South Africa’s Weekly Media: Front-Page Reporting 9/11, Preventing Islamophobia by Muhammed Haron

“…Since a radical Muslim group was blamed for this dastardly deed and since Muslims were implicated for this reprehensible act, the secular media expectedly placed the Muslims – in majority and minority settings – around the world under the spotlight. …”
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The spirit that moves. A new society and its first publication by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“…In fact, it is studied and practised in secular, non-religious contexts. …”
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"Vous venez d’où pour avoir cet accent ?" by Henri Boyer

“…From the combination of notions of speech community and linguistic market we search to highlight the impact of the imaginary of the French language community (ethno-socio-linguistic imaginary) on the dynamics of the official linguistic markets, considering as main driver a secular linguistic ideology : the unilingualism . …”
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Understanding career calling: historical roots and practical relevance for school counselors by Robbani Alfan, M Solehuddin, Juntika Nurihsan, Yusi Riksa Yustiana

“…Tracing its roots from Ancient Greece to modern times, the concept of career calling has shifted from a spiritual vocation to a broader, secularized understanding, yet remains deeply tied to prosocial motivation and meaningful work. …”
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Public Initiatives in the Process of Establishment of Lithuania University by Virginija Jurėnienė

“…A massive agitation took place in the press both for a secular as well as for a Catholic university. Politicians began to participate in the agitation for the university in February 1921. …”
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Religión, secularidad y activismo héteropatriarcal: ¿qué sabemos del activismo opositor a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en Latinoamérica? by José Manuel Morán Faúndes

“…Sin embargo, investigaciones recientes han dado cuenta, de cómo ciertos elementos seculares también se imbrican en la acción colectiva contraria a los ddssrr. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…It was, in a way, a reflection of the way of thinking of the secular rulers of that time, for whom the use of forms of coercion was a common way of imposing their will. …”
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POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND CENSORSHIP IN 19TH-CENTURY RUSSIA by Igor M. Chubarov

“…The core idea of this article is to investigate a connection between clerical and secular censorship and the development of Russian philosophy, literature and journalism in XIXth century. …”
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"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse by Markus Vogt

“…The second part of the essay deals with the question which competence the churches can contribute to the ecological discourse of a pluralistic, partly secular or atheistic society. I speak also about the encyclical Laudato si’. …”
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Etyka „otwarta” na religię. Krytyka założeń teorii sekularyzacji opartej na koncepcji José Luis López Arangurena by Jarosław Charchuła

“…The presented justification reveals the shortcomings of the theory of secularization. For Aranguren, the postulate of openness of ethics to religion is a logical consequence, a proper recognition of the subject of ethics and its methodology. …”
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POST-RELIGION: TRADITIONALISTS’ ANALYSIS by Kirill M. Tovbin

“…Post-religion is positioned as the top of secularism enshrined in the departure from the straight and aggressive secularism of the Modernity, but without recourse to Tradition. …”
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Faith Based Organizations as Instigators of Development: the contribution of Alfagems Secondary School in Morogoro (Tanzania) by Tadeusz Jarosz, Emmanuel Komba

“…As FBO insiders target a given developmental goal, they start to act upon the secular proponents which are continually being reinforced from within the religious dimension. …”
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Editorial by J. Rossouw

“… From text: The first edition of what turned out to be one of the foundational texts of what became known as the intellectual movement of Radical Orthodoxy (RO), John Milbank’s Theology and social theory: Beyond secular reason was published in 1990. Something of this seminal book’s impact is conveyed in the two blurbs on the back cover of the second edition, published in 2006. …”
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Droit à la ville et contestation de l’ordre moral urbain en Turquie by Benoit Montabone

“…It demonstrates that the defense of a public green space in the heart of Istanbul is not the main driver of the revolt, but moreover the latter is the response of the secular people to the evolution of the ways of producing the city and of controlling the public spaces by the islamist ruling party AKP. …”
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K. Nürnberger, Informed by Science, involved by Christ, How science can update, enrich and empower the Christian faith by A. R. Tucker

“…As someone who has a degree in Geology, has been a minister in a mainline denomination for 40 years, and aspires to develop missional congregations I believe that this should set the agenda for Christian apologetics in today’s, increasingly secular and scientifically influenced, world. …”
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Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 by Dalitso Ruwe

“…This essay advances the claim that Africana thinkers between the 16th and 19th centuries developed critiques of slavery with the following themes: (a) slavery as a function of ignorance of biblical or secular knowledge; (b) slavery as a function of European carnal impulses; (c) slavery as a crime, for which the God-ordained punishment was death; (d) justification of self-defense to restore African liberty; and (e) economic restitution for stolen labor. …”
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THE COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE NOUL-NEAMŢ MONASTERY by Stela GUŢANU

“… The new monastery, called “The New Neamţ” (Romanian: “Noul Neamţ”), established in 1864 by the monks who had left the old Neamţ community, took over not only the name of the oldest and richest monastic foundation in Moldova, but also the secular traditions of this important cultural center. …”
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Communist anniversaries as a symphony of power and science (case study of Bulgaria) by Ewelina Drzewiecka

“…The discussion offers an interpretation in the light of the Orthodox concept of the symphony of power perceived as a metaphor of the relation between the secular and the spiritual power.…”
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ASPECTS OF THE VOCAL-SYMPHONIC GENRE by Lucian GHIŞA

“…The oratorio is divided in two categories according to the text: the secular and religious oratorio. The religious oratorio has several subgenres given by the use of a pre-established text: Requiem, Mass, Passion, Te Deum, Stabat Mater, and others. …”
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The Popes and the Idea of European Unity by Emília Hrabovec

“…John Paul II relaunched a new evangelisation instead of compromises with secularism and Marxism, but maintained a fundamental European optimism, whereas Benedict XVI did not hesitate to admit that the European culture, transformed into a laicist utopia which substitutes God by the obstinate self-will of man, could disappear, too. …”
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