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...Persians were originally Zoroastrian. For this reason, Nowrooz is not at all a religious holiday, but a very secular celebration," Kormi said...
...little to pry into, but I think, rather, there was a tacit consensus that his life was too important, too elevated, to mess with. It was what a life should be: private, accomplished, well-mannered and devoid of envy, gossip and whining. As an emblem of nobility, indeed of secular religion, he could be most useful to others if let alone...
When asked about the impact of a secular society on Christianity, Taylor critiqued religious leaders who were too vigorous in trying to bring church and state together...
...love [life without the bell]," he added. "This is supposed to be a secular school, and I don't need to be woken up to know when church...
Shrier's protagonists, who have grown upcomfortable with secular America despite theirOrthodox upbringing and Jewish schooling, arespending time in Israel after graduation from highschool, theoretically devoted to the study oftraditional Jewish texts. They are exposed to amore radical brand of Orthodoxy, and they do notknow whether change is good, or what change meansfor their unformed identities. Some of the boyschange more than others; some put up a brave frontto protect themselves from change; one boy, it isalleged--and here's the ostensible dramaticmotivation for the play--commits suicide becausehe is confused and distressed by the Yeshivaatmosphere...