although Bruner, who described himself as a secular Jew, said he felt that Memorial Church should be open to non-Protestant services, others thought that opening the church would damage the sanctity of religion...
...covering and writing about the former Prime Minister since 1984, when Blair was a young Labour member of the House of Commons. He has long been fascinated by the fact that Blair was known to be religious, something Mike says is rare in what he calls Britain's "aggressively secular society." Mike grew up in an intensely religious family in the suburbs of Liverpool--his father was on the national council of the Baptist church--and he says, "I think that probably gave me some sympathy for the way in which Blair has very openly wrestled with the role...
...which would be fine if Blair were, say, a U.S. politician-and so expected to profess his faith even if he didn't have much of one. But, at least in its public aspect, Britain is one of the most aggressively secular societies on the planet. Though Blair went to lengths not to make a big deal of his faith when in office ("We don't do God," Campbell once said, though he now insists he did so only to get rid of a journalist who had overrun his allotted time), that did not stop the British from making...
...newly approved classes come from the humanities. Five will count toward the “Culture and Belief” requirement, and another five will count toward “Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding.” Culture and Belief 13: “The Contested Bible: The Sacred-Secular Dance” will be taught by Gen Ed committee chair Jay M. Harris in Spring 2009. Another three Culture and Belief classes will also be new: philosophy professor Sean D. Kelly’s Culture and Belief 14: “Human Being and the Sacred in the History...
...have no tradition of engaging in politics, he noted, "As far as I'm concerned, the situation in Tibet, particularly the political situation, has reached a level of emergency." He sees his teacher as a major player in dealing with it: "The Dalai Lama is both the spiritual and secular leader of all the Tibetan people, and is recognized as such all over the world, and the Dalai Lama has a tremendous responsibility in his great efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution." But he noted that "in the Tibetan tradition we regard the connection between a lama...