"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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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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Making It Count: Pilgrimage and the Enumeration of Publics by Simon Coleman

“…Such “biopolitics of hosting” can play a significant role in mobilising the religious imagination of shrine administrators, especially in contexts of apparently growing secularity. Number can be deployed by professional hosts to represent undifferentiated visiting publics in terms of spiritual possibility. …”
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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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Languages of Written and Oral Communication between Russian Emperors and Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, 1725–1799 by M. A. Petrova

“…For example, Russian emperors addressed secular electors not as "brothers" or "sisters"—terms typically reserved for sovereign equals— but as "uncles," "aunts," or, later, "in-laws" (occasionally "cousins"). …”
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Authors of Lithuanian books in the first part of 19th century by Aušra Navickienė

“…The first authors with secular higher education appeared in the 3rd-4th decades of the 19th century. …”
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On Political Islam in Palestine by E. A. Stepkin

“…Also one should keep in mind secular beliefs of the current political elite in Palestine. …”
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Over Accumulation or Investment Gap? by Kersten Kellermann, Carsten-Henning Schlag

“…The marginal productivity of private and public capital has not been following the secular decline in the interest rate. This leaves room for an increase in debt-financed public investment. …”
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Les places traditionnelles de Porto-Novo (Bénin) comme communs : entre mise en valeur des espaces urbains et promotion des pratiques sociales et culturelles by Elizabeth Auclair, Élise Garcia

“…They illustrate a complex combination between opposite dimensions such as material/immaterial, sacred/secular, public/private, visible/invisible. This article examines the perceptions and representations of the inhabitants, the dynamics induced by the rehabilitation of the traditional places and the involvement of local artists. …”
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Stato civile e cultura politica islamica. Una riflessione antropologica by Domenico Copertino

“…Starting from the debate between Clifford Geertz, Talal Asad and Ernest Gellner on religious traditions, ethos and power, the article offers a reflection on the political-intellectual dynamics that have led some Islamic and secular movements in the Middle East to formulate a project of social/institutional organization called the civil state. …”
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The constant reality beyond exception and rule in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology by K. Radler

“…As a result, Bonhoeffer responds to a secular method with faith in Christ’s cross and provides for a reality that can serve as a constant grounding for a new life carried by ultimate hope. …”
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Religion and politics of belonging in digital times: youth religiosity in focus by Astrid Mattes, Miriam Haselbacher, Katharina Limacher, Christoph Novak

“…Individual negotiations of belonging always resonate with political ideas of the nation and the secular and with discourses of inclusion and exclusion. …”
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