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The secular concept is substantially different from societies that adhere to religious law, wherein " religious education " connotes the dominant academic study, and in typically religious terms, teaches doctrines which define social customs as " laws " and the violations thereof as " crimes ", or else misdemeanors requiring punitive correction.
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The concept of a secular day of rest, not directly related to a religious day of rest, has been cited as justification for retention of restrictions on commercial activity on Sunday.
The concept of justice embodied in sharia is different from that of secular Western law.
Fundamental to the concept of secular humanism is the strongly held viewpoint that ideology — be it religious or political — must be thoroughly examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith.
Social justice as a secular concept, distinct from religious teachings, emerged mainly in the late twentieth century, influenced primarily by philosopher John Rawls.
Weber claimed this distinction originated in the Protestant Reformation, but later became secularized, so the concept can be applied to both religious and secular ascetics.
# according to University of Leipzig professor and Bosnian Academy of Sciences and Arts member Edin Šarčević, the current legal structure of the agreement does not abide by the basic principles of international law and the secular concept of national citizenship, making the Bosnian territorial and political situation continually unstable and fractious since its implementation in 1995.
In secular use, the concept refers mainly to the European intellectual movement known as the Age of Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason referring to philosophical developments related to scientific rationality in the 17th and 18th centuries.
* Short list, an analogous secular concept
Dworkin concludes that " the tolerant secular model is preferable, although he invited people to use the concept of personal responsibility to argue in favor of the tolerant religious model.
In response to the challenges of integrating Jewish life with Enlightenment values, German Jews in the early 19th century began to develop the concept of Reform Judaism, adapting Jewish practice to the new conditions of an increasingly urbanized and secular community.
At the time when Marxism first emerged on the political scene, the concept of secular or atheistic communism did not yet exist.
Laïcité is currently a core concept in the French constitution, Article 1 of which formally states that France is a secular republic (" La France est une République indivisible, laïque, démocratique et sociale.
In reference to the secular scientific world view the concept is now generally considered superseded, being rooted in an attribution of materiality and dimensionality to the psychic world.
" The modern concept of a wholly secular government is sometimes credited to the writings of English philosopher John Locke, but the phrase " separation of church and state " in this context is generally traced to a January 1, 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson, addressed to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, and published in a Massachusetts newspaper.
The apparent contradiction arising from the fact that political and practical Zionism were overwhelmingly secular, socialist and even atheist schools of thought, was resolved by the concept of " the Messiah's donkey " ( khamoro shel mashiakh ) whereby majority secular Zionism was seen as a temporary divine measure for the achievement of Jewish salvation.
The first scholars to use the concept of political religion ( or synonyms such as " secular religion ", " lay religion " or " public religion ") were Protestant and Catholic intellectuals and theologians, such as Luigi Sturzo, Adolf Keller, Paul Tillich, Gerhard
Some of Melton's criticisms concerning the secular anti-cult movement revolve around his rejection of the concept of brainwashing as an explanation of religious conversion and indoctrination.
One World appeared in both religious and secular publications alongside statements denying Germans ' complicity in the Holocaust, especially the concept of collective guilt.
According to Diamond, the defining concept of dominionism is " that Christians alone are Biblically mandated to occupy all secular institutions until Christ returns ".
On the other hand, some Muslim leaders are opposed to the secular concept of government and especially to a government controlled by former communists ( see Centers of Political Power, this ch .).
He made a fundamental contribution to the n-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of secular perturbations in relation to this.
Secularism originated in Europe as series of movements that militated for a new, heretofore unheard-of concept called " secular Judaism ".
A secular state is a concept of secularism, whereby a state or country purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.
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He terms this early enthusiasm `` Romantic Christianity '' and concludes that its similarity to democratic beliefs of that day is so great that `` the doctrine of liberty seems but a secular version of its counterpart in evangelical Protestantism ''.
It is the triumph of rationalism and secular metaphysics which marks the point of no return.
This is brought out in the common religious ethos that prevails even in the denominationally diverse audiences at many secular semi-public and public occasions in the United States ; ;
There is a marked tendency for religions, once firmly established, to resist change, not only in their own doctrines and policies and practices, but also in secular affairs having religious relevance.
Today however, the `` outsider '' is likely to have professional qualifications of the highest order ( otherwise the college would not be interested in hiring him ) and to be acclimatized to the democratic processes of the secular or state university.
The current regime of President Mohammad Ayub Khan is determinedly secular.
Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.
Surviving medieval art is primarily religious in focus and funded largely by the State, Roman Catholic or Orthodox church, powerful ecclesiastical individuals, or wealthy secular patrons.
Gregorian chant is an example of a cappella singing, as is the majority of secular vocal music from the Renaissance.
It is speculated that his parents were wealthy enough to afford giving him an esteemed secular learning.
That this day coincides with Christian Sabbath is not a bar to the state's secular goals ; it neither reduces its effectiveness for secular purposes nor prevents adherents of other religions from observing their own holy days.
Friedrich Klaeber somewhat led the attempt to connect Beowulf and Virgil near the start of the 20th century, claiming that the very act of writing a secular epic in a Germanic world is contingent on Virgil.
He lists seven kings of the Anglo-Saxons whom he regards as having held imperium, or overlordship ; only one king of Wessex, Ceawlin, is listed, and none from Mercia, though elsewhere he acknowledges the secular power several of the Mercians held.
Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day, which is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday.
The anti-Christianity of secular or pagan artists is often linked to the Christianization of their countries.
Jonsen and Toulmin offer casuistry in dissolving the contradictory tenets of moral absolutism and the common secular moral relativism: " the form of reasoning constitutive of classical casuistry is rhetorical reasoning ".
Several influential stylebooks, both secular and religious, however, indicate that the correct form for referring to a cardinal in English is as " Cardinal < Name > < Surname >.
An example of this secular politicization is seen when Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor supported Pope Benedict IX, the most corrupt of any of the popes of the era.
Edwards makes a similar suggestion, observing that ' the context of the two prohibition in and suggest that what is opposed is not same-sex activity outside the cult, as in the modern secular sense, but within the cult identified as Canaanite '".
Celebration of Christian holy days is considered Avodah Zarah or idolatry and is forbidden ; however some secular Jews in the West treat Christmas as a secular holiday.
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