Word: secularize
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...tree did not advance the goal of inclusivity. “We should be celebrating our religious diversity, instead of covering it up with bland inanities about ‘holiday trees,’” Hylden said. On the other hand, the president of the Harvard Secular Society, Matthew R. George ’07, said he’s “all for keeping religious displays off of public property.” “A move towards secularizing holiday displays is all right with me,” George said. Reuters reported that...
...selections on the very rich Seasons Anthology CD from Rhino Records). It begins with four bars of oohs, setting an eerie, pretty mood that won't quite reveal itself, then explodes into four bars of AHHHHHS. It's not Beethoven, but it has a pop majesty, the wordless, secular hymns of streetcorner Romeos...
...holy guests”), unholy houseguests stir up holiday trouble—only in this film, the celebration is of the biblical Exodus rather than a settler/American-Indian dinner. “Ushpizin” is the first film made with collaboration between the ultra-Orthodox community and secular filmmakers and is aimed squarely at general audiences as an comedy anyone can enjoy. Set in modern-day Jerusalem, it follows the lives of poor, kindly Moshe Bellanga (Shuli Rand—also the movie’s screenwriter) and his wife Malli (Rand’s real-life wife, Michal...
...different political leanings: Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawar, whose base is among tribal leaders; Deputy Prime Minister Abd Mutlaq al-Juburi, a former Baathist general under Saddam; Ala Makki, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Iraqi Islamic party, the largest Sunni political group; Dr. Hatem al-Mukhlis, a secular New York-based doctor and ally of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi; and Sheikh Adnan al-Janabi, a secularist tribal leader and expert on petroleum...
...rest of society. I just went to an interesting evangelical conference, and throughout, rock bands were playing. The rock-'n'-roll culture within the evangelical world is indistinguishable in terms of the sound of the music from the rock culture that came out of a very different, irreligious secular tradition, except that the words are about Jesus--love and all that. They're not resisting outside culture, they're embracing it and kind of making it their own. I think intelligent design and Christian rock are similar. It's about taking up form from the outside and trying to Christianize...