Word: secularity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...establishment of religion." It does so, they said, by favoring denominations that preach total pacifism while penalizing others that oppose only unjust wars. Speaking for the court majority, Justice Thurgood Marshall noted that the establishment clause requires that "when government activities touch on the religious sphere, they must be secular in purpose, evenhanded in operation and neutral in primary impact." By exempting objectors to all wars, Marshall held, Congress properly focused on individual consciences, not sectarian affiliations. It also avoided administrative chaos, which would have deepened "bitterness and cynicism" among draftees. How, for example, could a draft board fairly decide...
...more-was an exacting test of the painter's virtuosity in handling watercolor or sumi ink across large areas; it made the paintings into a kind of environment conducive to meditation and withdrawal. Because they were made for domestic use, the imagery of byōbu is generally secular. But Western categories of what is or is not secular make less sense in the context of Japanese art, in which aesthetics is raised to the status of ethics, and any image, from a crane stepping into water to the gesture of a dancing girl, can disclose...
...history and the glut of Jewish musicals trying to emulate the success of Fiddler on the Roof. However morally admirable, it is difficult, 22 years after the event, to work up a passionate present concern over the ordeal of founding Israel. This season, Broadway has seemed like a secular synagogue. Prior to Ari were The Rothschilds (pleasant) and Two by Two (puerile), plus the Yiddish shows Light, Lively and Yiddish and The President's Daughter. To all concerned, shalom and enough already...
...church's money managers might well be envied by their secular counterparts. They do not have to show an immediate profit, pay few taxes, and do not have to report to shareholders. In addition, they have access to some of the best investment information because leading bankers and brokers yearn for the prestige of landing a Vatican account and send in all sorts of advice. The church also solicits advice through a select group that includes Morgan Guaranty Trust and Hambros Bank...
Kinsolving is not the only ordained minister writing religious news for the secular press. New York Times Religion Editor Edward B. Fiske is an ordained United Presbyterian minister, although he does not advertise the fact. James Bowman of the Chicago Daily News was a Jesuit priest; Roy Larson of the Chicago Sun-Times was a Methodist minister. William Wineke of the Madison, Wis., State Journal was even specifically ordained by the United Church of Christ to the vocation of religious reporting. Many of the best laymen writing religion are personally devout. A.P.'s George Cornell and U.P.I...