Word: secularizing
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...linchpin of this show. He was installed as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany after his uncle Allesandro de' Medici was murdered. He had an obsessive desire for magnificenza and was determined to outdo his ancestor--which, in terms of cultural spending, he did. Never had art and secular politics been brought closer together than in late Medicean Florence. Cosimo's patronage dominated the production of visual meaning and the consumption of art in the city, rather as the ownership of a local TV station might help magnify the image of a determined and self-centered mayor...
...Harvard Secular Society endorsed Lurie...
...addition to a heated debate over the Harvard Secular Society (HSS) e-mail list between HSS members and members of evangelical Christian groups, Christians sounded off on Lurie over their own group lists and in letters to The Crimson...
...people's views on sartorial matters. Though she deems Norway and Sweden "maybe the best places for Muslims to live" in the West, the mood has changed. Islam has become more politicized. As Palestinian militant groups, for example, have added religious overtones to battle cries that were once mostly secular and nationalistic, "people have started holding all Muslims responsible for what those fighters did - and what Sudan did and what bin Laden did," Roald says. Some Muslims have reacted by retreating into the safety of "the idea of us vs. them." At the office, where she's studying the role...
...parliaments. With job shortages worsening, there is little prospect of opportunity trickling down to young Muslims. As bin Ladenism proliferates through mosques and websites, the conditions that contribute to the appeal of radical Islam in Europe are showing signs of permanence. And theological expressions of discontent are turning secular complaints into non-negotiable religious causes. There is a challenge here for Europeans and their leaders, too many of whom are in denial about the irrevocable heterogeneity of their societies. What can be done? As a first step, European countries should develop their own versions of affirmative action, the effort that...