Word: secularized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grown concerned about the increasing influence of hard-line Muslims in a Bosnian government that has long pledged itself to a multiethnic state. President Alija Izetbegovic, a devout Muslim who was twice jailed under the communists for his religious activism, has always nurtured an ideal of Bosnia as a secular society that embraces Serb, Croat and Muslim alike. But now his vision is being challenged by a narrowed nationalistic focus...
Many religious groups report that an increasing number of students, dissatisfied with the pursuit of secular ideals of success, are seeking other ways of fulfillment...
Memorial Church's Humanist Chaplain, Thomas M. Ferrick, offers a secular perspective on this increased religious awareness...
Steinberg says that the "hollowness" of secular ideologies has engendered a profound sense of uncertainty among students--the same uncertainty that has led to the rise of fundamentalism in the Near East...
...Christian pop industry is also starting to produce some genuine stars--performers who are making an impact not just in religious-music circles but in the secular world as well. In part this is due to the fact that last year Billboard magazine's SoundScan system, which measures album sales nationwide, started to take into account purchases at Christian bookstores--where 85% of Christian pop albums are sold. As a result, pop crooners such as Steven Curtis Chapman and Michael W. Smith, both veteran performers in the world of Christian music, saw albums they released in '95 climb higher...