Word: secularizing
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...Elmo's Fire, abruptly left Hollywood for his native Pittsburgh, Pa., in search of his lost artistic integrity; he didn't find it. What Should I Do with My Life? is an old question borrowed from a sacred context, but Bronson is asking it in a modern, secular age, when the voice from on high has been replaced by one from inside. But now, as then, not everybody can hear...
...religion and ensures that no religion is sanctioned or favored by the government. Bush’s order, however, essentially exempts religious groups from federal civil rights laws and non-discrimination policies. Giving religious groups a blank check to discriminate in hiring practices at the same time that secular groups are prohibited from doing so sets a policy of bias in favor of religious groups—a clear violation of the separation of church and state...
...legions of volunteers from various religious groups who help needy people across America. This will not change as a result of Bush’s executive order, though there will be less federal money to go around. What will change is the dynamic between America’s secular government and the special considerations given to its religious institutions...
...idea of a secular democracy is that people get together to help one another through a social network based on equality and fairness. The civil rights movement did a great deal to make sure that this fairness was expanded, and its victories are too valuable to erode because of Bush’s penchant for catering to conservatives...
...longer seems morally-guided and interested only in following Catholic theology. He has exercised extreme pragmatism in some cases, including entangling himself in financial matters—the most secular of all things. In the past week, he has given the archdiocese permission to proceed with Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings. In Rome, he is currently discussing this prospect. Yet, the total damages from the settlements in the abuse scandal equate to 10 percent of the Boston Archdioceses’ assets. Though much of these assets are tied into property, which may be difficult to liquidate, there is quite simply...