Word: secularize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Castro rescinded the ban against Christians' joining the Communist Party, and in 1992 he declared Cuba a secular, not an atheist, state. Sometime around 1995, Castro regained enough equilibrium to reopen serious talks with the Vatican. Some speculate that he was more relaxed, more confident he would not be overthrown. Some say he was convinced that what the Pope had done to galvanize Poland's anticommunist crusade could not be replicated through the weak Cuban church. Some think he realized it was time to embrace the religious hunger in the nation and find ways to dampen discontent...
...regime will seek to replenish the threadbare rhetoric of the revolution by emphasizing the moral link between Christian and socialist ideas. A papal critique of unbridled capitalism is anticipated by the socialist government. Officials hope the reception they accord the Pope will accelerate the rapprochement between religious and secular segments of society...
...along with the guys. Last summer, in fact, the National Football League declared its ambition to become an equal-opportunity entertainer, meaning that women are now encouraged to advance from serving the Doritos to donning the cheeseheads. What ever happened to make the Super Bowl America's No. 1 secular ritual is bigger than gender, and possibly bigger than...
...Party, the Christian right has been a blessing and a curse. It mobilizes millions of voters but alienates a lot of others. In Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, the G.O.P. had a baby-faced, backroom-working pol who wasn't averse to cutting deals with the party's more secular factions. The new leader of the party's Christian troops is Gary Bauer, the longtime president of the pro-life Family Research Council, and all he has in common with Reed is a baby face. "I'm more comfortable pushing from the outside," he says. Translation: he's not averse...
...religious language with which King described his life's goal points us toward secular goals as well. If only our society could be a "city of complete life" in which the savage urge of man to ostracize any one different from his clan would be replaced with love and good will. Archie C. Epps III is Dean of Students...