Word: secularized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because his parents, both of whom were highly religious, were skeptical of the benefits of a secular education, Fauth's formal schooling ended with the eighth grade. And even during these years, Fauth's education was sporadic, for his parents' religious work involved much travel and took him out of school for as much as a year and a half at a time, he says...
Upon returning to Israel, Fauth lost no time in sending away to various universities for applications. Although his parents objected to secular education, Fauth says at that point in his life he finally knew that he wanted to go to college, despite the fact that he had bypassed high school...
...traveling and near-marriage. A lot for one person. But only now, it seems, at the age of 35 and as a sophomore at Harvard, does Fauth seem truly content with his life--only now that he is in a land which will provide him with that once-elusive secular education, and many more Northwestern Fourth of July dusks...
Onyx, which supplements its gospel music with a roughly equal amount of secular songs, evolved from The Kuumba Singers' subgroup "Brothers." Since breaking its formal ties with The Kuumba Singers, the group has had several engagements, including performances at the Museum of African-American History and the Deer Island Correctional Facility. Last month, the sextuplet opened a concert on campus for The Call-backs, a Harvard a cappella group...
...Constitutional and representative government has been a miserable failure in the Arab world," says Elie Kedourie, a renowned scholar of Islam. "Elections and parliaments have no roots in classic Muslim thought. Only one figure holds ultimate legitimate authority in both the secular and religious realms, and that's the Caliph. The title may change, but the theory does...