Word: secularization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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According to the Times article, those opposed to “secular celebrations” of Christmas often claim that their concern stems from “the increasing strength of the religious right and worry about everything they’ve gained over the last generation being rolled back.” In general, I agree with the sentiment. And, the article’s assertion that “conservatives … say they have been emboldened by election results that they took as affirmation that most Americans share not only their faith but also their belief...
...only recalibrated her celebration, but she also helps others do the same. Last year she started a "simplicity circle" that gets into high gear during the holiday season. A woman in her group, a Buddhist, has eliminated toys with batteries or ones made of plastic from her secular celebration in an attempt to introduce her children to simpler pleasures. Another, an environmentalist, won't give any gifts that aren't made from recycled or natural sources. Others, following Pursell's example, have cut back on the tonnage of tinsel and toys...
Take a break from your work to get in the Christmas spirit by enjoying some traditional music. Harvard’s oldest choral ensembles, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard Glee Club, will perform a mix of sacred and secular holiday music. Tickets at the Harvard Box Office, $7 for students and seniors, $14 regular. 8 p.m. First Congregation Church. (ECMV...
Luckily, someone opened a fresh case of boxed wine before a new Crusades could break out. Everyone went home happy, drunk and secular...
...fundamental split in Palestinian politics right now, in fact, is less the competition between the Islamists of Hamas and the secular nationalists of Fatah, than it is the internal battle within Fatah between Abbas's "Old Guard" - often derisively termed "Tunisians" to mark their returning-exile status - who have dominated the Palestinian Authority and the failed Oslo negotiation process; and a younger generation of activists committed to continuing the intifadah. While Abbas publicly denounces the intifadah as a catastrophic strategic error that has set back hopes of Palestinian statehood, and insists that the Palestinians best hopes lie in doing whatever...