| 单词 | secular |
| 例句 | They were crossing the broad coastal plain where the secular winds drove them in howling clouds of ash to find shelter where they could. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The new liturgy is suited especially to those who live in the secular city, alone in their faith for most of the week. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he was to be ordained, he was made an attractive offer of secular employment, which—perhaps because he felt himself indifferently suited to an ecclesiastical career—he found himself accepting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Paris in the twelfth century was expanding fast, as was its university, which was beginning to shrug off its ecclesiastical roots and embrace a more secular approach to learning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And someone says that my Catholicism is a mere affectation, an attempt to play the Evelyn Waugh eccentric to a bland and vulgar secular age. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, secular histories tended to overlook spiritual movements like Mormonism altogether. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My education may have made it inevitable that I would become a citizen of the secular city, but I have come to embrace the city’s values: social mobility; pluralism; egalitarianism; self-reliance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll have a Point of View on serious subjects such as Immigration, the role of the Catholic Church in an increasingly secular society, the relative suckage of professional football teams. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of other grave personal problems, Kepler rushed to Wurttemberg to find his seventy-four-year-old mother chained in a Protestant secular dungeon and threatened, like Galileo in a Catholic dungeon, with torture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He said people always asked him if he was religious or secular. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On those few occasions when secular Sacramento took up the sacred calendar they got it all wrong. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Bible were a somewhat contradictory source when it came to the question of slavery, the Declaration of Independence, the secular version of American scripture, was an unambiguous tract for abolition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But over the years it gradually shed its religious affiliation and became a secular institution, as did the other Ivies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It sparked a lively exchange of ideas and tunes between countries, but also between contemporary church music and its secular counterpart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My father had told me once that it had been built in the early twenties by a group of Orthodox Jews who wanted their sons to have both a Jewish and a secular education. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Certain secular practices at the Chicago headquarters of Elijah Muhammad had come to Malcolm’s notice and he was profoundly shocked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded the head solemnly and vanished for the second time, to return on all fours in a few moments with a learned volume, the only secular work in his possession. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The secular calendar made plain note of the hot first day of summer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the secular calendar there was no day like Ash Wednesday. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In secular paintings, however, the vanishing point had to be kept under control, for the human world is finite and limited. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She proposed that, when the fall school term started, I should be enrolled in the religious school rather than a secular one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Their weird library had St. Exupéry but nothing so secular as an atlas of the world, so I had to work from memory. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The secular calendar whirled like a carnival wheel and offered carnival prizes—a fat Santa instead of the infant God; colored eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of the death and resurrection of Christ. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This new, irrepressible sound was the still, small voice of secular humanism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Father saw himself as part of the New India—rich, modern and as secular as ice cream. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Reb Saunders had drawn the line not at secular literature, not at Freud—assuming he knew somehow that Danny had been reading Freud—but at Zionism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The idea of discovery simply could not take hold in a culture so preoccupied with Biblical chronology and liturgical repetition on the one hand, and secular ideas of rebirth, recurrence and reinterpretation on the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They had judiciary powers, and could act as judges in both the religious and secular courts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With them I normally will observe the politesse of secular society concerning religion—say nothing about it. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The pervading atmosphere of sorrowfulness in much of Josquin’s music, whether applied to sacred music or secular songs of unhappy love, is typical of his strife-filled time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In this modern post-religious age, secular institutions flounder to imitate the gift that is uniquely found in the temple and mosque and church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither European nor Indian had a secular understanding of disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When they try to deny their limits, secular institutions only lie. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder about the existence of God because, unlike my grandparents, I live much of my day in a secular city where I do not measure the hours with the tolling bells of a church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The newly opened King Willem II is a secular high school housed in a palace built by the Dutch royal family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular elite: Ivy League universities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I know millions of American Muslims—both religious and secular—are echoing these very same words at this very same moment. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Invariably I arrive late at somebody’s brunch or tennis party—the festivities of a secular Sunday. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because Dad was a secular humanist, and Babou was religiously predisposed to dislike him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I was a senior in high school, consequendy, I did not hesitate to apply to secular colleges. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Samson Raphael Hirsch Seminary and College was the only yeshiva in the United States that offered a secular college education. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In this way the sacred mission of the Triple Alliance became translated into a secular mission: to obtain prisoners to sacrifice for the sun, the Alliance had to take over the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Of course, the new laws thrilled the country's religious citizens, but my mostly secular family wasn't having it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Gray-faced and fiftyish, she must be the apotheosis of “servant leadership” or, in more secular terms, the vaunted “feminine” style of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wafer” was too secular, wafer was what one of Papa’s factories made —chocolate wafer, banana wafer, what people bought their children to give them a treat better than biscuits. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A hovering “screaming yellow” sculpture by Robert Grosvenor that feels like “a secular stairway to visual heaven.” Essential Arts & Culture: Ojai's new musical direction, a bangin' Bartók, an innovative arts patron gets her due 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Gentileschi used representations of herself, both secular and allegorical, not only as painterly formats but vindications of her learning and sophistication. The Renaissance Women Who Painted Against the Odds 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr Gordon has no time for the techno-Utopians who think that the information revolution will rescue America from such “secular stagnation”. G force 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Even for addicts who opt to interpret this step secularly, the problem persists: why can’t this ultimate power lie within the addict? The pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous: There’s a better way to treat addiction 2014-03-23T18:30:00Z The conventional line about Green is that he too went through a transformation, from a secular performer to a man of God. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Instead the emphatically secular space merges resolute solemnity, high design and wit. Polly Apfelbaum's fallen paintings and beads of devotion in her secular chapel of abstract art 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Virtually all modern religious and secular Jews applauded this development. Can American Jews Be Both Liberal and Pro-Israel? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps Carax is creating his own secular Buddhism – the longed-for release of reincarnation made available right here, right now, over and over again. Cannes 2012: Holy Motors – review 2012-05-23T09:56:21Z What appealed to the founding fathers about Cyrus was the notion of a secular state that was not on the French model. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z While he was best known for his novels, some translated into 27 languages, Mr. Buechner also wrote poetry, literary reviews, essays on secular subjects and “meditations” on religious matters. Frederick Buechner, Novelist With a Religious Slant, Dies at 96 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z In a way, his is the classic second-generation narrative of success: secular, assimilated, ambitious, educated. Much ado about Delhi: RSC's Indian Shakespeare 2012-08-01T07:01:00Z The historian Wilson J. Moses, reviewing the book in The Historian, called Professor Abrahams “probably the most celebrated living preservationist of African-American secular oral traditions.” Roger D. Abrahams, Folklorist Who Studied African-American Language, Dies at 84 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z And while reiterating the special status of his church and his faith, he opened his rhetoric—much more than his predecessor did—to the reality of a pluralistic, secular Europe. Pope Benedict the liberal? 2013-02-12T20:02:00Z “It’s a very dramatic space and reminds me somewhat of a cathedral — an urban secular cathedral,” said Mr. Brown. Gavin Brown Moving Gallery to Harlem 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z We are in the early centuries of the larger Byzantine empire, and themes from antiquity — Dionysian revelers, Herculean hunters — are still present in many secular objects. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Mostly secular pieces on mythical subjects, they are rarely heard nowadays, though the best known of them is the last: the scenic cantata Caractacus, first performed at the Leeds festival in 1898. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z No other feature of religion creates a bigger divide between religious believers and modern secular people, to whom it staggers the imagination that anyone could entertain such beliefs. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z Why must so-called secular organizations be focused exclusively on nonbelievers? Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z In 2004, France, a secular state, banned all religious symbols in schools. Gap back-to-school “hijab ad” ignites social media 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z In the secular age you don’t need special authorisation to console a dying person. How to die well | Johannes Klabbers 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The film presents Judaism in a very specific way — these are secular Jews, who celebrate some rituals. "She feels things deeply": How "A Radiant Girl" slowly realizes the persecution of the Holocaust 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z But before long his songs began to incorporate secular thoughts. Solomon Burke, Influential Soul Singer, Dies at 70 2010-10-11T05:00:00Z As a secular humanist, I'd paradoxically be very happy with any one of a number of bittersweet hymns. Music is a vital strand of our social fabric 2012-08-02T19:00:00Z And the military became the arm of secular authority. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z Curiously, Christ’s left hand also prefigures the gesture of Antiope in the later, secular painting with Hercules based on a story from Ovid. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met Even the Roman Catholic Church, which convicted her as a heretic in 1431 — a finding that led secular authorities to burn her at the stake — later vacated its opinion. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z For if secularism resulted in moral deterioration, then highly secular societies would be decaying bastions of crime and misery, while the strongly religious would be shining beacons of liberty and harmony. The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z By the time of 2017’s “The Underside of Power,” Algiers’s sound expanded to a cinematic smorgasbord of mutant disco, post-punk, and secular soul. Algiers is a political band in a political time. But don’t try to box them in. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z That’s also how he’s able to moralize from a great height, secularly or not, while seeming like your friend. Albums From Terius Nash, George Strait, Cymbals Eat Guitars 2011-09-05T22:44:58Z A major theme is the difficulty of following the word of the Torah in a secular world. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z We did not dance or listen to secular music. What the Church Meant for James Baldwin 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z As the complexities of modern life increase and people live more secular lives, many people are turning to independent, non-religious counselling for support. ‘Soulmates do not exist’: the surprising rise of wedding therapy 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Debbie Goddard. Goddard is director of the campus and community outreach department at Center for Inquiry , an international organization that fosters a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z "In our secular culture, it's easy to forget that Jesus is the reason for the season," says Campos-Duffy. Christmas and what it really means: Tips for keeping us rooted in faith 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Because, in our own secular way, we are celebrating communion, and resurrection, and possibility.” Books of The Times: Baseball According to Beckett: A Game That Wouldn?t End 2011-04-24T21:07:26Z It also did well in the South and Southwest, areas that are more religious, but did not do as well in more secular regions of the country such as the Northeast and the West Coast. 'Ben-Hur' Flops With $11.4 Million, 'Suicide Squad' Still on Top 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The words that inspired “The Insult” are more than a little ironic, considering Doueiri’s background as the child of what he calls liberal, left-leaning, secular Muslims. Oscar-nominated ‘The Insult’ reopens old wounds — but to heal them 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z But I think that black women who are entertained by Perry, from his initial audience of church-goers to younger, secular crowds, are not deriving their sense of personal esteem from his sermons. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z His latest, “The Benedict Option,” is a call to beleaguered Christians to divorce themselves from the increasingly secular American mainstream. Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today’s beleaguered Christians 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The boundary between the sacred and the secular was rather more porous in classical antiquity than it is today. The shock of the old: what the sculpture of Pan reveals about sex and the Romans 2013-03-23T16:49:06Z If the purpose of theatre, as David Mamet wrote, is to “inspire cleansing awe,” then actors, at their best, are secular servants to the ineffable. Waiting for Cumberbatch 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z This quite vivid recording is taken from the staged performances, though the work itself generally seems far closer to a contemplative secular oratorio than to a fully fledged piece of theatre. Glass: Kepler ? review 2011-01-20T22:10:01Z If these ideas are right, then we should expect sexual misbehavior among the clergy to be significantly greater than in comparable secular professions, and several studies bear this out. God is not a prude: This is why religion remains so sex-obsessed, why we pretend Jesus was born of a virgin 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z How many had heard of the much smaller, and completely secular, Doctors Without Borders? ArtsBeat Blog: Have a Little Faith? At NYU, The Debate Rages On 2011-11-16T20:55:51Z A literary tour is the secular echo of a religious pilgrimage. Voyages: The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut 2012-02-07T19:16:01Z Moreover, he notes, it “deposed the secular socialist Saddam, whom bin Laden had long despised,” ignited “Sunni and Shia fundamentalist fervor in Iraq” and provoked “a ‘defensive’ jihad that galvanized jihadi-minded Muslims around the world.” Books of The Times: Al Qaeda And the U.S., Still Battling 2011-01-17T22:29:14Z "In our increasingly secular age, when the presence of angelic beings seems remote and unreal, angel imagery still holds an immense power of attraction." From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels by Valery Rees 2012-12-21T07:00:01Z Lee pressured the local Methodist minister to keep secular matters, including social justice, out of sermons. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “It’s important for us to continue to present this secular aspect of Syria, because it’s an ideal that we truly believe in.” On Capitol Hill, a restaurant as refuge 2013-05-08T23:37:22Z Amir, who’ s not only thoroughly assimilated and secular but also anti-Muslim in his attitudes, was talked into lending his legal expertise only after his wife played on his conscience. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Father O’Malley joined the Jesuits at 18 and later earned a doctorate in history from Harvard, and throughout his 55-year academic career he commanded respect among both the faithful and the secular. John W. O’Malley, Leading Catholic Historian, Dies at 95 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z I say a secular prayer that I would have the strength to stand up and speak out, and that I would not be alone. My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Unger tells us early and often that the “secular saint” advocated art’s value above and beyond its immediate political or commercial use. ‘A Life in Six Masterpieces’ provides insightful perspective on Michelangelo The arrest of the imams raises the prospect of a crackdown on devout Muslims, seen by some in the political elite as a threat to the secular order. Indebted to America, Kosovo struggles to curb Islamist recruits 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z He’s of Jewish ancestry, though he considers himself secular, and “Jews,” as a Japanese official tells him, “don’t get to decide if they’re Jews.” Review: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Imagines America Ruled by 2 Foreign Powers 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The stories were very powerful and I took them all on board even though I’m from a very secular family. Rupert Grint: ‘The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z It explores Warhol’s Catholicism in all its anxiety and complexity — with full attention paid to his life as a gay man and to the secular consumer objects and celebrities of his Pop Art. For Andy Warhol, Faith and Sexuality Intertwined 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z When Hirsi Ali writes, almost wistfully, that “it is unrealistic to expect a mass exodus from Islam,” even secular readers may begin to wonder if she is their best guide to understanding the religion. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Given the complexity of the tensions the movie deals with — between religious Jews and secular Israelis, and between secular Israelis and other religions — perhaps its thematic murkiness is a feature, not a bug. ‘The Other Story’ Review: Thwarting a Marriage to Save the Family 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z No wonder that Alone of All Her Sex produced a storm of criticism from conservative Catholics who declared it "stridently" feminist – by which they meant blasphemingly secular. Kathryn Hughes: rereading Alone of All Her Sex by Marina Warner 2013-03-23T07:00:15Z In the secular world, things are even worse with the rich getting even richer, and all because of “belief” and silly versions of “identity”. 'Blade Runner 2049 is a roaring achievement': readers on the best films of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The specter of post-civil war Algeria asserts itself, with its uneasy mix of the secular and the devout. 'The Meursault Investigation' re-imagines Camus' 'Stranger' 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z While no religious armor girds their hero, they cling to him because he pushes a secular iteration of the message they have repeated for years—America has lost its way. An atheist in the White House? It could happen, thanks to Donald Trump 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Bhattacharya recorded professionals and amateurs performing classical and folk, secular and religious music, as well as Bedouin workers rhythmically grinding coffee and a ninth-century Persian epic poem intoned, with drumming, to pace an exercise routine. The Year in Yesteryear: Standout Music Books and Boxed Sets 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z And reliquaries, containers made to hold such remains, changed in form, style and meaning over centuries, in the process taking on lives of their own, becoming precursors of the modern, secular art object. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z I suspect that the various reverends in charge of the suddenly packed pews might not agree with those who carp about secular carol services. Oh come, let ye faithless have their carol service 2012-12-20T19:00:01Z The second is less advertised than the first, but is undeniable: a largely secular governance, which – though the Left by no means eschewed vote-bank politics – did not foster religious polarisation. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z The terrorist attacks in Brussels have devastated people in Belgium and left many others – secular and religious alike — struggling to make sense of what happened. Why hashtags like #PrayforBrussels trend: It says “I won’t allow myself to be dehumanized by the silence” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z These guys discuss weekly “news of the Jews”, as well as religious issues and secular Jewish culture, all of which I would otherwise have no insight into. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z From a young age she served as her mother’s pianist, but eventually, as an adolescent, got the itch to sing secular music. Fontella Bass, 72, Singer of ‘Rescue Me,’ Is Dead 2012-12-28T15:47:50Z Although born to a prosperous, secular Jewish family from Berlin’s bourgeois Zehlendorf district, she signed up with the Communists, who seemed to be the only ones prepared to shed blood to fight the Nazis. The Housewife Who Was a Spy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The group enjoyed immediate success with a huge 1958 hit, the secular hymn “For Your Precious Love,” with Butler on lead vocals. The Impressions keep on pushing 2012-06-28T15:58:00Z Stocks and pillories were common, but their use diminished after 1660 as society grew more secular. Killing fields 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Ironically, given the work's secular inspiration, it is the plangent repletion of the expiring match seller's prayer "Have mercy, My God" that forms the most affecting sequence. David Lang 2010-05-04T20:45:00Z Even though he was a man of the cloth, Ippolito, cultured and wealthy, lived like a secular prince. Tivoli: Still Rome’s great escape after 2,000 years 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Maybe the secular social-justice commitments of American Jews are a sign of Judaism’s success. Study: Three-quarters of American donations go to religion 2013-12-05T13:45:00Z As teen stars in a secular field, they knew people wouldn’t understand why they still went to church. Is there life after ‘MMMBop’? Hanson — yes, that Hanson — turns 25. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Her parents — who gave her the name Merry because she was born on Christmas Day — saw no separation between sacred and secular music. The Unstoppable Merry Clayton 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z But almost immediately, scenes unfold that complicate his heroic stance, and foreshadow the gaps between rich and poor, between secular and pious Syrians, that have helped to doom the uprising to disunity. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Frey has consulted an array of real-life religious and secular experts, from rabbis, Catholic priests and evangelical pastors, to neurosurgeons, lawyers and mental health experts. The best books of 2011 2011-01-03T08:00:05Z It’s the mirror image of the actual Cash family, and it’s exactly the image that the movie’s independent-film audience, liberal and secular, is ready to reject with fear. The Counter-Superhero Calibrations of “Captain Fantastic” 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z If Agnès is named for a "lamb of God", hers is a secular goodness. The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers – review 2013-07-12T15:15:00Z Amy straddles two cultures in the story — a polygamous, conservative branch of Islam that advocates purity and submission in girls and women, and the secular culture of pornification and social media. Conservatives objecting to raunch in "Cuties" conveniently also miss its critique of purity culture 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Sitting in class the day after my botched attempt at seeking secular community, I realized that I felt more at home with my religious colleagues than with the atheists from the day before. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z But the secular world has its own compromises and blind spots. | 'Higher Ground': ?Higher Ground,? Directed by and Starring Vera Farmiga 2011-08-25T22:13:02Z “There is a huge hunger for more human connections,” said Ms. Moss, who describes herself as “a secular mystic.” Critic’s Notebook: Salzburg to Lincoln Center, Spirituality Is on the Program 2012-07-26T02:37:36Z Such a conceit — a projection of a perspective from ancient Judea onto the lifestyle of a contemporary secular New York Jew — might strike some readers as tendentious or random, but it’s not. An Unusual Jewish Novel, Full of Blood and Incense 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “Religion is a very significant part of Turkish culture, although Turkey is a secular state,” she said. An Examination of the Nude Figure in Turkish Art at the Pera Museum 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Al Jolson's Jazz Singer was a cantor gone secular. Glee The 3-D Concert Film: The Church of Latter-Day Songs 2011-08-12T09:45:00Z Jewish American identity here sees its triumph partly as dissolution: not in religious particularity, but in secular universalism; not in distinctiveness, but in resemblance. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Noah’s Ark,’ at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles 2014-04-21T21:43:03Z Both men, who were about the same age, had grown up as working-class secular Jews in New York. Joe Turkel, the Spectral Bartender in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 94 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But the Na Nachs’ unique belief that “happiness is basic, the beginning of everything,” suggests to Aslan that they may represent a bridge between secular and religious Jews. The Contradictions of Reza Aslan’s “Believer” 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z He grew up in what he describes as a fairly secular home, and becoming some sort of spokesperson for the faith was never a goal. Aasif Mandvi bridges East-West gap on 'Daily' basis and now HBO 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The modern Christmas tree is a universal symbol that carries meanings both religious and secular. The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z The National Historical Collection includes a range of material reflecting interpretations of sacred and secular histories that may not be demonstrable in fact. What became of the Mistake Creek massacre? 2013-07-04T06:12:57Z Their starting points are diverse: Nour, a Tunisian teenager, was stifled by an authoritarian secular government, inspired by the peaceful revolution that toppled it and disillusioned when the revolt’s promise faded. Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The Islamists reject the whole idea of a temporal, secular order. A bit of a mess 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z And I think that obsession with the irretrievability of youth is very much a phenomenon in all secular, prosperous, consumerist democracies, where grown men have collections like Abe's and are very worshipful of things. Director Todd Solondz looks for lightness in new "Dark Horse" 2012-07-26T18:21:08Z For a secular alternative to “Klaus,” consider this new animated series with characters from Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” comics. What’s on TV Friday: Santa Claus and Sonny Liston 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Two teenagers — a Buddhist jade nun and Daoist master — form a bond that makes them question their commitments to organized religion and wonder if they should pursue a secular life together. 22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z His pilgrimage is secular; he seeks to filter the contradictions of present-day India through his life story. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z And so he had a repertoire of songs and styles with many regional and devotional influences, often set to lyrics that could convey Hindu, Islamic and secular meanings all at once. Mehdi Hassan's songs live on as Pakistan and India unite in mourning 2012-06-14T12:47:46Z It’s secular music in a sacred context, I think. Q&A with Chris Thile: Making an album with just his mandolin, letting the devil sing and why America needs its own Jools Holland 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z One hundred and sixty years after the publication of “Leaves of Grass,” America is much more secular, but still deeply religious, and quick to conform to the rituals and doctrines of scriptural ideology. Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z For Aslam, a "secular atheist", one advantage of growing up in Pakistan is an extended family. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z Their unsettled position between fiction and nonfiction leaves the secular reader wondering: How am I supposed to take this stuff? The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z A few years later, their father kicked them out when they announced they wanted to play secular music. Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before' 2012-05-24T19:00:04Z Sajet said a visit to see the portraits seems to be a kind of secular pilgrimage, a journey to witness something both communal and personal. ‘Where are the Obamas?’: Paintings of Barack and Michelle brought a million more people to Portrait Gallery 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z It is like a secular altarpiece infused by both earthly and transcendental energies. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z "We are looking towards the political leadership to be neutral and to keep secular spaces open for everyone to practice their various beliefs or values." Record turnout for Singapore gay rally amid religious protests 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The spirit of empathy and compassion throughout the song is in line with what scholarship has found to be strong traits commonly observable among secular men and women. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z This is at least part of how Dickey approaches the afterlives of the saints: as symptomatic of those lingering excesses of faith which haunt the dreams of a supposedly secular age. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z After following tziniut — Jewish codes of modesty — for most of her life, she becomes highly involved in the creation of secular women's clothing, from lingerie to footwear. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Apathy is the biggest obstacle to eliminating forced child labor and the world needs more secular education to reduce intolerance, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said on Tuesday. Apathy biggest bar to ending child slavery: Nobel prize winner 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s a secular world, thoroughly present-minded, yet with versions of earlier thinking and even rituals still intact. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Their secular friends thought that was pretty short. A Song in His Heart. It Was for Her. 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Although Russia is still formally a secular nation, state media often show Russian Orthodox priests blessing new nuclear submarines and space rocket launches. Thousands throng to bow to St Nicholas relics in Moscow 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Infinitely more secular, the musical "Rock of Ages" was made into a movie in 2012. 'Jeopardy!' question sheds light on 'Rock of Ages' -- the hymns, not the musical 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z After all the sacred hatred in the "Holy Land", it was reaffirming to find some profane love closer to home in that secular heaven otherwise known as Romford. Rewind TV: Boardwalk Empire; The Big C; Louis Theroux ? Ultra Zionists; Welcome to Romford 2011-02-06T00:05:43Z Right at the entrance, in a simple frame, is a presidential proclamation: a monumental swipe at the nation’s secular century, and an affirmation of a new Turkey worthy of its Ottoman heyday. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z These pieces will commemorate the comedian as a secular prophet who used humor to expose the perpetual corruptions of our civic institutions. Jon Stewart became our opiate: Time to confront Tea Party, 1 percent — without punchlines 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Born into a secular Jewish family in Stepney, east London, Arbeid was one of four children of a salesman father who showed no particular interest in art. Dan Arbeid obituary 2010-11-22T18:24:00Z At the same time, touches of contemporary realism bring Ms. Smith’s women into the secular present. 2010-02-12T23:56:00Z When the soprano Anna Netrebko, 47, was growing up in the Russian city of Krasnodar, she said, New Year’s Eve included all the secular elements of Christmas: a tree, presents and a family feast. Russian New Year’s Eve: Christmas, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, All Rolled Into One 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Though the characters are unequivocally Jewish — there is talk of the Torah, the townspeople are called “yidelekh” — “The Sorceress” is secular in its themes. Review: ‘The Sorceress’ Casts a Charming Spell in Yiddish 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Emmanuel’s music insists—gently—on our seeing New Age music differently, as something far more secular, intimate, and functional—a tool for both personal survival and emotional pleasure. The Case for New Age Music as American Folk Art 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Nonbelief in America is growing rapidly, and as it does, nascent secular groups are asking what it might mean for them to be giving communities. Do religious conservatives make lousy tippers? 2013-02-07T20:01:00Z “That is the essential difference between religious and secular pilgrimage,” he writes. Review: ‘White Sands’ Asks Why We Visit the Places We Do 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z We slept on the bus, we ate on the bus and we drove around and we screened the movie twice a night – and did Q&As and after every screening – one secular, one none. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z A thousand secular hosannas to Colorado blogger Anne Landman for posting about this perverted unconstitutional indecency! Donald Trump’s phony faith-mongering, Ted Cruz doomed crusader: Sex, lies, religion and the GOP’s 2016 carnival 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Even if the show remains evasive about Christ's divinity, the production taps into our residual memories of the New Testament and uses secular rhythms to awaken spiritual longings. Canadian theatre comes into its own 2011-08-01T15:35:18Z Others have noticed that religious kibbutzim in Israel are thriving, whereas secular socialist ones are in decline. In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Canon treasurer Mark Bonney said: "Conflux means a bringing together and this exhibition unites Sean's contemporary, secular sculpture with our existing medieval, classical sculptures." 'Self-contemplation' 2011-08-03T13:20:24Z So it’s good news that “Born for This,” a musical centered on BeBe Winans and his sister and musical partner CeCe, has voices that could convert even the most secular theatergoers into true believers. Review: Music trumps storytelling in 'Born for This,' the BeBe and CeCe Winans story 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Instead, this force is more secular: It’s the power of family, true love, the meaning of home or the reconciliation of relationships. What makes Christmas movies so popular 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z It isn’t performed nearly as often as, say, the Ninth Symphony, a more secular companion piece written during the same period. Philharmonic to Perform Beethoven?s ?Missa Solemnis? 2010-06-18T14:41:00Z Like many feminists in faith communities, Mormon feminists are sensitive to any suggestion from their secular counterparts that they’re brainwashed or that they should just leave the Church. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z “It’s a secular cathedral; a monument to Norwegian principles of integration and cooperation,” said Mr. Svalas. Steinar Haga Kristensen Is One of a Wave of New Artists Reviving the Norwegian Capital 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z A decade later, Cooke invited the brothers to join him in Los Angeles, where he had his own record company and was a successful secular pop balladeer. Bobby Womack, Songwriter and Musician, Dies at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Later in the decade he recorded some of the most famous examples of rumba, the secular, percussion-forward Afro-Cuban music associated with street convocations and dancing — a sound that floats serene vocal melodies over interweaving drums. Eugenio Arango, Cuban-Born Musician Known as Totico, Dies at 76 2011-02-01T21:56:01Z Some contemporary proponents of Stoicism, like Massimo Pigliucci, present it as a strategy for living a meaningful secular existence, as though Stoicism might be swapped in for religion like Lactaid for regular milk. Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Pacific Chorale is joined by Southern California Children’s Chorus and members of Pacific Symphony for sacred and secular favorites. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Dec. 10-17: Michael Tilson Thomas and more 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z In “Christmas: A Biography ,” social historian Judith Flanders questions the widespread assumption that “a deeply solemn religious event” has been “sullied” by our own secular, capitalist society. Review | Christmas: Holy day, holiday or nostalgic wish? 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z There were many causes for the mounting enmity between the two former friends, but they included the exemption of clergy from the jurisdiction of the secular courts. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z “I Heard the Voice” was a regional hit that established King’s group as one of the finest in Memphis, at a time when the city was much better known for secular rather than sacred soul. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The scale was unprecedented in secular art, being previously reserved for depictions of God and the saints. When the Old Masters Were the P.R. Agents of the Rich and Powerful 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z In a secular, democratic society, they argue, cool is a sign of cultural democracy, a status that has to be earned, rather than passed down by an aristocratic elite. Museums Special Section: In Washington, 100 Examples of the Epitome of Cool 2014-03-19T20:36:17Z As Christianity withers in Europe, old churches are converted into apartments and community centers, and new churches seem determined to accommodate secular habits. Book review: ‘Sacred Spaces,’ a report on Modernism in religious buildinghs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The trouble is that he aims to replace both sacred dogma and secular law with his own conspiratorial farrago. Inferno by Dan Brown – review 2013-05-19T07:00:02Z While most pop songs are secular by default – in that they are about the things of this world, making no mention of the divine or spiritual – "Imagine" is explicitly secularist. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z One of the most boring and persistent questions that the religious use to hound the secular is that which inquires into the possibility of meaning in the absence of a deity. Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z They ensured that Nepal would be a secular republic. Between a rock and a high place 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Harris’ book I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which promoted parent-supervised “courtships” instead of “secular” dating, was published in the same year. Evangelical church accused of ignoring sexual abuse, “pedophilia ring” 2013-03-12T16:17:00Z His prolific workshop produced religious and secular art for the Catholic Church and the social elite. LACMA purchases long-lost masterpiece, once kept under a couch 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z In one, a group of demonstrators — young, old, moneyed, impoverished, secular, religious — pressed toward the interior ministry, notorious for its detentions. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z "Syria was the most comfortable, the most secular country in the Arab world," said Tashjian. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Christmas is not just a time of nostalgia, then, but a time when the sentiments of our choral tradition and our winter festival – both secular and sacred – go happily hand in hand. The music that makes Christmas 2010-12-16T23:30:00Z The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, an amateur ensemble that specializes in secular and sacred music from Ukraine, will also perform. Carnegie Hall Will Host Concert in Support of Ukraine 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Books relating to Mormon history are appearing in the catalogs of top academic presses, while secular universities are adding courses, graduate fellowships and endowed chairs. Mormon Studies Attract More Scholars and Attention 2012-07-02T18:31:01Z I love in the film where he takes it from the King David Old Testament version of the song and moves it into a secular realm. Trying to Capture the Life and Lyrics of That Wry Sage Leonard Cohen 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The problem is starkly exposed when he goes on to insist that Muslims in particular "must adjust to a society dominated by Christian and secular humanist values". The British Dream by David Goodhart – review 2013-04-03T10:04:20Z This was not the secular place Ms. Constable once knew. Books of The Times: Conflicts and Contradictions of Pakistan 2011-08-08T12:00:00Z Helen Keller is one of the closest things the United States has to a secular saint. ‘Her Socialist Smile’ Review: Helen Keller, Radical 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Also, secular marriages suffer under the misconception that both partners are equals, in a kind of anarchist collective. To Stay Married, Embrace Change 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Blaker, a clean comic who steers clear of politics, seems more subversive than secular Jewish comics, even those working with much edgier material. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Protestant Scotland wasn't Catholic Italy, but Renaissance and Baroque paintings could still be read as secular lessons. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z But once theological questions are rendered into secular language, their relevance, and thus the importance of Friedman’s “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism,” becomes clear. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Despite two of the three party leaders being professed atheists, the secular tendency in this country still flatters to deceive. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Under the influence of gospel and R&B; legend Sam Cooke, who signed the group to his personal label, Womack moved into secular music. Bobby Womack, singer with brave 2nd act, dies 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z And I’m not certain the secular support movement would have arisen in the organic way it has without the rise of new atheism first. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z In response, Lerner goes back and forth on Whitman’s ambiguities -- his “belief in american exceptionalism” and his abiding individualism, his “utopian corporate vision” and his “secular radicalism,” the two sides of one rhetorical self. Brevity is the soul of 'The Honest Pint,' a broadside on poetics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Yet the belligerence of religion is often regarded as a self-evident fact and seems central to our Western secular consciousness. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z She sees a renewed interest in tarot cards and other occult practices as a direct reaction to that kind of secular extremism. Making the Tarot Literary Again 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z O.K., he was Jewish, but he was secular. The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient? 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z The war on sex is how the religious right and cynical politicians are using the issue of sexual regulation for undermining secular democracy. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Farrar opened the show as he opens the album, with a secular proverb called “Hoping Machine,” adapted from one of Guthrie’s journal entries. Music Review: New Multitudes, Woody Guthrie Tribute Band, at Webster Hall 2012-03-15T22:29:02Z Actually, we wanted to give a New York theater audience — cynics on a secular night out — kind of a religious experience. 'Mormon' is more than just easy laughs 2011-06-03T15:46:00Z But any characterization of Assad's Syria as diverse, secular, open and tolerant is rejected by the opposition, as well as some Western countries and rights groups. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Maybe one of the readers knows a secular man in New York, another luck strategy,” she wrote. I broke up with my life coach 2012-09-29T22:00:00Z The binaries of good and evil are no longer useful, and neither is simplifying the problem of religious extremism between two poles, secular modernity and fundamentalist brutality. A Movie That Dares to Humanize Jihadists 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z His beliefs could quite plausibly be those of a secular humanist. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z He also chose the library as the place to commemorate his various secular achievements and the founding of the Della Rovere dynasty. Art Review: When Sixtus IV Needed a Painter 2011-05-10T11:30:05Z He’s also an artist bent on reminding his fans of his fallibility — which by secular standards is modest — and, as such, of all of our fallibility. Good kid, mad country: Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” finds the rapper reckoning with God and America 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The 17 Latin motets on these two discs represent only about one-tenth of the motets Gombert produced, and that doesn’t include his settings of the Mass, Magnificat and secular songs. Classical recordings: early voices in new lights 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Ireland is more secular, but it went to their heads: a kind of hedonism. Doyenne of Irish fiction 2011-02-06T00:05:42Z Mr. Hegarty’s work derives its power and luminosity from American soul music, in particular its capacity to intermingle a gospel-derived intensity with more secular and earthy concerns. Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z As a secular American Jew, I felt a flash of familiarity watching these films, similar to what the Graffs must have felt seeing Judy Benjamin’s wedding. Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In one scene, as the men study, someone gets up to close the windows that allow sounds of secular Tel Aviv to drift inside. Venice: 'Fill the Void' looks at Hasidic community 2012-09-03T12:14:11Z Moayed was born in 1980, the year after the Iranian Revolution ousted a secular, autocratic government and ushered in a theocracy. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z On the one side stood the followers of the old Church; the Pope; and his secular sword, the emperor. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Jinnah is Pakistan’s original enigma: a thoroughly westernized, secular barrister who fought for a Muslim homeland after Partition. He Reported on Pakistan’s Volatile Politics. Then He Became a Story Himself. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z She describes herself as a secular Jew who never attended synagogue as a girl. Eva Green: ‘I don’t want to be put in a box marked Weird Witch’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z With over 50,000 objects — including the golden mask of King Tutankhamen in its new, permanent home — this secular temple by the Pyramids is going to be one of the largest museums on the planet. Museums in the U.S. and Europe Are in Blockbuster Mode 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Half a century later, in “The Harvesters,” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, saints have been replaced by farmers, the sacred by the secular, the gold of halos by the gold of ripe wheat. Art Review: New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800, at the Met 2013-05-23T22:47:11Z Usually, in the West, we think of secular life almost as a negative thing. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z In most versions of the suburban male midlife crisis story, the protagonist comes by our sympathy as if it were a birthright or a secular manifestation of grace. Review: In ‘The Land of Steady Habits,’ Suburban Malaise, With a Twist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z These are all things that the secular movement has to offer, and as I’ve shown, its values and goals are very much in accord with the larger progressive movement in America. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z The artist framed the Hasidim within a visually enclosed space, the secular world opening up around it. Brian Weil's work focuses on a 'World' few ever see 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The men’s ability to draw religious and secular Israelis into the same theater for a dance performance is highly unusual. Whirling Along The Borders Of Israeli Life 2011-01-16T03:00:04Z His noble and saintly patience embodies the movie’s gentle vision of art as an innocent practice of harmlessly humble souls—as a sort of secular monasticism that comes with its own whiff of pious rectitude. Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson” and the Myth of the Solitary Artist 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z In the process, it creates a symbiotic relationship and a climate of preferential treatment that similarly situated secular groups don’t get. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z The secular and liberal world, characterized as a place of creation of a new set of values, is portrayed as a path for emancipation. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Now in his late 70s, he came here from Iran in 1960 and went on to built sculptural tributes to several of this country’s canonical secular saints — Henry David Thoreau, Frank O’Hara, Walt Whitman. A Good Year for Younger Artists, Immigrant Citizens and Outrage 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z I told my friend I wanted to break my brain and put it back together again While descended from Buddhism, the modern-day courses are secular in nature. My exhausting meditation retreat: 10 days of Vipassana, silence and spiders 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z A secular writer with an interest in the cultural ramifications of Catholicism? This Week in Fiction: Alice McDermott 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z He also wrote an extracurricular essay on the alignment between secular democratic government and Christianity. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z “This was built from a secular point of view, but the orthodox from any tradition might look at various things and say, ‘I don’t think so.’ ” Norton’s Latest Anthology Explores World Religion 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z You’re mad there’s no 9/11 equivalent to that 17-foot cross because apparently nobody had the foresight to pull a satisfying secular symbol out of the wreckage? Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial 2014-03-07T19:35:00Z Q: Even so, later on you’d sing songs by people from the secular side. After 75 years of touring, the Blind Boys of Alabama are still reaping blessings 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z She graduated in May with a master’s degree in religion and public life, a new program for mostly secular professionals “whose work is focused on having a positive social impact,” according to the university. Maggie Rogers’s Higher Calling 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Christmas is increasingly celebrated as a secular holiday in minority-Christian countries such as Singapore, Japan and India. My atheist Christmas in China 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z But the definition was diffuse: where the music was overtly secular, listeners were encouraged to think about the spiritual core of all great art. Music Review: Gidon Kremer at White Light Festival at Tully Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:15:05Z But in the context of Transparent, it reflects a simpler, more secular desire for calm and contentment. Transparent's new season: a deep dive into American Judaism 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z He was a Social Democrat from a secular Jewish family and was first prosecuted by the Nazis because he was a Social Democrat, not because he was Jewish. The Nazi hunters who wouldn’t give up: “Many war criminals… simply went back and resumed their lives” 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z So throughout my book I argue that it is impossible to claim that religion has historically been responsible for more violence than any other institution, because before the modern period there were no “secular” pursuits. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “Highway No. 1” takes its title from the road connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, which epitomize the secular and religious in Israel. Whirling Along The Borders Of Israeli Life 2011-01-16T03:00:04Z In this more secular age, we reserve our sense of mortal dread for uranium. Is a catchy title really the best means of safeguarding nuclear security? 2010-12-19T00:06:14Z In secular portraiture, supernatural power translates into force of personality. Got an Hour? See the Met These 4 Ways 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The secular and sacred holidays melded together by the medieval period and went on to be celebrated in England and Ireland among non-Protestant Christians. History of Halloween: The origins of the holiday 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Do secular liberals who have no use for the Bible reallycare about these questions? “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z Now that the colony’s elders have admitted the problem and the secular authorities have gotten involved, the question is how to respond. ‘Women Talking’ Review: The Power of Speech 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z This exercise, he said, enables “a totally secular visitor to have an understanding of what it is to arrive at a sense of oneness with others.” Want to Change Your Life? A New Exhibition Offers a Path. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z To the extent that secular work in ethics addresses the same questions as religious ethics there is the possibility, and indeed the likelihood, of conflict. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z Much the same thing happened in music, as new secular forms emerged from variations of sacred material. Medieval Europeans had noses, eyes and ears — and they used them 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Empathy and complexity are the goals of this secular liturgy, which challenges us to see through stereotypes, to reject received wisdom, to question authority and to interrogate the assumptions and blind spots of justice. Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z One of the great gifts of global consciousness has been to remind Western secular culture that some art has power beyond the aesthetic. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Last month, 23 secular activists were sentenced to three years in prison for peacefully protesting the government. Did George Orwell's '1984' prompt an Egyptian student's arrest? 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Dawkins is campaigning with other secular stars against the pope's visit to Britain. Natural selection: give me Darwin over Dawkins any day 2010-09-07T11:43:00Z It is part of secular legend, too, as evinced by the notion in Drake's Drum that, by banging a particular piece of percussion, the hero of the Armada will return to protect these islands. Readers recommend resurrection songs: The results 2010-04-08T21:30:00Z A novel about the controversy that breaks out when a committee chooses an anonymously submitted design for a 9/11 memorial, and the designer turns out to be a secular Muslim. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z She was raised in a secular Jewish household in Highland Park, a suburb outside of Chicago, by an aloof father and a dissatisfied mother. Rosalind Fox Solomon’s Color Line 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z An enchanting place of eccentric celebration, Apfelbaum’s secular chapel threads the contradictory needle in surprising and pleasurable ways. Polly Apfelbaum's fallen paintings and beads of devotion in her secular chapel of abstract art 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z This is not to say that the secular history of the west, which zigzags its way from the Crusades, through the Inquisition and the Thirty Years' war, to British imperial exploitation is the correct one. The political Bible, part 4: toleration 2011-08-29T08:59:00Z “Eikona/Image” resembles a secular Greek temple, and its solemnity suggests a quest for the sort of ritual and meaning that was once integral to daily life. In the galleries: The roots of these gardens run deep 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z States that defined themselves as secular now started arguing that a war against Iraq might well be "just", or even "holy". Kathryn Hughes: rereading Alone of All Her Sex by Marina Warner 2013-03-23T07:00:15Z The modern era of the shiksa begins only towards the end of the 19th century, with the advent of a secular Yiddish literature. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Second, God gave us the skill and the command to sing, and He can be glorified even in good secular music. Fox News' Lauren Green: Christmas hymns are important for three key reasons 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z My family celebrates a largely secular holiday season, lighting a menorah and putting gifts under the tree without much discussion of what many like to call "the reason for the season." Motherlode Blog: Can You Have Holidays Without God? 2012-12-14T14:33:34Z They were also a rarity among Israel’s creative ranks, which tend to be secular and clustered in Tel Aviv. Seeing Inside the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Netflix Series “Shtisel” 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Palestrina built his sumptuous "parody" Masses around popular secular tunes. 'Blurred Lines' verdict would rock Amadeus and other great composers 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z “South Park” has, notoriously, not shied away from addressing religion, though it engages with the idea of religion from a strictly secular gaze. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z He also glimpsed the secular and pluralistic India that he had previously only read about in books and seen in movies. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Why not let him choose 20 secular relics from around 1600, attach the Bard's name to the project, sit back and watch the ratings come home to roost? Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor – review 2012-09-29T23:05:08Z A central theme of this book is the re-invention of money and its role in the development of abstract, scientific and, eventually, secular thought. Making waves 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z My secular upbringing, lack of maternal desire and scientific training protected me from that misery. What I’m really thinking: the woman who is grateful for her abortion 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Many of the women consider Ms. Burshtein, who was raised in a secular household and attended the prestigious Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem before becoming religious, a mentor. Filmmakers Who Are Ultra Orthodox and Ultra Committed 2012-10-21T03:13:01Z But any characterization of Assad's Syria as diverse, secular, open and tolerant is rejected by the opposition, as well as some Western countries and rights groups. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Arendt was born in Hanover, Germany in 1906 into a secular Jewish household. The power of ordinary people facing totalitarianism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The BBC has resisted pressure to allow secular groups access to the slot. 2010-02-17T16:19:00Z Can we expect anything secular — “Respect,” or something in between, like “I Say a Little Prayer”? Advertisement Mmm, I’m not going to tell you what I’m going to be doing. Aretha Franklin on Singing for Pope Francis and Her Next Album 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z On Sunday, programs include sacred and secular music from five centuries and an exploration of post-World War II Latin America. Classical & Opera Listings for Aug. 14-20 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Cohen also an outlier in the religious Jewish world, which--despite Hollywood's high proportion of secular Jews--tends to view the place warily. Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”—a hymn to souls too carnal to grow old, too secular to give praise, and too baffled to mock faith—recently turned thirty. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Challah remains an essential element on Hay’s table during Hanukkah, which, as a child growing up in a more secular Jewish household in Queens, she cherished. A Fashion Designer’s Favorite Challah, for Hanukkah or Whenever 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z In high school, he participated for the first time in secular theater, playing a gambler in “Guys and Dolls.” An Actor Who Cedes the Spotlight While Quietly Commanding It 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Some writers embody Hitchens’s line about “living dyingly,” straining to remain themselves, expressing dark humor and secular defiance, downshifting from existential fears to the banal process of death. Meeting Death with Words 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Now, in our increasingly secular world, piousness is enjoying a moment as the ultimate good-girl rebellion. The Unexpected Bat Mitzvah 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Art is a way of knowing, of seeing and feeling, the borders that separate work from leisure, the sacred from the secular, the ordinary from the exalted, passivity from action, life from death. What Happens When We Lose the Art That Brings Us Together? 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Zemeckis elevates the wartime effort to a sort of secular scripture, a founding myth of good and evil, of superhuman accomplishment and endurance, that voids the film of content while endowing it with meaning. In “Allied,” Empty Nostalgia for American Heroes 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Reflecting the period’s growing love of all things Classical, and heavy with gilding, rare marbles and semiprecious stones, this exhibition ranges from secular to religious to spectacular. 21 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z A wealthy, secular young woman who is molested at football match is revealed to be just as vulnerable as the devout Muslim wife of limited means who must ride the bus with marauding men. ArtsBeat: New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2011-02-16T18:16:53Z Instead, Bernstein practices a secular religion predicated on a mix of art and self-reliance. In 'Seymour,' Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein as creative odd couple 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Clearly more than an offhand sketch, the four-door piece alludes to religious art, yet contemplates the mystery of death in secular terms. In the galleries: Scenes of nature with allusions to religious art 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z We tested each other on capitals, of course, but mostly I asked him to decode the city’s mysterious mix of Muslim and secular life. Frugal Traveler: $100 Weekend in Istanbul 2011-07-06T15:13:09Z Dante's Divine Comedy was a religious allegory about man's journey towards Godliness and salvation, yet he was branded a heretic because he questioned the pope's pursuit of secular power. Where did all the Christian writers go? 2010-03-31T10:11:00Z In reality, it was a deeply secular film about romantic interests, couched in a desire to sing and dance. What makes Christmas movies so popular 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The religious customs, brought by slaves, still hold the languages and movements of their African origins; the secular ones, rumbas that are at the root of salsa and other Latin pop, are syncretically Afro-Cuban. Music Review: Roaring Back With Rumba and Religion 2011-05-08T22:25:58Z If you’re looking for a secular, purely seasonal symbol, snowflakes are a winner. A guide to the secret meaning of holiday symbols 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Why do pilgrimages survive, even thrive, in a secular age? Walking the other way: the Portuguese Camino 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z What if, de Botton asks, we regularly held secular seders with loved ones? Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z My parents steered me away from — I want to say secular music, but pop music. For Jesse Dee, soul never out of style 2013-09-26T15:49:01Z “He wants to be the imam of the country,” said Mr. Livaneli, voicing the fear expressed by many secular Turks regarding what they see as Mr. Erdogan’s conservative Islamic values and recent authoritarian tactics. Rumi Is an Inspiration at the Istanbul Jazz Festival 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z He started out shunning secular music, then discovered the blues and folded his preaching style into his guitar, then abandoned music altogether shortly after performing for Alan Lomax’s Library of Congress field recordings. Son House Inspires a Rochester Blues Festival 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Mast says she hopes the cottage will be “a secular place of pilgrimage.” Lincoln’s Cottage was the summer home of the 16th president 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Elsewhere Eugene, another coward, puts it more succinctly and secularly: “No one gets to clock out today. And, Hell, this is a story people are going to tell.” Walking Dead Recap: OMG This Show! 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Iran's ruling Shia clerics view their pre-Islamic past with intense suspicion: the site of Persepolis, in particular, is stamped with the secular and westernising aspirations of the Shah's regime in the 1960s and 70s. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z Like the Winans and others later on, the Allens inverted the formula of soul performers like Ray Charles who used gospel sounds for secular themes. Gospel star Bishop Rance Allen dead at 71 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Two sisters debate who speaks worse Arabic; the mother doesn’t want May marrying a Muslim, even a secular one. ‘May in the Summer’ Is a Multicultural Romance 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Somebody hit me on Twitter a few days ago saying ‘You’re not a Christian because you mix secular and gospel.’ Michelle Williams on her 'Journey to Freedom' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z That may be in large part because Nazareth, despite being a significant town in its own right, is also, obviously, a draw for tourists both religious and secular. Visiting modern-day Nazareth, no longer in biblical times 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z My son, a secular Jew, works for an Orthodox Jewish partner at a law firm. Social Q’s: No Is All You Need 2014-01-16T22:54:19Z While Manhattan Jews are largely secular and liberal, the most significant increase in the city’s Jewish population has occurred in Brooklyn, where conservative Orthodox communities are growing. Do Jewish New Yorkers care about identity politics? Jerry Nadler hopes so. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Many of the pilgrims she meets are secular people who have taken the trail to process a trauma or turning point in their lives: divorce, bereavement, job loss, illness or recovery. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Even if religion inspires us, he suggests, ethics is a secular business. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z After all, if Larry were as secular as he claims, he wouldn’t bother with this secret plan to simultaneously shirk and fulfill his duty. Review | Honoring the dead? Nathan Englander’s ‘kaddish.com’ imagines there’s an app for that. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z England is now one of the most secular countries in the world. A once and future realm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But then Bloom’s experience of religion and in particular Judaism — he spoke only Yiddish until he was 6 — is radically unlike mine, since I grew up in a completely secular family and society. Harold Bloom Is Dead. But His ‘Rage for Reading’ Is Undiminished. 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Others refer to it, in a more secular but still poetic mood, as the Departure; and still others, in the current fashion for naming big bad things by the date they happen, Oct. Artful 'Leftovers' on HBO leaves viewers wanting more 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Based on a series of novels by James Runcie, "Grantchester" adds to the crime procedural with a nice, if predictable, tension between the secular and spiritual worlds. 'Grantchester' on PBS splendidly combines crime and contemplation 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z We have to live longer with all the indignities and afflictions of old age, from incontinence to Alzheimer's, while we await the inevitable end, about which our secular materialistic society has nothing comforting to say. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z We begin by suggesting a framework of secular belief. The new atheist commandments: Science, philosophy and principles to replace religion 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z This evolution of thought will, very likely, be more difficult for people of deep faith than those who prize secular values. After tragedy in France, rethinking the dynamic of guest and host 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z She learned to sing from all the voices around her at church services — young, old, pure, cracked — while she was exposed to the secular music business through her father, a part-time concert promoter. The Time-Warped Charm of Valerie June 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Previous volumes covered the secular songs, madrigals and psalm settings; these two discs concentrate on the sacred motets. Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, etc ? review 2011-08-25T22:00:02Z The belated Season 3 will pick up that larger story, about one man’s attempts to balance his interest in religious traditions with the pleasures of a secular American life. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+ and More in September 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z I didn’t believe any of them; aside from going through a Wiccan phase at 11 and having a psilocybin-induced mystical experience on a golf course at 18, I’d never strayed much from a secular worldview. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z He became involved with music a few years ago when he began providing spiritual advice — one-on-one ministry — for secular music celebrities. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z When I decided four years ago to write a book aimed at secular parents, I knew that it would require that I disclose my atheism to my friends and family. 4 reasons I’m glad I came out as an atheist 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A teacher of mathematics at Olympic College in Bremerton and Shelton, Mason County, writes "a secular, satirical thrill ride, in which all humanity's glories and vanities can be seen in one lyrical, hypocritical microcosm." Washington state's Gov. Booth Gardner is subject of new biography 2010-06-28T23:20:00Z Flattered by such puffery, Lucas offered to redeem a secular century. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z In such clear, distilled words, Lennon captures the very marrow of the secular orientation. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z After recording and touring as a young gospel singer, Franklin’s career took a secular turn in 1961 when she signed with Columbia Records. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Hanukkah Art Sale SUN Holiday art sale, Judaic and secular art including jewelry, ceramics, glass and fiber art, scrolls, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2012-11-29T02:36:57Z Their story reveals the workings of a community in which even the secular authorities are under the thrall of a cult leader. Weekend Reading: The Psychology of Neonaticide, Failed Adoptions, and More 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Through the vast complexity of their imagined universes and through their iconic status in mass culture, superhero-comic stories have morphed into a secular religion. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z You could even argue, as some Twin Oakers have, that work is the closest thing the secular community has to a god. I worked hard for no pay — and I dug it 2013-02-10T23:00:00Z Religious music has become a safe space for aging secular artists, who are no longer turned to for their take on young love. New Music: Music From Yeasayer, Tamia, Lionel Loueke and Divine Fits 2012-08-27T21:53:22Z The Staple Singers eventually moved from Epic to Stax Records, where, with the backing of both Booker T. & the MGs and the lauded Muscle Shoals, Ala., studio session men, the group transitioned to secular music. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Alex Woods is a secular hero, for whom adolescent awakening is more death than sex. The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence – review 2013-03-15T17:45:01Z As a secular humanist I think “prayers” tend to reflect the better angels of our nature. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Here’s what you can do with your ‘thoughts and prayers’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The female nude, sometimes adolescent, became a common pictorial muse, representing the hoped-for birth of a secular spirituality and a more open, less straight-laced society. LACMA's 'Expressionism in Germany and France' an edifying mix 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z "Her impact on our secular world continues," he said. Sainthood possible for New Mexico nun who faced down Billy the Kid 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z From the 1940s to the 1980s all of the aforementioned groups mobilized on behalf of secular causes, the most prominent being separation of church and state. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Yes, he’d seen the footage from the recent Met Gala red carpet with its over-the top interpretations of the exhibition’s’ sacred and secular themes. What’s Faith Got to Do With It? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z If modern life stripped the divinity out of Venice’s altarpieces, and made art appreciation a secular enterprise, this show wants to turn the gondola back around. Looking Inward, and Back, at a Biennale for the History Books 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Even the pope, a man not known for secular views, publicly declared it nutso. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: My elderly dog could be a Supreme Court justice. Technically. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Yiddish is the lingua franca of many Hasidic communities, but their adherents rarely read secular works. How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z What Kaplowitz, a secular Jew with reverence for the certainties of the law, wanted was a statement annulling the past. Would you befriend the person who got you fired? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections,” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, with bejeweled religious and secular work, should generate a comparable glow. The New Season 2013-09-08T16:55:20Z Our determinedly secular school does not encourage talk about religion; we’re not allowed to form clubs with religious affiliations. Surviving 8th grade: How a shy Irish Catholic girl found refuge in Yiddish Club 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Wilson’s parents were secular liberals who had left Protestant churches during the sixties. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Related Topics: All-TIME 100, Music, , Populist Get this album For decades, gospel music kept itself as isolated from the secular pop world as it could manage. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z What he made instead is a brooding, earnest reflection on the rites of the season, both religious and secular. Are You Listenin’? New Holiday Albums From Sarah McLachlan and Others 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Talk of relationships, sex, soccer, dogs, careers, Christianity, God and their shared frustration with secular life lasted until dawn. Why Wait? When You Know, You Know. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Hovering on the margins of the story, she is integral to its meaning, representing the hopes and disappointment of the kind of secular salvation Caroline is attempting to perform under impossible circumstances. 'Luna Gale' a grimly rich study of the fight to protect a child 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z As a student at Columbia University, Mr. Mano rebelled against what he saw as the prevailing secular liberalism of the intellectual world. D. Keith Mano, Christian novelist who explored extremes of sex and faith, dies at 74 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z More oddly, the officer then delivers one of the evening’s weirder soliloquies, in which he announces that he’s been anointed a secular saint, and then floats through the air a few inches off the ground. Review: ‘Nice Fish,’ Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’s Quirky Ice Fishing Tale 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Raichel, who is 33, grew up in a secular family in Kfar Saba, a small town outside Tel Aviv, but with several Orthodox Yemenite families living on the other side of the street. Music: Israeli Singer of the World 2011-06-23T11:54:54Z Still, she remained unconvinced that she could live a secular life. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Roughly half the programme was given over to secular cantatas by Vivaldi describing the amatory turmoils of shepherds and shepherdesses. Prina/Il Pomo d'Oro/Minasi – review 2012-11-07T16:53:00Z The Orthodox podcaster Franciska Kosman used the show as a springboard to discuss the challenges women face in the Orthodox world, as well as how the faith's presence in secular media could improve. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The festival trades in a sort of secular spirituality, aimed at illuminating, in the words of Jane Moss, the center’s visionary artistic director, “the inner recesses of your interior life.” Review: A White Light Festival to Re-energize Your Inner Self 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z "We must work to found a new Arab society which is secular, plural and democratic." Syrian authors condemn 'savage' Homs bombardment 2012-02-09T12:15:17Z "Unlike homemade counterparts or local tinsmith's wares, these tools depicted highly stylized images, often drawn from secular themes or with subject's designed specifically to hang on the Christmas trees." A brief history of the Christmas cookie 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Ultimately, it reduced the R&B — once the center of black social and political culture, and the conduit that brought the energy of sacred music into the secular realm — to an accent. R&B Blossoms, With Hip-Hop in the Rear View 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Enter the architect Mohammad Khan, wholly secular, ferociously ambitious. The Submission by Amy Waldman ? review 2011-08-24T13:30:02Z Such cruelty was intended to send a message to all those, secular or religious, who would threaten the state. ‘The Year of Lear’ review: How politics shaped Shakespeare’s masterworks 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Sandy recalls Aunt Hager, a woman who frowns on secular dancing — even if that dancing takes place in her own yard — whirling round and round at a revival in religious ecstasy. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z We present them on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 as “totally secular” and 10 as “peak Christian.” A guide to the secret meaning of holiday symbols 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But, I think what you have to understand, from that kind of secular perspective, is that to offer prayers is an act of piety. Why hashtags like #PrayforBrussels trend: It says “I won’t allow myself to be dehumanized by the silence” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Most of the polished arrangements are by Tyrone Downie, formerly of Bob Marley and the Wailers, and the opener is a secular devotional called “Marley.” Playlist: Reggae via Senegal, and a Tough Utopia 2011-06-10T18:55:16Z And though there is a strong religiosity to the earlier works, when Death carries scales to weigh our souls, this eventually turns to secular morality. Death: A Self-Portrait – review 2012-11-11T00:05:30Z Coming at the end of the Renaissance, a period known for the development of scientific inquiry, humanism, neo-Platonism and other forms of thought that would lead toward a more secular world, Vanni’s map is striking. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena,’ at Yale University Art Gallery 2013-12-27T21:22:23Z Occasionally I meet someone who was raised in a secular home and I am not envious. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z It's a surprisingly cool little film, not funny at all but rather seriously torn between the secular and the sacred, a conflict Eisenberg expresses with a neurotic intensity. Holy Rollers ? review 2011-07-09T23:05:50Z Unlike earlier Adams and Eves, Gossaert's nude figures were blatantly secular, but nonetheless full of references which would have been picked up immediately by an educated audience. Glory be to Gossaert 2011-02-22T15:05:42Z He was a religious Jew among secular peers, a respecter of authority in a field of rebels. Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The show also has a couple of architecturally scaled pieces that qualify as secular sanctums. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka, an amateur ensemble that specializes in secular and sacred music from Ukraine, opened the concert with the Ukrainian national anthem. Carnegie Hall Musters Stars for a Benefit Concert for Ukraine 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Its population is mostly Muslim; the constitution is secular. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z In the Netherlands, a much more secular country, the percentages are lower. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z He wrote sacred and secular vocal music, taught extensively and produced scholarship that includes a unique manuscript treatise on improvised vocal counterpoint. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “In the secular world, they test a single first, but even the gospel majors don’t do that,” Mr. Boone said. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Cezanne’s symbolic apple, the biblical fruit of knowledge gone secular in a clear-sighted effort to redeem the fall from grace, here becomes uncanny. At Park View gallery, a spellbinding trip into a world turned upside down 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z They think that you don’t get anywhere as a religion by turning yourself over to secular fashionistas. A Trinity of Opinions on the Met’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z On the weekend of Aug. 27 and 28, the prestigious Boston Camerata will perform vocal secular and religious music from the period following the Revolutionary War. In Transit: In Paris, Classical Music in a Pastoral Setting 2011-08-07T10:00:59Z In his twenties, Baccio became enamored of the reformist preachings of Savonarola, a vocal critic of the ruling Medici clan who advocated the destruction of secular art and culture. Fra Bartolommeo Has His Moment 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But as a student of ancient religious texts – I run a secular Jewish house of study for culture-makers in New York – I take real issue with these groups’ reading of the Bible, too. Biblical birth control: The surprisingly contraception-friendly Old Testament 2014-01-05T19:00:00Z Indeed, secular people in general exhibit an orientation that is markedly tolerant, democratic and universalistic – values Lennon holds up as ideals in "Imagine." "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The performing forces expanded a bit on Friday for Handel’s early secular cantata “Apollo e Dafne” and on Saturday for three of Bach’s ripest creations. Review: A Sublime Survey of Baroque Music 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z This classic text of grief is still one of the best books on the subject, even though it is viewed through the lens of religious feeling in an increasingly secular world. Helen Humphreys' top 10 books on grieving 2013-04-10T12:02:25Z People are saying that it's very good, and we are seeing this from both conservative groups and more secular groups. The Bible is surprise bestseller in Norway 2012-12-20T11:38:01Z She was the child of secular Jewish parents in Tehran — her family name, changed by her father, was Cohen — and educated in Muslim schools. Six Artists From Iran at Grey Art Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “Although Black people made spaces for secular expression, only the church afforded room for all of it to be practiced at the same time.” Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African-American Religion 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z I wanted to be taken seriously — in the secular world I was forever considered oppressed as a religious woman, in the religious world I was rendered incomplete as an unmarried woman. Confessions of a rabbi’s wife: “I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig” 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z As a lifelong music obsessive and secular Congregationalist, I have ferocious holiday-music opinions—if it’s too craven, cloying, or pious, it can go jump in a lake. Twelve Feel-Good Seasonal Pop Classics, with and Without Christmas 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The Arab Spring is partly responsible for the show’s subdued tone, and for the heightened awareness we bring to its sacred and secular artifacts of a fading Byzantine culture and a burgeoning Islamic one. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Her father left early, and she was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents in a largely secular household. Yolanda López, Artist Who Celebrated Working-Class Women, Dies at 78 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The idea is to explore the religious and the folk/secular origins of classical music. The Swedish Clarinetist Martin Frost Wants to Move Beyond Traditional Concert Formats 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z America’s ceremonial music is more secular, and of more recent vintage. Perspective | Can Meghan and Harry make you care about Handel? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Teaching became Bill’s secular ministry, and he never stopped. Tuesdays with William Zinsser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In a secular society, this can feel like one’s congregation. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Or else it’s framed as a quirky cousin of the secular celebration of Christmas: special foods, candles, presents, family togetherness — just with a different color scheme! Review | Hallmark’s Hanukkah movies are really Christmas movies about how Hanukkah is weird 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z After being forcibly ejected from my church, I found the one secular club at UNLV. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Tellingly, Aslan’s foil to the Haredim is not the group of secular Israelis who invite him over for Shabbat dinner to rail against the menace of orthodoxy, raising a toast to “the secular Messiah.” The Contradictions of Reza Aslan’s “Believer” 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Both those qualities will be called upon for the secular re-telling of the Passion. Theater: The Passion of Michael Sheen 2011-04-20T12:30:05Z “He had risen from his deathbed to a secular sainthood, and Americans were all but salivating to claim him as their own,” writes Ms. Macur. Books of The Times: ‘Cycle of Lies’ Details the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2014-03-11T19:43:21Z “The Moon, My Man and I,” premiered in 2008 as the first movement of a secular requiem performed in 2008 by the Hallé Orchestra and Chorus in Manchester, England. Craig Urquhart, Sascha Rosenberg 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Even atheists or secular people can admit that the King James Version of the Bible is a beautifully written book and a nice piece of literature. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z It's almost secular, but it has the deep feeling of the finest sacred music. John Cooper Clarke, poet – portrait of the artist 2013-05-21T16:12:39Z Today, the Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya in Turkish, is officially a museum: Turkey's most-visited monument, whose formally neutral status symbolizes the secular nature of the modern Turkish state. Muslims pray to turn Turkey's greatest monument back into a mosque 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z His two identities are coloured by a third: Mahmud the commonsense secular rationalist, who senses that religio-tribal "identity" of this or any sort is comforting, but absurd. Film review: The Infidel 2010-04-08T21:15:00Z Though smaller than a conventional blockbuster, this show is a powerful declaration of faith — not just Rembrandt’s faith in Jesus, but our own faith in the secular authority of Rembrandt’s hand. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus? in Philadelphia - Review 2011-08-26T04:00:08Z In a secular democracy, it's strange that, to paraphrase Orwell, some religions are more equal than others. Raccoons, rabbits and Sean Spicer: The camp and contradictions of the White House Easter Egg Roll 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. White, who was raised a Mennonite in rural Kansas, saw just one secular film in a theater before he turned 18. Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The enlightenment project, the modern scientific revolution – these things prepared the way for secular politics in the West; they made possible Jefferson’s wall. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z For people like Walter Kaufman, who wrote an influential book about Nietzsche after the war, his Nietzsche is a pleasant, secular liberal. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z He continues to preach his new, more progressive message, which he calls “Metacostalism”, and it seems to straddle the line between faith and a more secular strain of self-actualization teachings. Come Sunday: how one of America's biggest preachers became a pariah 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Mindfulness in the U.S., on the other hand, is often taught and practiced in purely secular terms. Mindfulness meditation can make some Americans more selfish and less generous 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z It closes with a call for a secular, egalitarian understanding of humanity and the universe, and asks how that might be expressed in children’s literature. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Often people are very carefully secular because they think that that will make them the intermediate person between religions—that they will excuse themselves from being sectarian. Marilynne Robinson talks religion, fear and the American spirit: “The left, at a basic level, lost courage, because they don’t know how to deal with the proclaimed religiosity of the other side” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z But the country splintered nonetheless: east from west, Islamists from secular, Islamist from Islamist. Why Libya Continues to Burn 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The title song is the sound of a secular preacher bringing his congregation closer to him, so that he can fess up to his failings and declare his determination to overcome them. Album review: Bobby Womack, 'The Bravest Man in the Universe' 2012-06-11T20:41:00Z He understands that we’re writing about spirituality and how a secular man deals with and finds his own spirituality in 2014. Zach Braff: "There Are No Great Roles in Film, They’re All Dried Up" 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z These are the thoughts of a secular preacher and calculating politician, surrounded by friends and yet often alone. Books of The Times: From Seat of Power, Battling Many Crises 2010-09-26T22:18:00Z Jerusalem, like every other city on our list, also has a stake in the contemporary and the secular. These Are the 10 Best Cities to Visit Around the World 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Green is a secular Jew, confounded by what that even means, while Marlon sings in the choir in a storefront church near the Roxbury border. Bridging the Racial Divide in a Middle School Friendship 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Her protagonist, Selin, is an 18-year-old Turkish girl, the daughter of secular Turkish immigrants who raised her in a genteel suburb of New Jersey. Elif Batuman’s ‘The Idiot’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Cremation finally skyrocketed as America became increasingly secular. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Still today, for secular audiences, his diamond-hard paintings can appear to come from another world. Jan Van Eyck’s Diamond-Hard Brilliance, as You’ll Never See It Again 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z This is a compelling coming-of-age story which explores the relationship between faith and the secular world and which places the experience of two American families in the context of global events. An unorthodox reading list for kids starting high school in the fall 2010-06-11T00:12:00Z The author fights back with music — he likes the idea of his cancer being “bombarded with the sound of Coltrane” — and with chanting, meditation, food, family and notions of what he terms a “secular spiritualism.” Three Sharply Observed Books Showcase the Enduring Appeal of Memoirs About Dealing With Disease 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Men and women like the young James Boswell kept, and sometimes published, revealing records, attempts to find meaning in more secular lives not so tightly bound to religious narratives. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He praised the “old, secular, Gothic architecture” of the High Court of Justice in the Strand in London. Justice Stephen G. Breyer Talks About the Pritzker Jury 2011-10-06T09:02:25Z We can argue ad nauseam about the relative badness of religious and secular atrocities, but in the end it is a wash. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z Pastor Troy Schmidt of Florida appeared on “Fox and Friends” on Thursday morning, where he accused a secular group of trying to turn him into an “atheist chaplain.” “Fox and Friends” guest: Secularists want to turn me into “atheist chaplain” by removing prayer in schools 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Movies such as “The Blind Side,” “Unbroken” and “Selma,” so-called faith-friendly movies that subtly interject Christian principles into inspirational mainstream stories, may be the best hope of bridging the gulf between secular and faith-based audiences. The rising influence of faith-based movie fans 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z My family was very, very religious, and my parents home-schooled all of their kids so that we wouldn’t see anything secular. With ‘Glamorous,’ Miss Benny Gets a Platform Makeover 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z But he grew disillusioned with performing in “a Christian bubble,” as he put it, and moved to New York in 1998 with an eye toward a more secular music career. Tony Vincent, Actor 2010-02-17T18:46:00Z It’s not unusual for contemporary music to appear in New York’s churches, where chamber groups and orchestras often present very secular programs of avant-garde composition. Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z This narrative of the secular “us” vs. the religious “other,” which is upheld by many who consider themselves liberal, progressive people, incites and allows for populist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric on the ultra-right. Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z I’ve been persuaded by that idea, and like many secular types, a Jewish sense of humor is more integral to my identity than any religious observance. Is It Funny for the Jews? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z That embrace has only exacerbated tensions with secular Jews who overwhelmingly vote Democratic and oppose Mr. Trump. Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews? 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The holiday is full of paradox: sacred and secular, giving and gorging, loving others and suffering them. Generation X-Mas: The Rise of A Christmas Story 2011-12-24T14:59:14Z Creationists, for example, dispute the evidence for evolution in fossils and DNA because they are concerned about secular forces encroaching on religious faith. No ad hominem, no ad Hitlerum: How to convince someone when facts fail 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z As a 2018 Teen Vogue profile reported, "Lizzo learned the power of gospel at her Pentecostal church where 'secular music was the devil.'" Churches are preaching the Gospel of Lizzo now 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z If you’re like me and like some friends of mine, as secular as we are Jewish or Christian but nonetheless drawn to our religious traditions, the answer is, you wouldn’t change all that much. Cultural Studies: Creating Sabbath Peace in a Beeping World 2010-07-16T17:22:00Z Photograph: Corbis In an increasingly secular society, the place of our rich tradition of religiously inspired art is something that has come increasingly into question. Poster poems: religion 2013-04-12T15:23:10Z Produced by Damon Lindelof, The Leftovers is billed as a secular take on the Rapture or, as the novel and the show refer to it, the “sudden departure.” The Leftovers: confusion and doubt mirrors my religious journey 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z In the second half of his book, Boyce examines how this conviction of mankind’s essential wickedness variously manifested itself in the modern secular world. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z But his words also had the ring of testimony, like a secular salvation narrative. Robert Plant With Led Zeppelin Hits and More 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z A rival Free Society of Artists was set up by artists with a radical bent, with Hogarth their secular saint. The Royal Academy: a story of sulks and squabbles 2013-01-04T22:55:14Z Witches might have been expected to die out in a secular, scientific age. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z Embraced especially by the Protestant denominations that were Tiffany’s main clients the auditorium church featured interior design based not on ecclesiastical precedents but on a secular institution: the theater. Art Review: Louis C. Tiffany Works at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-12-31T23:14:26Z Religious and secular life became officially distinct during the 18th century, first in the United States and then in revolutionary France. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z In the secular workforce, laws protect whistle-blowers from retaliation. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z It’s a visual celebration of — maybe even a temple for — some sort of divine feminine energy that has old, religious origins but has been given a secular, queer update. Protest and Pleasure: Riffs on Classical Indian Art 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Barlow, who was known for his advocacy of secular government, forwarded the treaty to Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, who endorsed it and sent it on to Adams. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z The Hamburg skyline is still defined by the steeples of its old churches, but its expanding map is secular. The Elbphilharmonie, Like a Fabergé Egg With a Wondrous Secret Inside 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z With secular institutions — museums, corporations — now having the most art-commissioning power, art’s purpose, the book suggests, has grown a bit more uncertain and rudderless. ‘Art as Therapy’: remembering hope and sorrow through art 2013-12-31T22:19:54Z She began singing at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Los Angeles at 5 and turned to secular music as a teenager, forming a vocal group with two friends. Etta James, Singer, Dies at 73 2012-01-20T17:01:10Z In his lucid, elegantly written book, Professor Weinstein took dead aim at the reigning theory, associated with Jacob Burckhardt and other German scholars, that the cultural rebirth of Florence was a purely secular phenomenon. Donald Weinstein, Influential Historian on the Renaissance, Dies at 89 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The community, while residing inside the bustling and secular city of Tel Aviv, is very self-contained. Venice: 'Fill the Void' looks at Hasidic community 2012-09-03T12:14:11Z Bach's Christmas Oratorio, for example, was not specifically composed for Christmas, but assembled from his earlier secular scores. The music that makes Christmas 2010-12-16T23:30:00Z This is a tale of reverence, and a contemplation of whether that state — with its mingled elements of devotion, self-abasement and love — is possible as a secular exercise. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z He quotes the Iraqi dissident and secular leftist Kanan Makiya recalling how events next door in Tehran took him and his comrades by surprise. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z Because “they didn’t matter,” Tannen explains, girls could get a secular education, while boys were limited to studying religious texts. Review | Deborah Tannen’s ‘Finding My Father’ pays tribute to a man whose many jobs became his life story 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z There are good people on both sides — religious and secular — and Baxter delights in watching their belief systems clash. Lives intertwine in Charles Baxter’s ‘There’s Something I Want You to Do’ 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Hodes, 64, grew up in an artistic, secular Jewish household in New York City, where both her parents were Martha Graham dancers. An Infamous Hijacking, Revisited Through a Child’s Eyes 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z At their first performances, they were full of scenic wizardry, ebullient ballet, and a rhythmic, secular energy that must have seemed irreverent, if not downright raucous. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z The trade in this dye reaped vast riches for the Spanish crown and supplied the crimson palette that would color the sacred and secular art of Europe for more than three centuries. An Insect’s Colorful Gift, Treasured by Kings and Artists 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z While the secular interpretation of godparent is a bit of a free-for-all, the Christian interpretation is not. 'It locks you into a disintegrating friendship for life': the new rules of godparenting 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Unlike E. F, a man of fleshly appetites and spiritual convictions, Felix is cussedly secular and stubbornly monastic. | 'Get Low': Robert Duvall as an Eccentric in ?30s Tennessee 2010-07-29T22:37:00Z The group found commercial success when it changed its name to the Valentinos and shifted to a more secular soul sound. Soul poet Bobby Womack dead at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z And not just that: in two gorgeous motets the texts were in different languages — the religious in Latin, the secular in French — producing an effect that was remarkably complex and ambiguous. Music Review: Anonymous 4 at Corpus Christi Church 2013-05-13T21:59:59Z The Super Bowl, the biggest TV show of the year, became a secular holiday gathering that rivals Christmas. The Twitter Watch Party Is Over 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z In Geneva, despite its Calvinist past as secular today as any major European city, the ageing 1,000-odd audience in a theatre seating twice that number, were certainly ready to enjoy anything he gave them. Country singer Kristofferson looks to end of road 2012-11-21T13:27:47Z In Caryl's analysis, Khomeini's arch enemy was fatally beholden to the secular radicalism of Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish republic. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z What remains are, in essence, secular spirituals, bombastic and warm, meant not to raise an eyebrow. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z Her subjects were in the public space, and thus fair game for her lens, but she anticipated their displeasure at being photographed, particularly by a secular outsider. A Separate Beach 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The author is from a secular French Jewish family. How France Became a Dangerous Place to Be a Jew 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Also played down in “The New Arabs” are the post-revolution problems that secular youth movements face in learning how to win elections and actually govern. ‘The New Arabs,’ by Juan Cole 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Indeed, a new documentary from Canadian filmmaker Larry Weinstein also shows the role of Jewish songwriters in recreating Christmas as a secular holiday. What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The three labels were inspired by writings by theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, who used them to categorize Christians' attitudes toward engaging with secular society in general. How Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant has walked the line between "Christian" and "secular" music 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Robert King is a practicing Catholic; Michelle is a secular Jew. CBS Censors “The Good Fight” for a Musical Short About China 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The next few galleries take a secular turn, with an array of silks, coins, and other trade-related items. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Throughout, Du Bois is presented as a sort of secular saint, and Baraka’s regard for him is never in doubt. Review: ‘Most Dangerous Man in America (W. E. B. Du Bois)’ Focuses on Government Investigation 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z There are moments in which the acting and the dialogue in “A.D.” achieve a quiet and entirely believable beauty, suitable for devout and secular audiences. ‘Wolf Hall’: A somber, perfect take on that time the Tudors went tabloid 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But the show does, he says, “translate American pragmatism into a murky universe, full of bureaucratic rituals, secular and smoky habits that dominate in the Vatican.” Puffing pontiff: The Young Pope's Oscar-winning director on Jude Law, sex and cigarettes 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Stability will require the NTC -- comprised of secular liberals, Islamists and tribal elders -- to prove a willingness to compromise, a quality that was anathema under Gaddafi's system of one-man rule. Libya leader sees elections within 8 months 2011-10-22T09:40:00Z It is to express an Islamic identity that is non-threatening and capable of assimilation without dissolution into secular, democratic society with an emphasis on youth, prosperity, education and success in both spiritual and worldly matters. Toronto’s new Islamic art museum aims to express a non-threatening Islamic identity The three founding fathers of Pakistan cricket were a Christian, a Parsi and a Muslim, in keeping with Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan as a secular state. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The destruction of the buddhas was the crudest possible way of rejecting what they saw as a threateningly "secular" and cosmopolitan version of Afghanistan's history. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z Campbell said her family listens to "everything" at home, a definite shift from her experience growing up in her parents' house, where her dad, a preacher, forbade secular music. Erica Campbell of gospel duo Mary Mary follows her own path 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Throughout the whole process from the engagement announcement in November to the ceremony in mid-March, Tiu was this subtle combination of secular cleric, counsellor and friend who managed to maintain the boundaries between each. I married myself 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The swearing-in ceremony transforms the oath into a public, secular commitment: a verbal contract between the oath-taker and the nation rather than between an individual and God. A Brief History of Oaths and Books 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z I’m not sure we understand yet why secular societies often do not. Aggro-Texting From the Syrian Jihad 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The creeds are the product of a very secular chain of political and intellectual influences, serving to obscure the historical core of what was new in Jesus's life and work. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z In a quandary about how to grow up without diminishing her capacity for wonder, Amélie sets out to become a secular saint, discreetly intruding into the lives of others to turn somber narratives momentarily joyous. The off-kilter charms of 'Amelie,' made musical at the Ahmanson 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The problem is declared in the subtitle: We live in "a secular age." 'Christ Actually' argues for belief through imitation 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In “Mozartiana,” though, there’s no loosening of the hair, but the ballerina is seen in both religious and secular modes. New York City Ballet’s Powerfully Eventful Fall Season 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Ultimately, Friedman concludes, the new science of economics secularized Arminian ideas, foreshadowing a world in which the market and other secular institutions would take over from God the task of improving human prospects. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But at a festival that prides itself on its open ears, this was also one of the few available ways to shock: kicking down the wall between the secular and the sacred. Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Welcomes a Polyglot of Styles 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z As is often true with popular Evangelical titles, the book has generally flown below the radar of the secular press, despite the impressive sales numbers. Galley Girl: A JFK Resurgance and a Year in Heaven 2011-11-21T09:55:55Z The timely novel explores themes of feminism, religious devotion, secular doubt and political upheaval. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Elif Shafak on Mixing Faith and Doubt 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z And beyond the church, that voice won him moments of more secular glory, as when he was engaged as the shepherd boy in a production of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Rome Opera. The Great Tenor Hope (Just Ask Him) 2010-10-14T16:47:00Z Let me start by asking whether you think it’s appropriate for a museum to include secular clothing and holy vestments in a single show. A Trinity of Opinions on the Met’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z That Praetorius brought his own take to the technique was amply demonstrated with a performance of four fleet dances for instruments from his collection “Terpsichore,” his only surviving secular music. Review: In Time for the Holidays, Radiant Praetorius Carols 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The IRS closely monitors secular non-profits to ensure that they are operating within the law. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z “The idea was, surely there is something besides simply a secular left.” A Religious Legacy, With Its Leftward Tilt, Is Reconsidered 2013-07-23T20:45:51Z Proceedings finish by a godly hour and the Babylonian substances that lubricate secular teen gatherings are surplus to requirements. Christian teen camps are wicked, innit 2011-08-10T18:14:02Z History–secular or religious–is no gentle subject. TV Weekend: History Launches Vikings (and an Action-Packed Bible) 2013-03-01T15:59:13Z In 2016, when countless secular Americans are finding a need for “unplugged retreats,” Mr. Reich still seems to have his finger on the pulse of the times. Steve Reich at 80: Still Plugged In, Still Plugging Away 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Redemption is the triumph of secular capitalism over all organized religion, forced by the barrels of Western guns. In a Wagnerian Whirlwind, One Conductor Breaks Through 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z That is the religious peak and we are the secular one. Marlowe theatre rises above Canterbury skyline ? and spending cuts 2011-07-13T17:52:58Z In his 2002 book "The Haunted Smile," historian of comedy Lawrence Epstein coined a phrase that defines that archetype expertly: "secular rabbi." Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Contrast that with one secular group, an affiliate of the Secular Student Alliance. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Among many narratives, some see it as a battle of jihadist rebels, including Islamic State, against the nominally secular Assad regime. Divided country, divided narratives 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Related: The Act of Killing has helped Indonesia reassess its past and present | Joshua Oppenheimer Oppenheimer describes himself as “culturally Jewish – secular rather than religious”. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Turkish intellectuals attribute Istanbul’s lack of a solid modern and contemporary culture to its broken history — especially the sharp break between the Ottoman Empire and a modern, secular state. Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble 2012-02-10T17:20:36Z A recent survey showed that nearly a fifth of high school and university students support the establishment of a caliphate over the current secular government. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z His nose, though, represents a secular founding father, not a religious one. 'Made in L.A.' biennial art survey taps a social undercurrent 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Khayyam is inevitably claimed by both religious and secular Iranians; Saba begins his discourse with a bottle of plonk at hand, so we know which side he's on. The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women | The Genius of Omar Khayyam | Cougar Town | The Man Who Cycled the Americas | Watch this 2010-03-30T05:45:00Z “Reading your own way into secular revelation” is “the enterprise of my long life,” Bloom tells us in his preface. Review | ‘The Bright Book of Life’ examines ‘novels to read and reread’ 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z I’d been studying the Qur’an with a Muslim scholar, writing a book about where my own secular humanist beliefs converged and diverged from his religious ones. Why I never tried to find out who murdered my father 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z On some level, the reason for this drift towards secular neutrality is a combination of fear and close mindedness. Forging an individual identity when the group is all anybody, inside or out, wants to talk about: S.K. Ali’s YA novel “Saints and Misfits” 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Donning the mantle of a secular messiah, he proclaims, “I am talking about a new way of life.” ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Such is life in the secular millennial kingdom. We had to get beyond irony: How David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and a new generation of believers changed fiction 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Madof had grown up in Philadelphia as a secular Jew listening to his parents’ folk music, then rock, then punk. ‘Zion80,’ Combining the Music of Fela and Carlebach 2013-06-05T21:29:00Z Most secular audiences don’t care whether a movie like this is canonically faithful or a libel on the Bible. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z For our secular, urban clan, the trek was a true pilgrimage to the middle of nowhere. A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z University of Montreal and community colleges were infused with provincial funds, and their graduates took social-service jobs in a new, fiercely secular Quebec bureaucracy. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z It is perhaps the contemporary poet’s most difficult challenge: to write convincingly in our secular era about the spiritual life. Poetry review: Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ and Mary Oliver’s ‘Blue Horses’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z And rapidly shifting views about disposing with bodies have also led to changes in how we memorialize loved ones — and reflect an increasingly secular, transient and, some argue, death-phobic nation. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Most scriptural characters show up only passingly in secular history. The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z And Mr. Currier, who is not Lutheran, gives the piece a decidedly secular twist, though without losing the biblical context. 500 Years Later, the Reformation Is Still Creating Music 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Actually, even the sacred part of the program had secular undercurrents. Music Review: New York Polyphony at American Academy of Arts and Letters 2012-02-17T22:15:25Z The Beradts lived in Charlottenburg—a largely Jewish suburb of Berlin, which was home to figures such as Walter Benjamin and Charlotte Salomon—and the dreams Beradt gathered reflect the area’s secular, middle-class milieu. How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The single-faith graduation exercises combined evangelical/Baptist Christian religiosity with its associated ethical vision of personal piety and Christian witness in a secular world. Should graduation ceremonies be multi-faith? 2013-05-17T15:46:00Z Among my mostly secular group of friends, the ceremonies of marriage and death were the only ritual sacraments left. Sex in Silicon Valley: are millennials better at free love? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z You just need to care about secular democracy, free speech and the separation of church and state. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z The tensions between the competing visions for Pakistan as a secular nation and a Muslim one have also played out through cricket. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Were these paintings made in a secular artistic spirit – or were they part of a religious ritual? Cave of Forgotten Dreams ? review 2011-03-24T22:49:00Z Indonesia, a secular nation with more Muslims than any other in the world, emerged from 32 years of dictatorship in 1998. Celebrity sex-tape scandal grips Indonesia 2010-06-13T16:14:00Z Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony is impossible to classify: part song-cycle, part secular rite for the dying, part hospital diary, it is without question one of the most harrowing 60 minutes of music ever written. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko – review 2013-05-05T15:50:50Z We could blame it on secular modern life, but Velázquez’s cold dissections of courtly power and his vigorous action painting have proven much more popular. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z At one point, Bering notes that churchgoers—who place a high premium on communal fallibility—are four times less likely to commit suicide compared with their secular counterparts. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z On the other hand, “Europa’s secular dreams of union” are threatening to dissolve “before the old hatreds, small-scale nationalism, financial disaster, discord.” Review: ‘Nutshell,’ a Tale Told by a Baby-to-Be (or Not-to-Be) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The secular students are winning, and they are unstoppable!” Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z Raised like me in a mostly secular household and often apart from other Jews, he brought people together to find fellowship, celebrate their heritage, and practice self-help. My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z “You know,” he pipes up, “I have to say, either I just became a member of your church, or you just became a secular Jew.” Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z Despite their secular leanings, the Rushdies observed basic halal principles; their diet, heavy on red meat, in keeping with Negin’s Kashmiri roots, made them a minority among Bombay’s Hindu vegetarians. What the Rushdies Ate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Might they also meld the sacred with the secular? The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's new museum 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Follow their lead for a secular day out. Handling Holy Week in Rome 2010-03-23T10:00:00Z And the shiksa is someone your parents, no matter how secular, will always disapprove of. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Modern Christmas is a secular sham, and all the glorious, meaningful and ancient, often religious, traditions are being drowned in a vile pile of cheap paper, expensive pink trees and SpongeBob Santas. Weird Christmas 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Even among the secular there is an acknowledgement that a large degree of life transpires without the endorsement of the self. Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z That could be a sign that Bible Belt areas were not as interested in "Hereafter," which deals with the afterlife in secular fashion without bringing God or religion into the picture. 'Paranormal' follow-up scares $41.5M out of fans 2010-10-24T19:46:00Z Fazzino: One of my preliminary findings is that there’s nothing special about the secular groups with regard to social dynamics. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z He's not afraid to rap about his past mistakes, supplying inspirational rhymes filled with Christian values backed by well-produced secular hip-hop beats. Review: Gospel rapper Lecrae's new album is solid 2012-09-04T17:31:05Z Some secularly minded moderns will use this as an example of Christianity's natural and stubborn authoritarianism. The political Bible, part 3: how Christian Britain came to accept democracy 2011-08-22T07:00:01Z Hitchens understood the secular nature of Saddam’s Ba’ath Party, which made all the more puzzling and problematic his stubborn insistence that Saddam was colluding with Al Qaeda. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z Such secular material is a real strength of the Newark collection, and it’s great to see it. Art Review: A Glow From Within and on the Surface 2011-05-12T16:07:05Z And from all indications, the up-and-coming generations are even more secular. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z “So the appointment of Greenberg to teach Bible at a secular university was a milestone.” Moshe Greenberg, Jewish Biblical Scholar, Dies at 81 2010-05-20T04:04:00Z She held attention with calm authority and exceptional discipline, but principally by demonstrating multiple aspects of Indian womanhood, secular and sacred. Dance Review: Drive East Festival Highlights Indian Dance and Song 2013-08-20T21:52:26Z "The Shakespeare First Folio is the most important secular book in the history of the western world," said Jonathan Bate, a Shakespeare scholar at Oxford. ArtsBeat: An Effort to Put First Edition of Shakespeare Online 2012-08-01T16:07:19Z In the show’s final section, “Rulers and Patrons,” we’re squarely in the world of enactments in which the secular and the sacred, beauty and brutality, terrestrial and celestial rule are surreally entangled. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z “I think I’m spiritual, maybe not,” he said in a previous special, summing up a certain brand of faith in a secular age. Marc Maron and the Comedy of Doubt 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The book’s sweetest story comes from Dorothy Morrison of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, whose “Oh Happy Day,” Myers writes, was “the first pure gospel recording to reach Billboard’s secular charts.” The surprising stories behind everybody’s favorite songs 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z As a secular Jewish kid whose family did not belong to a synagogue, I did not think twice about riding my bike to the convenience store around the corner during the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur: A time for feasting as well as fasting 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Afghan archaeology, while also closely associated with the secular wing of the country's urban elite, has no such useful nationalist overtones to protect it. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z Lou Grant also set the standard for a generation of sitcom secular rabbis that followed. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z My most indelible memory is Bonnie and Clyde; that in itself guarantees his admission in my secular heaven. Warren Beatty Wants Six Hours of Your Time. Or More. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Among the most haunting stories recounted in these pages is that of two brothers, Akbar and Manouchehr Mohammadi, who led a secular student group and who were found guilty of waging war against God. Review: Laura Secor’s ‘Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Why not just go straight to the self-help section — the secular equivalent of the sermon — as so many American readers already do? Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z Already, the New Statesman has weighed in with a critique of Femen's "jihad", arguing that it is naive to defend the rights of women in north Africa in this cheerfully secular way. A gloriously crude topless 'jihad' from a Femen activist 2013-04-05T15:18:20Z Accusations and counter-accusations polarised views of Dickens: was he, the headlines demanded, a monster of depravity or a secular saint? The Great Charles Dickens Scandal by Michael Slater - review 2012-11-23T22:55:02Z The song is Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” a secular hymn of perseverance, and he starts out solemn, backed only by an acoustic guitar. Review: Allen Toussaint’s Last Album, ‘American Tunes’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z He also rants with prophetic fury about how in the future the Islamic faithful will be corrupted by their secular neighbors, fall into heresy and neglect the holy ways of their ancestors. In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z A recent survey showed that nearly a fifth of high school and university students support the establishment of a caliphate over the current secular government. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Obviously some of that reflects the secular biases of our artists and intellectuals. ArtsBeat: Ross Douthat Talks About the State of American Christianity 2012-04-26T14:36:32Z She then turned to secular music, bringing the raspy fervor and airborne whoops of her gospel performances to songs about desire. Loleatta Holloway, Gospel and Disco Singer, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-24T02:40:52Z Around that time Mr. Green, the label’s star, abandoned secular music for gospel, although he reunited occasionally with Mr. Mitchell and the Hi band over the years. Teenie Hodges, Soul Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 68 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z "When they are a minority in a secular nation, they want all the rights and privileges allotted to them, but as soon as they become the majority they try to eliminate the minority." Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z By the mid-1970s his recording career was over, but he continued to perform both gospel and secular songs for many years. James Phelps, Gospel and R&B Singer, Dies at 78 2010-10-28T00:09:00Z Not to mention a spiky chandelier fashioned from salvaged organ pipes, evidence of the designers’ secular, slightly irreverent approach to the setting. Review | A chef who reveres the region brings his act to D.C. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z For the lessons, scenes from secular movies are cut into rabbi-approved clips. Filmmakers Who Are Ultra Orthodox and Ultra Committed 2012-10-21T03:13:01Z “But my job is on the secular side — to represent the churches in court.” Is Weed Church Church? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The Israeli leadership, “largely secular European socialists,” did not strike the Aleppo Jews as “representing the entire Jewish people.” ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z It sits at the end of the museum's main gothic-style Gallery of Honor, acting as the symbolic altarpiece of a secular church. Netherlands' Rijksmuseum opens to the public 2013-04-13T11:17:09Z Talkative and secular, Mr. Alipoor, 33, was born in what he described as the “declining industrial city” of Bradford in northern England to an Iranian father and a white British mother. What Radicalizes Young Men? This Show Tells You via WhatsApp 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z And in Northern Europe around 1560, Bruegel and his progeny were making the everyday, secular lives of ordinary people the subject of great art. Review | First Moroni exhibition in North America features one of the most celebrated portraits of the Renaissance 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Founded in the 19th century, ethical culture movements attempt to apply secular and humanist values to real-world problems using sociological approaches similar to those effectively employed by organized religions. Feeling blue in deep-red America: Advice for progressives in Trumpland 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Merrily's doing a medieval job in an increasingly secular society and she's never certain how much she can permit herself to believe. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z From the depths of the gas chambers they sang the confessions of "three secular movements of political messianism" – the Czech national anthem, the Zionist anthem, Hatikvah, and the International. Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka – review 2013-01-25T07:00:02Z "The Boys" is an adrenalized critique of our culture's worship of comic book heroes, an entertainment genre molded by companies and studios into something akin to a secular religion. "The Boys": With new superhero Stormfront, fascism dons a mask and cape of female empowerment 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Later, he described it as the silent gratitude of a secular man to the powers that might be out there, “but that our mind cannot comprehend.” An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The charm of “The Strange Case of Angelica” lies in the way it balances this mysticism with a thoroughly secular sense of the business of everyday life. Movie Review: In Remote Corner of Portugal, a Photographer Finds More Than He Expects 2010-12-28T23:04:34Z Here, we’re in a secular world of relatable narratives — about work, play, sex, fashion — set in smoke-gray cities and landscapes as lush but tame as those of Central Park. A Mega-Hit Marvel From Those Frenemies, Manet and Degas 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Rather, Mr. Dohrn is examining the cultural unease between the secular and the fundamentalist, and the difficulties in reconciling the two. Review: Zayd Dohrn Plumbs Muslim-American Rifts in ‘The Profane’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z There was also a lot of secular sermonizing between grooves, and an unfinished song, “Check On Your Love,” that seemed as unfamiliar to his band as it was to the crowd. Critic?s Notebook: Austin City Limits Festival Has Big and Local Acts 2011-09-19T22:32:23Z Superhero movies are secular visions of the primal conflict between good and evil, aided by gods on Earth who serve justice. "Ant-Man" Is a Superhero Movie for Skeptics 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z In a secular age, I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks. Is Reading the New Therapy? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z “As monstrous as it was, the Islamic State gave these girls a reason for living. I’m not sure we understand yet why secular societies often do not.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Wouk’s Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious values and secular success. ‘Caine Mutiny,’ ‘Winds of War’ author Herman Wouk has died 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Though claiming, in its publicity notes, to be suitable for ages 13 and up, this colorful curiosity is more likely to tickle religious scholars than secular teenagers. Movie Review: ‘The Rabbi’s Cat,’ by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux 2012-12-07T01:58:07Z As encouraging as this data is for secular humanists, the actual numbers may be significantly higher, as columnist Tina Dupuy observes. Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline 2014-03-25T11:50:00Z Growing up in a deeply Mormon Utah family, Allen was forbidden to watch television or read secular books. AD Chats with Alma Allen About His First Solo Gallery Show 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z An Iraqi-born, secular Muslim who made her home in clubby Protestant England. Why we talk about Zaha Hadid's gender and ethnicity even though her architecture transcended both 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Could this be a tipping point between a waning age of faith and the advent of secular humanism? Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z Little wonder that Mr. Glass, who is from a secular Jewish family sympathetic to Quaker teachings, is drawn to Eastern spiritual traditions that require the same rigorous daily practice as music. Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Words Without Music’ Tells of a Life Full of Changes in Rhythm 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Some people try to make secular equivalents, which I think is a mistake. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z The threat to free speech in the nation of Bangladesh was highlighted by two recent slayings of journalists there, the latest in a long line of murders targeting secular writers in the South Asian country. With writers and editors being murdered, free speech is at risk in Bangladesh 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In Western secular culture, death happens offstage, in private. London show views death through artists' eyes 2012-11-14T14:31:10Z In her review for The New York Times, Manohla Dargis praised the lead performances but wrote, “The movie insistently puts a secular frame around its story, leaving little room for the metaphysical.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Drew Michael’ and ‘Ghoul’ 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party,” from the prolific independent writer and director Stephen Cone, teenagers and their parents struggle to reconcile their sheltered Christian lifestyles with the complexities of adulthood, sex and the secular world. Review: In ‘Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party,’ Sexual Repression (and Clothes) Start to Fall Away 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He voices alarm at the South’s “conflating Scripture with secular knowledge and legislative process” and fears the Southern evangelical’s “KKKristian” obsession with “End Times.” Books of The Times: ‘Better Off Without ’Em,’ by Chuck Thompson 2012-08-21T22:05:37Z She is a secular, liberal revolutionary, living separated from her husband, and working in an advertising agency. Cannes 2012: After the Battle, the Egyptian fight for film 2012-05-17T16:11:53Z So, what is a secular godparent supposed to do? 'It locks you into a disintegrating friendship for life': the new rules of godparenting 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z As much as Mr. Schama revels in the language of Jewish religious texts, it’s the secular commentary he more often thrills to. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z Martin called it a secular oratorio, but there’s a long tradition of staging it as an opera. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But Valle de Bravo is as much a secular playground as a spiritual center. Overnighter: Valle de Bravo, an Upscale Refuge Near Mexico City 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z That vagueness reflects both the universality of the story’s themes and what the women know of the secular world, which is very little. ‘Women Talking’ Review: The Power of Speech 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The show brings together 44 of Piero’s works and takes an unprecedented look at his sacred and secular output, including his wonderfully singular takes on classical mythology and religious themes. The National Gallery unveils an exhibition of works by Old Master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z His initial comment from 1851, referenced earlier, maintained that “secular” connoted “principles of conduct, apart from spiritual considerations.” Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z In modern secular society such purity of purpose is mystifying and frightening, yet somehow also compelling. Art Review: Armory Show, Modern and Contemporary, at Piers 92 and 94 2012-03-08T23:15:02Z Elsewhere in the book, Hirsi Ali reframes those sweeping proposals in ways that put them in context: She wants to ensure that secular law is prized above Shariah. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Israelis may be discomfited to find that the secular Jewish labour movement, the Bund, was more popular than the Zionist movement in the inter-war years. Shtetl of honour 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It may be that Loznitsa intended a subliminal suggestion of Christ and the two thieves, but the resonances are more secular. In the Fog – review 2013-04-25T14:30:01Z That “The Threepenny Opera” opened at all is a sort of secular miracle. Pamela Katz’s ‘The Partnership,’ on Weill and Brecht 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z For many secular types like myself, it’s as close to churchgoing as you can get. I Miss Being Part of an Audience 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z And since the word “fan” derives from “fanatic,” more than merely secular knowledge is at stake. At Comic-Con, Bring Out Your Fantasy and Fuel the Culture 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z And since 2014, the secular oratorio “Le Vin Herbé,” Martin’s pared down but poignant take on the Tristan legend, has been mounted by opera houses in Boston, Chicago and Long Beach, Calif. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z After 30 years in a monastery, he decided to return to secular life and even married, badly and briefly. Review: Bada Shanren, Chinese Art Superstar, Takes a Bow at the Freer 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z With a less controlling role of the Church in everyday life, secular forces were free to flourish. Visiting Germany’s Lutherland during 500th anniversary 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The film continually invokes tensions between secular and religious elements in Romania, and the concept of miracles turns up in a few contexts. ‘Miracle’ Review: A Spiritual Investigation 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z At moments like those, the show reminded you how sanitized Disney songs like “Friend Like Me,” his signature number from “Aladdin,” are secular gospel songs. Review: You Ain’t Never Heard a Baritone Like His 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Or, in a more secular vein, imagine the expectation an embroidered fukusa would spark, the recipient recognizing the difficulty of the stitches involved. ‘Dramatic Threads: Textiles of Asia’ Review: The Very Fabric of Asian Societies 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z He was presented on Tuesday evening at Weill Recital Hall by the Tanenbaum Center for Religious Understanding, a New York secular nonprofit founded in 1992. Music Review: Conrad Tao at Weill Recital Hall 2012-02-29T23:01:35Z “It’s a very challenging economic model, and to lay that out over two decades of real secular change in our industry? It’s unbelievable, to keep a show going that long.” Ellen DeGeneres, a Signature Star of the Obama Era, Says Goodbye 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Coltrane made several pilgrimages to India, where she received a revelation to leave her secular life behind. Alice Coltrane’s Ashram Recordings Finally Have a Wide Release 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Ecclesiastical language underscores this deeply secular work's visual relationship to manuscript illuminations. James Hayward's monochromatic installation delivers contemplative bliss 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Finally, the Constitution also allowed for a secular view of society and life to also flourish as government was forced to step away. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z She also suggests the uncertain position that relics and reliquaries hold — still perched between not-art and art, sacred and secular, medieval and modern. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z Two errors lurked in that sentence and its presumption — that secular humanism is a religion, and that the Southern Baptists’ religion is a religion. The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Right now, they’re working on bringing secular grief support workshops to as many communities as possible. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I tell Kunzru I fund this passage fascinating because, in it, both parties are ostensibly secular, but as soon as rearing a child gets serious, they revert atavistically to Sikh and Jew. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z For secular Jews, there is no better way to rebel against religious Judaism than to dine publicly on Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur: A time for feasting as well as fasting 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight IN a couple of weeks families across the land will open their local newspapers in the secular ritual of finding a Christmas Day movie that everyone can attend. Film: The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight 2010-12-10T19:26:00Z Similarly untempted by the secular market, King retired to raise her 15 children. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z But she is evangelical – she describes herself as a “secular missionary” – on the need to offer moral guidance to young people, on those crucial everyday things you don’t get taught at school. How Aristotle is the perfect happiness guru 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z My husband, Dave, has had a secular but religious experience queuing from midnight to dawn to get a tee time at the cathedral of golf, St. Andrews, in Scotland. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He created “Grace,” a rapturous masterpiece in which the secular and sacred meet, for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1999 as a thank you to its founder. For Ronald K. Brown, ‘Grace’ Endures and Brings ‘Mercy’ 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Ah, the cognitive dissonance of the liberal urban secular Jew! A Different Kind of Christmas Dinner: Spicy Shrimp Stir-Fry 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z A pioneering scholar of Jewish mysticism, Scholem first met Benjamin when they were both were university students in Berlin; later Scholem, a secular Zionist, emigrated to Jerusalem, far from the darkening clouds over western Europe. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z All that beer-fuelled camaraderie had allowed him to become a secular chaplain of “the bare horrors of the private’s life.” When Rudyard Kipling’s Son Went Missing 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He sought and won converts among secular audiences. Sarah Colt on Why 2021 Is the Right Time for a Film About Billy Graham 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In secular music, Mr. Womack’s heyday as a hitmaker extended from 1960s soul through 1980s R&B, despite struggles with drugs and alcohol. Music Review: Bobby Womack Reviews His Career at City Winery 2013-12-22T22:04:40Z Ever a secular rabbi, Asner offered the fan a little bit of comfort and optimism: "Never too late," he answered. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Mary Elizabeth Williams, writing for Salon, criticized the resolution as a “desperate power grab” by Christians panicking as the country becomes increasingly secular. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z The skeptical and the secular also need stories of martyrdom and rousing acts of cinematic preaching. | 'Agora': Rachel Weisz in a Tale of Ancient Egypt 2010-05-27T22:24:00Z Defining it as libertarian vs. communitarian, for instance, or as a religious view of society set against a more secular one always simplifies or overlooks some aspect of the problem. Hey, liberals: You haven’t won the culture war 2012-11-10T20:00:00Z It also represents the secular residue of a powerful religious pattern of thought that linked spiritual righteousness with pure thoughts and selfless deeds. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z By the 1930s, secular Christmas was well underway — department store Santas, Coca-Cola Santas and Macy’s parade Santas became the holiday norm. Music Monday: The Rise of the Christmas Album 2011-12-12T14:15:42Z As the secular leader of Christendom, and a devout Christian himself, he saw it as his sacred duty to preserve the Church and the spiritual unity of his people. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z It is set in a no-place in no identifiable era, a faded, barren, vaguely socialist, wholly secular, Spanish-speaking utopia with the stuck-in-time feel of Cuba. J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It was gratifying, then, to see two old foes - secular art and ancient religion - equally matched and genuinely at odds. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z And beyond that, Branch credits the artists with getting their names out to build the curiosity that leads to album listens among traditionally secular audiences, even with extremely limited airplay. Christian Music’s Moment: How TobyMac and Lecrae Conquered the Countdown 2012-09-17T14:00:32Z Of the man himself, whom after 15 years of friendship, he still calls Mr. Martinez, Arellano simply says, “he is a secular saint.” Rueben Martinez, winner of the Innovator's Award at the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A prodigy in all the ways that immediately counted, he was a late bloomer on the subject of secular music, owing to his formative years in the House of God Church. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z That faded as religion became more fractured, society more secular and hospitals more about healing than dying. Perspective | How to survive a pandemic? Courage, resiliency and resistance to bad ideas. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In this interview she discusses challenges faced by secular groups and individuals in a city that is enamored with both sin and salvation. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The secular ritual of going to the movies is one of the rare times when we can be alone, together, entering the same collective trance. ‘Steve Jobs’ and the secular ritual of going to the movies 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z If one point emerges from Milner's play, it is that the gulf that separates secular and religious Israelis is often as great as that which divides Israelis and Palestinians. Facts – review 2013-03-04T18:04:00Z The growing force of secular reason rattled the robed men behind their altars as well as those on their thrones. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Although I am the most secular of Jews, my Jewish identity runs deep. The foreskin and the hindsight 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z At its dramatic heart “The Ten Commandments” is less a story of religious belief or national awakening than a barn-burning melodrama, constructed along the same lines as DeMille’s secular films of the ’20s. Video: When DeMille Parted the Red Sea 2011-04-01T21:39:04Z The opera, based on a play by Georges Bernanos about the guillotining of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution, explores the notion of steadfast faith in a brutally secular world. Music Review: Juilliard Presents ?Dialogues des Carm?lites? 2010-04-22T21:17:00Z Moreover, they run counter stance to the very principle of secular law, and this should trouble every American who cares about civil rights. Kansas, Arizona and the GOP’s terrible new Jim Crow-style laws 2014-02-26T13:23:00Z A few times, in the otherwise unpeopled cafeteria, he encounters a secular monk who talks about death and devotion, and who serves as a kind of Charon to those preparing for their cryogenic crossing. Don Delillo's deep freeze: 'Zero K' takes on death, futurists and cryonics 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z What the program notes call “a sacred pilgrimage which seeks the mystical connection between the divine and the human,” I approach as a secular viewer, seeking aesthetic transcendence. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z A secular, assimilated German Jew who was stripped of her nationality by the 1935 Nazi Nuremberg race laws, Sachs fled Germany for Sweden at 49 with her mother. Best Known as a Holocaust Poet, Nelly Sachs Deserves Another Look 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The drift is devotional; many poems read like secular prayers. Drysalter by Michael Symmons Roberts – review 2013-04-22T08:00:04Z If secular Americans want to be respected in our religiously diverse culture, we need to recognize that there is nuance and complexity in the diversity that defines it. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z The result is emphatically secular, but the environment is thoroughly hypnotic. A meditation on green -- the color, not the sustainability shorthand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z It's a notion freighted with reverence, nudging literature into a secular religiosity. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z In 1943 he won the first Pulitzer Prize ever given in music for “A Free Song,” a secular cantata setting a text by Whitman. Music: William Schuman?s Legacy as Teacher and Composer 2010-03-31T21:13:00Z Just as he invented the show’s afterlife as an entirely secular endeavor, its agents are simply as partisan as opposites are designed to be. None of us are getting in The Good Place: NBC's comedy exposes the impossibility of virtue today 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The vocabulary belongs to a bygone era of the museum as a sacred secular space: “upward,” “heaven,” “mansions,” “hushed,” “treasure.” At museums, selfie sticks poke holes in the idea of anything goes 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Friday Night Dinner is writer and producer Robert Popper's portrait of his secular Jewish upbringing. Tamsin Greig: 'I always think I'll never work again' 2011-03-03T21:00:01Z Instead of highlighting Islam as one united religion, it celebrates the secular, tolerant and cultural aspects of different Islamic civilizations. Amid cultural clash, Louvre honors Islamic art 2012-09-20T17:35:09Z Central to it all was Womack's creative spirit, which eagerly embraced the songwriter's chief mission, one that transcends record sales, arguments on the secular and spiritual or appearances on Rolling Stone covers. Appreciation: Bobby Womack, soul legend, guitarist, L.A. connector 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Through interviews and archival material, the film portrays the movement as complex and often contradictory, divided between secular and religious goals almost from its inception. Review: ‘Colliding Dreams’ Explores Varying Viewpoints on Zionism 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z He feared that the secular opposition to the shah was far too sanguine about what this religious mobilisation signified. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z The rich, familiar sounds of a black gospel choir in concert with West’s secular samples and on-the-fly beatmaking sounded fresh and aesthetically sanctifying, if not spiritually so. Kanye West’s True Salvation on “Jesus Is King” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z His grief at the fallen state of politics is really an expression of existential nausea at the absence of moral certainty in a relativistic, secular society. Back from the Brink by Peter Snowdon; Red Tory by Phillip Blond 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z And with that, she became a ward of the “Hospital of the Innocents,” a secular institution uniquely dedicated to the care of abandoned children. This 15th-century orphanage in Florence is now a kid-friendly museum 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z She breaks down the various secular approaches to abortion ethics — whether they treat the issue as a matter of biology, autonomy or public health. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Over the years Mr. Crouch faced criticism from gospel purists and observers of strict church tradition that his music was overly secular. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z However, the secular support movement helps people live with the challenges and troubles that come with being human without turning to myths or mysticism, and that makes leaving religion easier for those who choose to. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z His bare forearm is extremely unusual for a secular portrait, although religious art bares plenty of flesh. A Cult Favorite Enters the Art Canon 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Given these sorts of issues, I am unconvinced when Rachel Goldberg, a secular home-schooling mother from Charlotte, North Carolina, echoes what I hear from home-schooling parents of every stripe on the subject of government oversight. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z This strategy has worked for Mr. Hatcher, 30, a graduate student who started a secular student group at the historically black Howard University. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z Nair, who was raised in a secular Hindu family, pushed to return more of the novel’s political themes back into the screenplay. ‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z After beginning her visit by performing gospel for free in Manchester churches, here the veteran singer invests a secular set with such booty-shaking abandon it's hard to believe she is 71 years old. Candi Staton ? review 2011-07-11T15:37:17Z The result is “Paradise Lost” but with more gangsters: a zany interrogation of religious concepts in a wholly secular context. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “At the first session, he asks me, ‘Would you like this to be Christ centered or a secular sort of experience?’ Bowen Yang of ‘S.N.L.’ Is a Smash. And a Mensch. 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z But for believers and non-believers alike in this country, it's always been more of a secular holiday, at least in the United States. How Donald Trump ruined Christmas: I won't celebrate this year, and he's why 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z If you are considering a “secular shiva,” insist on doing the planning yourself, from finding a location, to notifying guests, to ordering food. This Life: Mourning in the Age of Facebook 2012-01-13T20:33:15Z This sentimental impulse led, in 1623, to the First Folio — Mays calls it “the most important secular book in the English language” — a large-sized edition with a print run of around 750 copies. ‘The Millionaire and the Bard,’ by Andrea Mays 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But Gibney - who won an Oscar for "Taxi to the Dark Side" - said the film's theme transcends religion and is also relevant for secular institutions. Film defrocks church hierarchy over handling of sex abuse 2012-11-16T12:32:11Z An alternative solution is the creation of a single democratic secular state for all the citizens of Palestine/Israel, but that seems to be even less acceptable to Israel. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z It won a Pulitzer Prize and made Powers something close to a secular saint. In ‘Bewilderment,’ Richard Powers Smothers Nature With Piety 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z How much should a modern, secular nation tolerate the illiberal customs of newcomers from traditional cultures? Thinking Clearly About Immigration 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The Dhaka Tribune criticizes the government for not protecting "secular writers and intellectuals" from terrorist violence. With writers and editors being murdered, free speech is at risk in Bangladesh 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z It allows Thompson an intensity unlike anything we find in his other secular poems. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z In my new, secular life, I have acted like a Roman and stolen my chicken soup from the Greeks. Leaving a Religion and a Marriage, and Gaining a Chicken Soup 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z As soon as he’s typed in his credit card number, secular Larry has passed off his duty to a devout Jew “eager to do the job.” Review | Honoring the dead? Nathan Englander’s ‘kaddish.com’ imagines there’s an app for that. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z They’re like these secular pop deities — commercial saints, in a way.” | Richard Phillips's 'Most Wanted' 2011-01-19T17:25:32Z His masterstroke was the branding of mindfulness as a secular spirituality. The mindfulness conspiracy 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Yet, they still garner secular attention and success that now rivals Christian rock bands as the hip-hop genre continues to grow. Christian Music’s Moment: How TobyMac and Lecrae Conquered the Countdown 2012-09-17T14:00:32Z “God’s Neighbors” makes little effort to humanize its Arab elements, but the movie is mostly about internal Jewish conflicts between the secular and the religious, and in that it was the most balanced I saw. Dispatch: A Correspondent’s Impressions From the Jerusalem Film Festival 2012-07-22T00:55:26Z These signify red-letter days on which important secular figures were born, among them Emily Dickinson, Galileo and Joseph Wright of Derby. Spencer Finch’s ‘Certain Slant of Light’ 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z I headed into a world for which my previous life had never prepared me — a degree in secular, foreign literatures and romances of my own choosing. Sins of a good Mormon boy 2012-09-14T23:30:00Z “Step back from the outlandish trappings,” he writes, “and what you see are a people who believe themselves chosen, anointed, the last folk standing against a fallen, secular world.” Weekend Reading: God’s Snakes, Survival Stories, and More 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z I still love masses, passions, requiems, and cantatas and don’t really understand why Johann Sebastian Bach ever wrote his secular cantatas, which are so obviously inferior. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z In the 1950s, even as the good times rolled economically, America’s nuclear fear created something historically new and ominous — a thoroughly secular image of the apocalypse. America’s psychic numbing: Why we’re so obsessed with “apocalypse” 2014-02-26T13:30:00Z "In a secular culture like ours, fiction of this kind serves an almost sacramental function for millions of people," said Granger. Religion: Final gasp of the 'Harry Potter' wars? 2011-07-18T16:00:06Z For my Jewish atheist parents, forging a secular path in 1970s Oxford, things were more complicated. How we embraced Christmas 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z In other words, it requires that we read secular culture more religiously. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z While secular equivalents to baptisms are not mainstream, they are growing in popularity. 'It locks you into a disintegrating friendship for life': the new rules of godparenting 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The others were curious about this secular, American holiday. Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z But let the sacred and the secular, the idealistic and the hedonistic, the political and the aesthetic, the local and the global all affirm their part in her music. In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z This is jazz’s secular temple, a wedge of a room with crisp, intimate acoustics, where social distancing is against the spirit of the enterprise. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The rise of atheism and the rapid growth of the secular community, especially among the Millennial generation, should therefore be developments that all progressives should welcome. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z These are secular hymns for the indie kids — one exhortatory song is actually called “Surfer’s Hymn,” as if to pre-empt comparison with Brian Wilson, Panda Bear’s most obvious touchstone — but that shouldn’t limit their appeal. Critics? Choice: New Cds: Wrapping Up Life and Death In One Album 2011-04-11T21:45:09Z Although religious orders were banned in Turkey in the early 1920s with the establishment of the secular republic, the dervishes’ rituals were regarded as a cultural heritage and the order was largely tolerated. AP PHOTOS: Whirling dervish ritual honors Sufi mystic poet 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Levine asked his contributors to explore the idea of "secular enchantment", a phrase that plays on sociologist Max Weber's assertion that modernity was characterised by Entzauberung, or disenchantment. The Joy of Secularism edited by George Levine – review 2013-03-15T17:17:01Z There are those for whom this secular objection to the privileged status of religion in public life is the driving force of their concern. AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously' 2011-04-03T20:00:01Z In a way the museum wrestles with such opposing perspectives, just as the modern state does: How do you reconcile religious law and secular democracy, differing rights and opposing identities? Museum Review: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Renewed 2012-07-14T00:49:03Z I eventually came to savor the silences of the Sabbath; even so, there were Saturdays when I yearned to escape the city’s religious aura and bask in a secular atmosphere. Next Stop: Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical 2011-06-10T18:55:00Z If this example seems too religious, consider the huge secular company Walt Disney Enterprises. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z They are allegories: narrative vessels into which meanings and morals are packed like raisins in an oatmeal cookie; modern, secular equivalents of medieval lives of the saints; cautionary tales and beacons of aspiration. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z A shepherd boy kills the son of a lord, setting off a power struggle among the religious and secular elites of their medieval town. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z It is an irony of history that so many past Zionists, most of whom were secular Jews, often socialist, used religious arguments to buttress their case. The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand – review 2013-04-18T09:01:01Z Her family was ferociously secular, but when Graham invited the assembled crowd of 23,000 people to be born again, Pagels found his invitation irresistible. Review | After her son and husband died, Elaine Pagels wondered why religion survives 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z A second book, in which he challenges the rise of secular culture since the 1960s, will be released in Fall 2021. Conservative commentator Eric Metaxas works on memoir 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z His painstaking canvases built on a tradition of secular spirituality that is a hallmark of 20th century nonfigurative painting. John M. Miller, artist behind painstakingly painted geometric abstractions, dies at 77 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Because she was stricken with preeclampsia, which put her at risk for a stroke, there was no time for her to drive the half-hour to a secular hospital. Report: hundreds of US hospitals follow Catholic rules on reproductive care 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z There’s the good and holy, life-affirming Christian one, and the secular, culture of death one. Is Christianity pro-choice? 2012-08-21T15:53:00Z Many others see the trial against the three women as trumped-up blasphemy charges, which should not stand in a putatively secular country. Pussy Riot on Trial: The Case Against the Anti-Putin Feminist Rockers 2012-07-31T12:00:36Z This more recently bestowed status—secular sermonizer—introduces another element that augurs against surprise: responsibility. Jokes and Shame, from Chris Rock to Donald Trump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z That this lovely, melancholy exploration of loss was able to find a place on secular TV, hone its technique and return stronger, is, itself, a minor miracle. Review: ‘The Leftovers’ Starts Over Beautifully in Season 2 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z “Modern Art, Sacred Space: Motherwell, Ferber and Gottlieb” explores a postwar phenomenon, a meeting of secular and spiritual agendas that would be hard to convene today. | 'Modern Art, Sacred Space': Daring Expressions in ?Modern Art, Sacred Space? 2010-04-08T21:43:00Z One of the most persistent myths about Bach is that his work is marked by a fundamental conflict between the sacred and the secular. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z She grew up in Madrid, the youngest of six siblings, and was educated in a convent primary school and a secular state secondary. Why I wrote the sex manual I’d have loved as a teenager 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z One such poem is George Oppen's secular "Psalm", where faith is a faith in language and its ability to comprehend experience. Poster poems: religion 2013-04-12T15:23:10Z The popular music of the Andrews Sisters also influenced the Barrett Sisters, and as young women, they practiced blending their voices on both religious and secular songs. Gospel singer Delois Barrett Campbell dies at 85 2011-08-03T12:08:10Z He said the project would have provided Birdsong with extra cash, but that Lander intervened in the studio, declaring Birdsong was “not recording any secular music now.” The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In the course of his lifetime, Nelson Mandela saw his elevation in the West from terrorist to secular sainthood. Nelson Mandela vs. his hagiography 2013-12-21T16:30:00Z A chrysanthemum turns into a secular article of faith. Want to Try a Robert Bresson Film? Look to Clint Eastwood 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Outside the courthouse after the verdict was read, he said that it left virtually no public space for dialogue about religion in a secular cultural context. Organizers of Sakharov Museum Show Convicted in Moscow 2010-07-12T22:19:00Z The “Spectacular” jumbles the sacred and the secular, the old-fashioned and the newfangled. Big Critic, Little Critic? Me, My Daughter and the Rockettes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z The album’s core style is secular gospel, with Adele’s voice gathering itself over hymnlike piano chords, seeking faith not in a higher power but in herself. Adele Has a Lot of Big Feelings on ‘30’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Q: Museums are often promoted as secular cathedrals, places of enlightened cosmopolitanism and even progressive values. Curator offers a diagnosis for what’s ailing art museums — and how they can recover 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Alicia Keys brings her coziest voice to the largely secular songs on “Santa Baby.” 15 Fresh Takes on a Classic Tradition: The Holiday Album 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z That was my real journey, when the issue exploded in the secular world in such a large way. Autism in the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism: “There were superstitions and things that God knows how many other mothers had to deal with” 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Then perhaps people might have a better understanding of why secular activism is necessary! Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z It is also the source of the knowledge and wisdom that Straub has condensed into a series of secular Beatitudes. ‘Interior Darkness’ for those who love horror — and even those who don’t 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to know if this is a secular, permanent phenomenon related to audience viewing habits or movie title-specific,” said David Gross, who runs Franchise Entertainment Research, a film consultancy. Not Even ‘Star Wars’ Can Save This Year’s Box Office 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z In a secular time, Dean Shaw noted, artists are “suspicious of religious institutions.” The Bay Citizen: Mixing Art and Religion With Anna Deavere Smith as Grace Cathedral?s Artist-in-Residence 2012-02-10T06:05:55Z Another challenge is that for many secular individuals, atheism is too flimsy a banner to organize around — they’re looking for more than that. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Yes, there are such things as “secular exorcists.” New & Noteworthy 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Your Dec. 24 issue reviewed books concerning various aspects of religion, but there was no representation of the shift toward a secular society. Letters to the Editor 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z These are not Judaica, but secular objects: goblets, pottery, pitchers, cloth. Critic?s Notebook: Put Yourself in the Story of Passover 2011-04-17T23:21:25Z Realism and surrealism are more popular than ever, and the computer screen is the secular light of the world. Art Review: ?Real-Surreal? at the Whitney - Review 2011-10-27T22:50:36Z I'm an atheist author and an activist for secular governance in the U.S. and elsewhere, and I celebrate Christmas every year. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Over the next decade, I see the secular support movement growing, meeting an ever broader range of needs, and becoming more visible. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z There’s a long, tenuous history of overlap between the sacred and the secular in American music. Churches are preaching the Gospel of Lizzo now 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Can these potent excavations and the greenery that surrounds them ever fulfill their dual mission as sacred ground and secular hangout? Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z Poole's phrases "recent nature writing" and "nature writers" amount to an indiscriminate homogenisation; current nature writing is the broadest of secular churches. Richard Mabey: in defence of nature writing 2013-07-18T13:00:02Z As the numbers of nonreligious Americans continue to grow, we can be sure that these secular congregations will grow with them. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z American Jews in particular, he optimistically concludes, “retain a commitment to social justice in ways that resemble a biblical commandment,” adding, “Religious or secular, universalism is part of who they are.” ‘At Home in Exile,’ on the Jewish Diaspora, by Alan Wolfe 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, this pope has managed to put the Vatican back on the secular world’s radar. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z It’s a rather obvious statement to modern secular Westerners, but a good deal less so in traditionalist Catholic circles. Pope Benedict the liberal? 2013-02-12T20:02:00Z Battiste also arranged Sam Cooke’s first secular hit, "You Send Me," and played piano on perhaps his greatest song, the civil rights anthem "A Change Is Gonna Come." Harold Battiste, influential New Orleans jazz musician, dies at 83 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z But Eisenberg adds complexity to the role of the sheltered, idealistic Hasid who discovers he has a taste for the secular life. Jesse Eisenberg vs. Michael Cera: Who's Winning? 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z The lesson here is that in hotels, secular miracles are routinely made to occur. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z While Hollywood's secular bent has been a factor in the dearth of religious projects on the small screen, so has the sheer scope of many of these stories. Television puts more faith in religious-themed projects 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z For her there’s no possible narrative of deliverance or redemption or a covenant—whether secular or sacred. This Week in Fiction: Jess Row 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z In some states, it’s very difficult for secular celebrants to win the same right. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z Feeling a sacred pull in all my secular places. Maurice White, founder of Earth, Wind and Fire, shaped the essential playlist of black lives 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Weiner, who, like me, grew up as a secular Jew, is hit with an epiphany. 'Man Seeks God': searching for a deity to believe in 2011-12-28T21:48:03Z Noting that countless people who engage in practices we’d define as “religious” do not separate such practices from secular ones, Miles, formerly a Jesuit seminarian, clearly appreciates a holistic perspective. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z He challenges religious and secular ignorance, yielding an overview that is both elegant and insightful. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Carriere puts his stamp on the story of Robespierre and David during the French Revolution, during which the former wanted to replace religion with a secular Supreme Being, and demanded that the latter paint it. Comics: Brilliant 'Louvre' graphic novel draws strong story 2011-04-05T19:47:03Z The material was predominantly secular and included three Rolling Stones songs. Review: Lisa Fischer Joyfully Flaunts Her Range at Birdland 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Akhtar’s astute observations of the clashes between old world and new, between secular and sacred, among immigrants might seem familiar to readers of both contemporary and classic literature. Books of The Times: ?American Dervish? ? By Ayad Akhtar ? Review 2012-01-04T22:00:52Z The Jesus we meet in the Gospels is refreshingly indifferent to those who claim to run the institutions of the world, both religious and secular. Pope Francis doesn’t represent all Catholics 2013-03-21T14:49:00Z The work, in its shift from sacred to secular, from brimming confidence to the slimmest thread of hope, is harrowingly effective. 500 Years Later, the Reformation Is Still Creating Music 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z On her death he did cut it, then let it grown again until late in life, when he gave up secular music and cut off his locks. Remmy Ongala, Tanzanian Musical Star, Dies at 63 2011-01-17T04:17:29Z Ms. Fathi argues that as poor and more strictly religious women became more educated, the differences between their views on women’s rights and those of secular women began to diminish. Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z I think what Warhol was saying, if he was saying anything at all, is that the secular is now the spiritual. Seven Artists on the Warhol Influence 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Tyndale House, the evangelical Christian publisher, spent millions on marketing; sales swollen by secular audiences rivaled the “Harry Potter” books. Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader’s Grisly Novels Sold Millions 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z This started a life spent wandering in search of truths both religious and secular. Ida, Maya, Rosa, Harriet: The Power in Our Names 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z I’d planned to write a peppy, service-driven piece on how to successfully pull off two days of cooking for a modern, secular meal. Alison Roman’s Seder Table 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z My own view on the matter is: I’m Jewish, and also temperamentally more inclined to ponder secular details than sacred mysteries. ‘The Two Popes’ Review: Double Act at the Vatican 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Still others illustrated biblical scenes or depicted secular subjects including portraits and still lifes. Folk Works Known as Fraktur 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Is conservatism to be socially liberal or, as he prefers, a moral crusade against secular misunderstandings and misuses of freedom? A Complaint Against Liberal Modernity, and a Solution: Faith 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Over three months in late 2008, he secretly shot a 68-minute film, Iran: Voices of the Unheard, about the government's least favourite subject: secular Iranians' desire for freedom. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z Are miracle and faith being slyly travestied, or is this just another example of the going secular self-help usage? Mother of All Decisions: Sheila Heti’s New Novel Weighs Whether to Have a Child 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Or I would become a devout Muslim, almost ending up in an Islamic school, before lapsing from Islam and becoming a secular American. Donald Trump’s deadly nationalism: Hate has been mainstreamed, politics have turned violent — and he hasn’t even been elected yet 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Curator Andrew Nahum believes his fame was consciously cultivated by the masters of the industrial revolution, who wanted a secular working man's hero instead of aristocrats and admirals. Science Museum recreates James Watt's workshop 2011-03-23T10:29:17Z "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" is secular horror at its best. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z The ghost of Christopher Hitchens hovers disapprovingly over “The Unbelievers,” a self-professed rock ’n’ roll tour film about science and reason that plays like a publicity stunt for its secular stars. | 'the Unbelievers ': ‘The Unbelievers,’ With Richard Dawkins 2013-12-12T23:51:44Z The fourth-century statue was likely interpreted by pagan citizens as a secular symbol and by Christian citizens as a depiction of Christ. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z In the process, the movie relates Tubman’s story, and the story of her times, with the exalted power of secular scripture. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Many of these abbeys outlived the age that created them, and their garden forms were borrowed in the more secular landscapes that followed. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z They just transferred their patronage to the burgeoning army of psychics who continue to offer access to the Other Side through defiantly secular channels. Hereafter? Sorry, there isn't one 2011-01-31T11:01:37Z True, there are multiple forms of any tradition, be it secular or religious: it is never possible to speak of an “essential” Christianity or Islam. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Listeners and scholars who speak of Bach’s works as “sacred” versus “secular” generally understand these terms to mean “religious” as opposed to “nonreligious.” There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z I am a completely secular person … and I don't feel I pull my punches. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z Like a secular pastor leading his flock, he begins the session with a familiar mantra: So the truth is, we can’t change the past. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z Was Zionism — the secular, progressive, Europeanized movement with its roots in Enlightenment rationalism — hijacked and transformed? What went wrong in Israel? Milton Viorst's 'Zionism' grapples with a fractious history 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The difficulties faced by the girls of Asian heritage in Birmingham, torn between a conservative community and a wider secular society, are the most severe. Teenagers trade personal stories: 'It's great to find you are not alone' 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z From then on, he moved in and out of the church, turning to gospel songs and renouncing but then returning to secular rock. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Everything about this immigrant couple — their spacious Greenwich Village apartment, teeming tastefully with books and art; their accents, by now standard American — suggests comfortable assimilation into an elite stratum of secular society. Review: Zayd Dohrn Plumbs Muslim-American Rifts in ‘The Profane’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The secular Rushdies felt little impulse to follow their fellow-Muslims to Pakistan. What the Rushdies Ate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Many of the 200 guests raised their hands in a prayer of blessing and support before a ceremony that blended the couple’s quirky mix of secular and spiritual. Why Wait? When You Know, You Know. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z In the Middle East, it is still difficult to disentangle religion from politics: in the ideology of Hamas, for example, Islamic themes meld seamlessly with secular nationalism and Third World ideology. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z In other words, even as European countries claim to be secular, Christianity still underpins our culture. Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Once it became clear my homeland would be controlled by a new theocratic authoritarian regime, my secular family decided not to go back. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Both secular liberals and fundamentalists see Scripture as words to be taken literally, the former to ridicule and the latter to embrace. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Hugo insisted that Christianity involved a commitment to love, sacrifice and pacifism that secular society could no longer fathom. Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive? 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The director told me he’d make a room available, and even allow me to advertise services, on condition that I lead them or find someone else who could—this was a secular program. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z So instead of either embracing or shunning the secular world, as so many others have, Cohen took a demographically less-traveled road—he decided to stay exactly where he was. Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z It sits at the end of the museum’s main gothic-style Gallery of Honor, acting as the symbolic altarpiece of a secular church. Netherlands’ Rijksmuseum reopens after big renovation 2013-04-13T22:23:00Z Kendrick hopes the police drama Courageous might find a berth with secular viewers. Faith-Based Filmmaking: The Sherwood Pictures Crusade 2011-09-04T14:15:00Z Sarah Colt, who produced and directed the second night of the series, called herself “a secular nonbeliever.” Faith and Politics, a Rocky Romance 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z Around 6, he participated in a church choir and then the Atlanta Boy Choir, alternately immersed in religious and secular music. The accidental opera star: 'A lot of the purists, they don’t believe my story' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Paradoxically, for a filmmaker who is resolutely secular and intricately practical, Perry nonetheless finds for his characters a Bergman-like state of transcendence, a form of grace without faith. “Her Smell,” Reviewed: Alex Ross Perry’s Furious Portrait of an Unravelling Rock Star 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Many consider him an essential symbol of the nation, support his anti-Israel positions or fear that the mostly Sunni Muslim rebels will replace his secular regime with a conservative, religious one. Civil war splits Syria's artists 2012-12-12T21:16:05Z On the other hand, within the wider society — a secular society, Europe in particular — he’s holding on to his faith. 3 Young People to Watch in Theater This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Performers engaging with this urban space include the City Meditation Crew, who, in "Radiant Silver Circle," will manifest "attentiveness and open awareness through secular practices of contemplation in public." Lines between nature and artifice blurred in outdoor exhibit 2010-07-01T20:46:00Z Though it’s attracted the most media attention, the Sunday Assembly isn’t the only atheist gathering emerging from this crystallizing secular community. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z When Carter was visited by a high official of the Southern Baptist Convention, the man told him, “We are praying, Mr. President, that you will abandon secular humanism as your religion.” The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A 14-CD set includes six discs of sacred and secular Jewish music, including a potent one titled “Cantorial Jewels” that highlights the Jewish prayer heard at the symposium. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z Reid, fiercely secular and scientific, studies the work of Eadweard Muybridge and other moving-picture pioneers, and his knowledge proves crucial in the opening episode. Television Review: ‘Ripper Street,’ With Matthew Macfadyen, on BBC America 2013-01-19T01:36:33Z Yep, the movies' Sound of Music secular saint was to bare her chest. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z She is an environmental epidemiologist who wanted to be a secular version of Mother Teresa. 'The Love of My Youth': Two former lovers and their reckoning in Rome 2011-05-04T19:33:04Z It was there, in early modernity, that the Luther-Locke-Jefferson line carried the secular vision into the sunlight of Reason. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z This hardly matches the facts, as Flanders repeatedly shows: Yuletide has almost always been more rowdy and secular than reverent or religious. Review | Christmas: Holy day, holiday or nostalgic wish? 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Pamuk’s usual themes are on display: the East-West dialectic, the tensions between modernity and tradition, the relationship between secular and sacred, with Istanbul as both a backdrop and muse. New in Paperback: ‘Who Is Rich?,’ ‘The Stars in Our Eyes’ 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In Israel, all divorces and marriages, even secular ones, are under the power of rabbinic courts and therefore Orthodox Jewish law. Review: In ‘Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,’ a Woman Fights for Her Freedom 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Like many painters of his day, his secular work was preoccupied with stories from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” which yielded one of the painter’s most distinctive masterpieces, “Liberation of Andromeda,” painted around 1510-1513. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z By treating popular standards as secular art songs dressed up in elegant semiclassical and pop-jazz trappings by his most brilliant arranger, Nelson Riddle, Sinatra began blurring the distinctions. Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z In tears, Hadewijch, whose secular name is Céline, returns to Paris, where she lives with her parents — a cabinet minister she describes as “a jerk” and his wife — in chilly, palatial splendor. | 'Hadewijch': Extremist in Monastery Is Still One Outside It 2010-12-23T21:30:04Z Religious conversions in multi-faith India are threatening to sow fresh discord as Muslim groups and opposition parties accuse organizations tied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party of trying to undermine the nation's secular foundations. India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z In the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Arab Spring, the notion of a secular dictatorship that is loyal to the United States seems almost quaint. Adam Rayner Stars in ‘Tyrant,’ a Thriller on FX 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Music scholar David Lehman, for example, writes that Christmas “became a secular holiday” thanks to the efforts of composer Irving Berlin, a Russian Jewish immigrant whose “White Christmas” unified Americans during the Second World War. What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But he’s also skeptical of proposals for one secular binational state. No Light at the End of This Tunnel 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z I experienced Jewish traditions only in relatives' homes, in the big city of Pittsburgh, where we brought our country mouse ways to secular Seders. My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z My 6-year-old son goes to a secular Jewish school in New York where we live, and his godmother is a sculptor and Jewish. We need diverse influences: Artist Shahzia Sikander on her multicultural past and our future 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, suburban Jews were indulging, for the first time, in their own secular luxuries. How "Fiddler on the Roof" helped usher in the Jewish Pride movement of the 1960s 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z The difficulty lies in creating a world in which all this makes sense to a predominantly secular audience. Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-11T11:50:26Z His own religious background is multifarious: born into a secular Muslim family in Iran, he discovered Jesus at age 15 while at summer camp in California. ‘Zealot’: Jesus as revolutionary in a turbulent age 2013-07-20T00:02:24Z Cardinals had lost much of their temporal power, so they were increasingly seen less as secular diplomats and more as religious men. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The fluidity between the secular and liturgical in Bach is also illustrated by the fact that several Brandenburg Concertos find repurposing in his church cantatas for Leipzig, where he moved after Köthen. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “Once you’ve taken the ‘Orgelbüchlein’ out of the church setting, why not recreate the ethos in a secular way or jocular way?” he said. Finishing Bach’s Organ Music, With Help From 118 Composers 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Catholicism has reclaimed its place in this predominantly Muslim but largely secular country in the more than two decades since the borders reopened and the country set out to rejoin Europe. In Albania, pope to celebrate religious revival and tolerance 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It also suggests a growing divide between the desires of newly empowered faith-based audiences and secular ones. The rising influence of faith-based movie fans 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The spiritual uplift of religious art and architecture is something he wishes were more commonly present in secular art. Alain de Botton's 'Religion for Atheists' 2012-03-08T21:57:05Z Karey describes his secular career goal as writing material that “puts good messages out into the world.” They Adapted ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and Their Personal Beliefs 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The diffusion of classical learning in general and Aldo’s books in particular stimulated a new demand for secular works of art. In Venice, the Power of the Press on Display 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Legal experts say that is an unprecedented challenge to the secular courts' authority. In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z They knew the many lines along which the character could be criticized: traditional Muslims might want her to be more modest, and secular Muslims might want her to be less so. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Codes of secular decency were promulgated by Joseph Addison in his universally popular “tea table” essays: short and in themselves decent enough for an evening’s listening by mixed male, female and younger audiences. We Are What We Read 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The Greek thinker is seen, by some, as the father of philosophy, a martyr for the cause of freedom of speech and even as a kind of secular saint. Socrates Questions, a Contemporary Philosopher Answers 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In 2010, secular student groups at the University of Illinois and other Midwestern schools drew controversy when they chalked images of Muhammad. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z The sheer quality of Muscatine’s reading continues to set an almost impossibly high standard, and virtually single-handedly he opened up Chaucer studies to France and Chaucer’s secular, French heritage. Charles Muscatine, Chaucer Scholar, Dies at 89 2010-03-20T05:13:00Z “It was a secular time and a time of real idealism, taking from the English what we had known, but making it our own.” ‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z And as such it was able to confer a sense of superiority on its secular British audience. Rewind TV: The Kennedys; The Crimson Petal and the White; Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis; My Brother the Islamist 2011-04-09T23:05:33Z “Especially in my own country, but in the Middle East in general. As a secular person, I believe in democracy and individual freedom. There is a lot of persecution and oppression.” Osama Alomar Pursues His Literary Ambitions in Exile 2014-05-02T22:05:33Z As I went through my separation process, I had a terrible time explaining it to others, especially secular Jews. Why can't Hollywood get Jews right? 2010-05-27T19:45:00Z Her story was odd but not entirely improbable: She had been partly educated in the United States and her family belonged to the secular middle-class elite of Damascus. “A Gay Girl in Damascus”: Behind the twisted tale of a blogger who “catfished” the whole world 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The National Gallery of Art in Washington offers Carpaccio, who also balanced sacred and secular. Museums in the U.S. and Europe Are in Blockbuster Mode 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z To enter this masterpiece is to be captivated by the paradox of that tragic courage and to become invested in Oates’s search for some semblance of atonement, secular or divine. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z That journey, in part, was a kind of secular pilgrimage after the death of my father, mother and sister. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z They generally appear to shun film and television, so it is a surprise to discover that many have been making films with considerable zeal, viewed by both religious and secular audiences, for some time. 'Another way of looking': the rise of ultra-Orthodox cinema 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Adler-Bell grew up in a progressive, secular Jewish family in Connecticut. Two ‘Leftist Bros’ Dive Into Conservatism to ‘Know Your Enemy’ 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z If this were a certain kind of European art film, Fares and Meriem might be punished for living in a bourgeois, secular echo chamber. ‘A Son (Un Fils)’ Review: The Pain of Others 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The chronicle of a young vicar turned sleuth, “Grantchester” combines the secular and the spiritual in a lovely and engaging murder mystery procedural. TV Picks: '12 Monkeys,' 'Grantchester,' 'Parks and Rec' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The heroes here are progressive, secular Pakistanis and mainstream Muslims, such as the man who builds a village school to counter the Red Mosque’s influence. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z "They are large, very colourful and focus on subjects both secular and religious," said McKendrick. British Library digs out decorative paintings to brighten up dark ages 2011-08-24T23:05:02Z As in the past, Mr. Feinstein was very clear about distinguishing the secular from the religious aspects of Christmas. Music Review: Michael Feinstein Performs at Birdland 2013-12-18T22:22:27Z Meanwhile, the sections that used to be devoted to Judaica and Jewish ethnography are now merged into “Jewish Art and Life,” connecting the secular with the religious. James S. Snyder?s Facelift of the Israel Museum 2010-07-20T21:45:00Z This, ultimately is the meaning of religion, and “secular religions” like philosophy and literature are little different in this sense than theology. What Hitchens got wrong: Abolishing religion won’t fix anything 2013-12-07T12:30:00Z Grant had a better idea: No tax money for religious schools and no religious worship in the public schools. Keeping public schools secular, Grant proposed, would be in the best interests of the nation. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z Ethics is a secular discipline that deals with moral dilemmas: hard questions for which Christian revelation does not provide answers. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z Mr. Wilson, a secular Jew who says he is very skeptical about American Christian culture, cued up “Private Violence,” a documentary on domestic abuse, and nervously awaited a verdict. How the True/False Film Festival and a Church Work Together 2014-02-22T00:21:15Z Holiday Organ Spectacular Organist Todd Wilson and members of Pacific Symphony perform sacred and secular favorites. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Dec. 17-24: Handel's Messiah and more 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z ON an average early morning at Westminster Abbey, two worlds collide: the secular and the spiritual, albeit with an ancient doorway in between. Westminster Abbey, Scaling Up 2011-04-24T00:49:23Z My specializations are religion and cultural movements, but before focusing on secular groups I worked with people who identify as vampires. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z This season the series is completing a five-year survey of Bach’s more than 200 surviving sacred cantatas, but Mr. Wachner also turned attention here to the secular cantatas, far fewer in number. Review: Sacred and Secular, Bach Closes a Festival 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In “The Moral Arc” I argue that this is not the case, and that most moral progress is the result of science, reason, and secular values developed during the Enlightenment. Bill Maher is right about religion: The Orwellian ridiculousness of Jesus, and the truth about moral progress 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z "Imagine" was not the first time Lennon sang his secular humanism. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Although it might be tempting to bestow a kind of secular sainthood upon Dr. Seuss, the persona, Jones resists such a simplified portrayal of Geisel, the man. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Public funding of religious private schools and increasing religious activity in public schools provide a warning about lack of vigilant protection of Australia’s once world-leading “free, compulsory and secular” public system. The scary future of creationism in America 2014-02-09T17:00:00Z These painters were Hindus, Muslims and Catholics, and they drew freely from Picasso and Klee, Rajasthani architecture and Zen ink painting, in their efforts to forge an art for a secular, pluralist republic. 24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The dance draws energy from the tension between secular and spiritual, from the collision of African religions and Christianity. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-12T22:56:42Z The merits of the outcome—the creation of a Muslim-majority Pakistan separate from a secular but Hindu-majority India—have long been debated. A searing split 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z He raises his hand in blessing over a bandaged child and her kneeling mother, as if elevated to secular messiah. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z An examination of Vidal’s art and politics is insufficient if it does not acknowledge the secular prophecy pulsating throughout the best of his novels and essays. The man who warned us about Donald Trump, Fox News and the rise of the idiocracy 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z This tradition of the novel is fundamentally secular – coincidence or human machinations, not God, order destinies. Ian McEwan on winning the Jerusalem prize 2011-02-24T11:30:36Z Scientologists market the “rundown” treatment simultaneously as a spiritual treatment for followers and as a secular one for those needing “detox,” either from drug addiction or chemical exposure. Vietnamese turn to Scientology to treat Agent Orange victims 2013-04-04T13:01:00Z Western collectors, however, were more interested in secular values: aesthetic ones, and those of the capitalist marketplace. ‘Collecting Paradise’ at the Rubin: A Curious Case of Divergence 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The multilingual movie, about the relationship between a Hasidic woman and secular man, will be released by Oscilloscope next year. Toronto Film Festival: 'Imitation Game' wins people's choice award 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z In addition to reviving his pop career, Green’s return to secular music also refreshed his image as a conflicted soul man torn between pleasure and piety. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone Unlike other politically minded Israeli filmmakers, he doesn’t concentrate on the Palestinian conflict or on the simmering culture war between Israel’s secular and religious citizens. ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Agony in the Desert 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z He began the process of “uncoiling,” as he puts it, at the secular Kenyon College, where he majored in English and drama, and attended Mass regularly until about halfway through his junior year. A Play ‘Meant to Trouble’ From a Writer Raised in Conservatism 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Savall became aware of the powerful influence from African traditions on secular and religious songs in the New World. ‘The Routes of Slavery’ traces a musical journey of resilience in the face of inhumanity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z What are we to make of the intense religiosity of so much great English literature, in our own more diverse and secular society? Poets enlist for quest to pull St George from jaws of far right 2011-01-24T00:05:10Z Bach and most of his contemporaries, however, don’t seem to have understood sacred and secular to be mutually exclusive categories. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Although the novel targets secular nationalist Ba'athists, its title and content were seen as a coded attack on the dearth of liberties in Saudi Arabia. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z A chasm has always existed between secular culture and religious communities. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z Pope Innocent X would disagree – look at him glaring out of his portrait by Velázquez, a ruddy character who is totally conscious of his secular power. Oh, the power of papal portraiture 2013-03-12T15:28:35Z “Tel Aviv is the secular center of Israel,” said Gil Hovav, a consultant on “Israel’s Top 100 Ethnic Restaurants,” a free e-book published by the nonprofit organization World Jewish Heritage Fund. Trendy Tel Aviv is a hearty foodie find 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In Mr. Burns’s view, “Ancient Aliens” succeeds because it explores spirituality and the mystery of life in an increasingly secular, data-driven culture. Suspicious Minds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The rapid growth of the SSA is analogue to the general growth of the American secular movement. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z But Salinger bent it all into something new, a tone that drew from the secular and the religious, the worldly and the otherworldly, the ecstatic and the inconsolable. 2010-01-28T21:05:00Z Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister, and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which was secular and inclusive, was his way of preaching. How Mr. Rogers Became Everyone’s Neighbor 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z "Syria was the most comfortable, the most secular country in the Arab world," said Tashjian. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z At some point, though, he decided to start playing secular music on his own. Candi Staton recalls the late Bobby Womack, her friend of 60 years 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z There were also church holidays and weddings and funerals in need of original music, plus — in his free time — weekly appearances at the Café Zimmerman coffeehouse, where Bach loosened up by conducting his secular works. Multimedia Tafelmusik concert immerses audience in Bach’s creative cycle 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z But there's nothing here to frighten even the most aggressively secular of horses; Elie remains throughout a thoughtful guide. Reinventing Bach by Paul Elie – review 2013-07-05T17:10:01Z These are a religious background — subtext — for a portrait of a secular but Baptist community on the Mississippi River. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Pure Flix executives are also building a strategy to attract a secular audience so that its content is not mere “preaching to the converted,” said Alysoun Wolfe, another of the company’s partners. Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Weaver recalled that about a decade ago, he was set to record a track with Birdsong when Lander intervened and declared that Birdsong was “not recording any secular music now.” Judge Weighs Conservatorship for the Former Supreme Cindy Birdsong 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z I’m an atheist and observe Christmas as a secular holiday, divorced from its Christian origins. I won’t shop on Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z When I was growing up in Somalia, it was very secular, in all the wrong ways. Ilhan Omar meets Tan Dhesi: ‘We helped to break a glass ceiling' 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z This standard presentation promotes the clinical, objectifying, secular way of seeing that the show’s brochure and interpretive text labels argue against. Op Art Through a Latin Lens 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z That’s true for students I interviewed at Catholic, private, secular and public universities. Beyond hooking up 2013-04-04T00:00:00Z Fashion is more than business in France: it’s a mythology, a secular religion, a source of national pride, especially during Fashion Week, when the country recalls its history as the birthplace of haute couture. Op-Ed Contributor: High Fascism 2011-03-07T06:48:00Z Huge, serene, majestic, the image of actress Ingrid Bergman floats like an ancient goddess over the secular chaos that is the Festival de Cannes. Majestic meets 'Mad Max' in the maelstrom that's the Cannes film fest 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z But their efforts paid off, and tomes have since been written, by authors from Diderot to Richard Dawkins, about the triumph of secular man. The search goes on 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z It was Mr. Cover who approached the festival with the notion of sponsorship; it wasn’t an outreach attempt by the secular programmers, which he openly says “don’t agree with us.” How the True/False Film Festival and a Church Work Together 2014-02-22T00:21:15Z Atheism doesn’t excuse his propagation of absurd conspiracy theories, even if they are presented in secular language. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z I got to see the good part of the secular side, and the seedy side. Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond 2012-06-06T21:49:00Z She turned to secular music as a teenager, forming a vocal group with two friends. Versatile, powerful R&B singer Etta James dies at 73 2012-01-21T01:20:04Z There are signs everywhere forbidding music, dancing and "secular sermonising". Robin Hood – review 2013-07-12T18:26:00Z Many in France perceive themselves as a secular nation besieged by religious fundamentalists, so a call for prayer showed a jarring disconnect. Is posting support for Paris on Facebook narcissistic, or heartfelt? 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Beyond that, the Assembly peddles wonder: a secular brand of awe with which to view our godless universe. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z That’s how it is when you grow up going to a terrific, Capuchin-run little parish church — but the rest of your community is almost entirely secular. My uneasy Catholic motherhood 2013-05-26T20:30:00Z The situation is clearest in Saudi Arabia, where the secular royal family holds power only with the shadowy permission of Wahhabist religious leaders. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Years from now, one might answer questions like these by rummaging through the archive of the Delhi Walla, even if the secular Delhi he so fondly chronicles has ceased, once and for all, to exist. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z “The self-evident, secular truths of the Declaration of Independence became, to evangelical Americans, the truths of revealed religion” is Lepore’s insight. The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z I’m particularly fascinated with the rise of groups that come together around secular identity—how do they compare to groups that come together around religion? Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The Cathars’ Gnostic belief that the physical world was so evil that children should not be brought into it was a major threat to the prosperity and even the very survival of the secular governments. Letter: The Cathar Threat 2010-05-21T06:47:00Z However, Haza's next album was conceived as a thank you to her family – an album of devotional poems and secular street songs passed down from her Yemeni forebears. Ofra Haza: Madonna of the dark soul 2010-12-09T21:20:00Z Here he focuses on this: How have we, in contemporary culture, come to separate religion from what we think of as ordinary, secular life? Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Purcell’s full range of secular styles is here, from brass and percussion fanfares to the gentlest arias and duets. Music Review | Les Arts Florissants: Take a Play, Then Adorn It With Opera 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z "A.D. The Bible Continues" has a different challenge: How to retain its Christian viewpoint while also appealing to secular viewers. Television puts more faith in religious-themed projects 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to feel conflicted about marking these days in an almost entirely secular manner. Our faith-free Christmas 2012-12-23T23:00:00Z Despite the deep schisms, even bloodshed, caused during India’s vivesection, the vast section of India’s political leadership opted for India to remain democratic, inclusive and secular. India is on its way to becoming a Hindu nation, suppressing multiculturalism 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z They envisioned a performance that would create a sense of secular ritual — “not so much a staging,” Mr. Audi said, “but a kind of theatrical event.” At the Armory, Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ Are Newly Immersive 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Gold earrings with dangling pendants shaped like crescent moons and birds, dating to the 11th century, are a rare example of secular material here, and their filigreed panels reflect the influence of neighboring Iran. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “The secular temple of modern society is the museum,” Mr. Romero said. As Culture Capital, San Sebastián Weighs the Theme of Peace 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z And in fact Bach practiced both, also writing some music that is secular. Twyla Tharp on the Road: Shut Up and Dance 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z De Botton stresses that his goal is “not to create a ‘secular religion,’ but to create a secular society alive to needs which previously only religions catered to.” Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z Despite Westernizing influences in Turkey and the establishment of a democratic, secular government in 1923 after centuries of Ottoman rule, the country’s art remained fairly untouched by modernism during Mr. Dogancay’s childhood. Burhan Dogancay, Artist Inspired by Urban Walls, Dies at 83 2013-01-21T04:18:59Z The museum is nothing less than an attempt to shape a modern mythology in which Turkish history becomes part of a single coherent tradition culminating in the modern secular state. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z Lina, a Lebanese-German, left her abusive husband and found solace in increased observance, only to be rejected by her secular Lebanese father. Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z There are many reasons to be concerned about the assembly of a parallel legal system in what is meant to be a secular country. TV highlights 08/04/2013 2013-04-08T06:00:13Z He ends his new album, “Golden Sings That Have Been Sung,” with a secular meditation called “Age Old Tale.” Review: Ryley Walker Is Unsettled in a Chicago Way on ‘Golden Sings’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Like “Volto Santo,” the two secular panels capture multiple transmutations from lifeless to living, with intimations of the sacred, all rendered in a moment of perpetual simultaneity. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z They tend to be secular and non-denominational, contemporary in setting, and steering well clear of the dark, difficult, complex story of Jesus's birth itself. The Santa supremacy: Peter Bradshaw's top Christmas movies 2010-12-15T21:30:07Z National Love Day could become the secular sister of the Jewish Day of Atonement. Let's make love our alternative currency 2012-02-14T00:01:00Z It was an unexpected challenge: could we hold up a secular article of faith against a mainstream religious one? Clash of the Booker titans 2013-05-23T13:57:00Z The small museum, which looks at Christian art from a secular perspective, couldn't raise enough capital for a new location after the building it inhabited was sold. Don't miss: Brunelleschi's dome at soon-to-close Museum of Biblical Art 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Delacroix's brilliance was to subsume religious imagery within this secular composition. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “I just draw the line at prosperous pilgrims, whether believers or secular, in exploiting religious hospitality for a subsidized holiday,” he said. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Noujaim’s film was attuned to the complexities of the three-way struggle for power involving the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Army and the secular democrats caught in the middle. ‘Winter on Fire’: The View From the Trenches of a Political Uprising 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It was only later that I began to view "the power of love" as one of those magical points in music where the sacred and the secular entwine. The Power of Love: a magical hit in which the secular and the spiritual entwine 2012-11-15T20:00:00Z One challenge in the current landscape is that secular folks who want community have limited options. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z My own parents were comfortably secular themselves, which no doubt made the task a whole lot easier. 4 reasons I’m glad I came out as an atheist 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z In front of rapt nightclub audiences, when she sang with husky, quavering verve, or turned interstitial monologues into febrile, secular sermons, she was exhibiting a kind of radical transparency. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z They intelligently plundered, Mr. Young writes, “pagan chant and Christian hymns; medieval, Tudor and Restoration secular sounds; the nature-worshiping verse of the revolutionary Romantics.” Books of The Times: Primordial Soup, a Musical Brew 2011-05-12T22:00:06Z Whether he transcribed a secular poem on a holy and ancient document as an act of mischief, piety or sheer carelessness, we'll probably never know: we don't even know for certain the poem is secular. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z The Basiani, founded in 2000 and affiliated with the Georgian Patriarchate, offered a wide range of its country’s sacred and secular music as part of ’s Bach and Polyphonies series at the Mostly Mozart Festival. Music Review: Ensemble Basiani?s Georgian Fare at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-17T22:40:00Z The mother, Lisa, is a Jewish-American publisher lured from her secular worldview into making a leap of faith to something like religion by the traumatic impact of both her son's autism and his disappearance. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z On Friday, Smith will release album 54, “The Cry of the Heart,” her debut for the independent label Fat Possum and first secular recording in about a decade, after intermittent forays into gospel. 54 Albums Later, Connie Smith’s Defiant Heart Has Plenty to Say 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Mazzoli conceived “Vespers” as a secular response to a liturgical tradition. Review: Missy Mazzoli’s Unsettling ‘Vespers for a New Dark Age’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z But Shakespeare was well on his way to becoming secular scripture. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The Netflix stars are more youthful and the films are solidly secular, while Hallmark movies sometimes have a strong religious message. A Hallmark Christmas Fan Watches Netflix’s Holiday Movies 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z To set the texts — largely secular poems — with luminous clarity and to shape the music to the mood were the main goals, which d’India achieved with unexpected harmonies and startling evocations of emotional extremity. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Once it became clear my homeland would be controlled by a new theocratic authoritarian regime, my secular family decided not to go back. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z At its core, their book is a manual for ethical self-reflection in a secular age. Humanist chaplain John Figdor: “Religion introduces moral problems that wouldn’t exist otherwise” 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Maiolino enchants with a secular variety of religious faith: Take, eat; this is my body. Two explorations of the power and prominence of Latino art: 'Anna Maria Maiolino' and 'Carlos Almaraz' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z That’s how many people on Earth are streaming Cohen’s version of the secular anthem right now, each represented by a recorded voice humming the song. Is Leonard Cohen the New Secular Saint of Montreal? 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The almost offhand intensity of Mr. Knausgaard’s prose is a secular sort of miracle. Ben Lerner’s '10:04,' Leslie Jamison's 'Empathy Exams' and More 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Rather than read from the book, his second, he delivered an almost secular sermon. Father Gregory Boyle, author of new book, to Pasadena audience: Consider radical kinship and compassion 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Warren, too, said he was most eager for reactions from secular critics and nonreligious friends, some of whom were “weirded out” by the project, which has received early raves in the Christian press. ‘Hillsong’ Casts a Secular Lens on an Evangelical Band 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Amid the crowd, too, you might catch a glimpse of the University of Mississippi’s greatest sports legend, Archie Manning, a kind of secular saint in Oxford. Faulkner and Football in Oxford, Miss. 2011-10-14T18:55:01Z Sounding husky and committed, confident and intense, her voice builds a bridge between the worlds of the secular and spiritual music she once so expertly walked. ‘Sparkle’ Remade With Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston 2012-08-10T21:09:42Z Is the Satanic Temple simply a political or secular advocacy group using religious privilege to challenge religious privilege? “It’s unacceptable to give religious privilege only to those who believe in the supernatural”: The Satanic Temple challenges the religious right 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z That same month, he formed the Free Egyptians Party to promote a secular platform and free markets. Egyptian Billionaire Looking To Reinvest In Telecom 2011-10-31T14:38:12Z Eliot, Gustave Flaubert and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, their apartment felt like a secular shrine to Tudor England, with shelves of books on Cromwell and his contemporaries, and titles about medieval fashion, food and metallurgy. For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z France is both a secular republic that champions the rights of the individual and a traditional, religiously rooted country that glorifies family life; demonstrating and debating are national pastimes. France Debates Gay Marriage 2013-02-01T21:10:09Z One of the Tillman family's grievances is that the army – specifically a commanding officer who was also an evangelical Christian – overrode Pat's explicit wish for a secular funeral. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z No doubt many student secular groups hope to find those freshman questioning their faith and prevent them from becoming multiplying disciples. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z But to some — including some making comments in this forum — secular, liberal audiences are no less quick to take offense when they think their own values are traduced. Art vs. Blasphemy 2012-09-18T14:57:34Z The son of David Nichtern, an accomplished musician and a Buddhist teacher himself, the younger Mr. Nichtern, like his father, teaches in the Shambhala tradition, and also founded the Interdependence Project, a secular meditation group. Looking for Buddhist Wisdom in ‘The Princess Bride’ 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Festival of Carols Sacred and secular favorites with Los Angeles Master Chorale, plus an audience sing-along and a visit from Santa. 40 family-friendly 'Nutcrackers,' 'Christmas Carols' and other SoCal holiday shows 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The triumph of secular materialism may be the conceit of modernity, but it does very little to unveil the essence of culture or to account for its diversity and complexity. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond – review 2013-01-09T10:22:31Z By the seventh, “their secular cultures will be only a dim memory.” American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The “Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother,” positioned as a solo harpsichord interlude between the two secular cantatas, was less persuasive. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z But there’s one more reason for progressives to cheer the rise of atheism: the secular movement, unique among all progressive movements, has the potential to weaken its opposition’s numbers as it grows stronger itself. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z The health minister said France's secular values did not mean a rejection of religion. French PM defends burkini ban but some in cabinet wary 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z But for the Thanksgiving meal, the most sacred of secular holidays built around food, the sauce deserves better. Give cranberry sauce the respect — and recipe — it deserves at Thanksgiving 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Q: In what ways does biblical translation differ from the translation of secular texts? What can we learn from translations of the Bible? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “Secular society -- and as a result secular art -- is entering into a dead end,” he said. Art Trial Reveals Clash of Russian Cultures 2010-07-08T22:25:00Z But atheism doesn’t teach people how to live or to be — and our secular schools, while good at teaching facts, fall short in the nurturing of wisdom. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z Sitting at his upright piano, the artist, a Christian unafraid to refer to the Bible to a mostly secular fan base, connected the sighting to a religious epiphany. Sufjan Stevens delivers exquisite set at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z He shot films to play during services and arranged secular rock songs into praise choruses. Former pastor Charlie Pollock returns to the stage in Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ It wasn’t until the 20th century that the word acquired its modern secular meaning, when the influential sociologist Max Weber borrowed it to describe a key quality of leadership. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z City of Many Angels Q. Every now and then I hear the contention that New York City is more secular than the rest of the country. F.Y.I.: Answers to Questions About New York 2011-04-22T21:09:10Z "Beyond all the controversy lies a much bigger secular progressive agenda," insists O'Reilly, rallying his troops. O'Reilly strikes back against 'War on Christmas' 2012-12-12T16:52:12Z Although Yiddish is alive and well among the burgeoning ranks of Hasidim, its use is declining among more secular Jews as Holocaust refugees and the Lower East Side immigrant generation die out. How Do You Say ‘Tradition’ in Yiddish? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Piero, who lived from 1462 to 1522, was one of the most versatile Florentine artists of his generation, sought after for altarpieces, portraits and secular images, to each of which he brought different styles. Tuning Out Digital Buzz, for an Intimate Communion With Art 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z While patriarchal attitudes persist in the secular world, she said, in the Church, women’s obedience “is presented as if it was God’s will.” Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z These pieces are grand to emphasize the distance between the sacred and the secular, the church hierarchy and its congregants, God and you. Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The Thanksgiving meal is America’s most holy secular ritual. Tips on Setting the Thanksgiving Table 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z These attributes were said to reflect the emergence of a world that was increasingly mobile, secular, and democratic. The Radiant Prince Comes to Fifth Avenue 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Professor Weinstein’s work, with its emphasis on the power of religious thought in a supposedly secular age, opened up new avenues in research on the Renaissance. Donald Weinstein, Influential Historian on the Renaissance, Dies at 89 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Fathi, who served as a reporter for The New York Times in Iran for nine years, was born in 1970 into a secular upper-middle-class family in Tehran. Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Oxford draws pilgrims to sites both secular and sacred. Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Where Thomas Aquinas, in his thirteenth century “Summa Theologica,” wished to systematize all of Christian doctrine, Lem wrote a secular organon of human civilization’s entanglement with machines. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z If you believe Lincoln is a secular saint, then "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is nothing short of sacrilege. 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter': It's ridiculous, honestly 2012-06-20T22:25:08Z She is a secular martyr: she dies so that the man may sin and survive. Dance Review: John Neumeier Makes a Feminist Point 2010-05-26T21:24:00Z The prosecutors’ indictment even cites violations of Orthodox Church rules and practices, which is outrageous for a country whose Article 14 of the Constitution clearly states that the government is secular. Pussy Riot denied bail 2012-07-10T21:20:00Z Erivo’s portrayal, as raw as it is radiant, offers a cathartic fusion of music and drama that could induce a religious awakening even in the most secular of theatergoers. And the winner is ... the ensemble cast: How Broadway's best acting was a group effort 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In the film’s delightful and refreshing twist on pulp fantasies of repressed Catholic schoolgirls, Isolde’s problem is the result of her school’s decidedly secular orthodoxy. Review: ‘The Misandrists’ Makes a Mockery of Matriarchies and Patriarchies Alike 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Typically, the choir's performance will blend the sacred with the secular, the metaphorical with the direct, in songs composed from the 12th to 15th centuries. Medieval Women's Choir sings of spring 2011-05-19T19:59:09Z His jokes attempt the balancing act of translating religious customs for a secular audience while poking fun at the devout in a way that doesn’t offend. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z At over three and a half hours, the two-concert performance felt long, sometimes penitentially so in the secular sterility of Merkin Concert Hall. Review: New Music Inspired by Christ’s Agony and Dating Apps 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Seeing the heirloom primarily as a reservoir of family history and personal meaning, the secular Liam disputes her reasoning. A zesty iteration of ‘Bad Jews’ at Studio Theatre 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z She regards the Koran with reverence and seems wary of her employer’s secular habits. Asghar Farhadi?s ?Separation? to Open Dec. 30 2011-12-21T13:00:00Z “Independent India as created by Nehru and Gandhi and others was created to be a secular state, in which there is no mention of religion in the constitution,” he said. Salman Rushdie on the opulent realism of his new novel, 'The Golden House' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Tunisia, a former French colony, consisted of a well-traveled, secular and educated citizenry. In 'The New Arabs,' millennials are key to remade Middle East 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Bach, Mozart and Handel, among many other composers, wrote sacred music for churches that is typically played now in secular settings. Preview: Sacred Music Foundation celebrates religious music's classical roots 2010-07-26T22:58:00Z The sense that he was not like other men made him a secular saint. Jimmy Savile was hiding in the light 2012-10-04T16:21:10Z These painters were Hindus, Muslims and Catholics, and they drew freely from Picasso and Klee, Rajasthani architecture and Zen ink painting, in their efforts to forge art for a secular, pluralist republic. 22 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z I think there are some specific growing pains in the secular groups. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z They might be run by Christian missionaries or secular volunteers; they might ask diners to help if they can’t pay. ‘There’s a dignity to this place’: Inside the world of pay-what-you-can restaurants 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The same contradictions that marked his father’s life went even deeper in Mr. Nashenas’s own: a secular man in a profoundly religious family; a rationalist in a society trapped in tribal ways. An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Even if you are secular you likely have been infected with noxious ideas that come straight from the Ancient Near East and Medieval Europe by way of the Church. Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z So show your assistant you care by giving a gift to celebrate the secular new year. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A Jewish colleague and the gift of understanding 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Evangelical groups slammed "Noah" and "Exodus: Gods and Kings" for straying from their source material, while secular viewers may have been put off by their religious themes. Television puts more faith in religious-themed projects 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z As the stern but loving parental substitute, she embodies the kind of secular savior Disney excels in. ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Truck Full of Sugar Can’t Make This Uplift Go Down 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z That effort mirrors the cultural changes under way in Egypt since conservative Muslims rose to power after Hosni Mubarak's secular regime was ousted during last year's revolution. Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled women 2012-07-24T18:31:11Z He also influenced the music of Shlomo Carlebach, regarded by many as the foremost songwriter of Jewish religious music and a leading figure in the movement to bring secular Jews back to religious observance. Ben Zion Shenker, Rabbi Who Wrote Prayer Melodies, Dies at 91 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Its Sunday gatherings host live music from local bands, secular humanist-themed sermons, and community service projects, like blood donation drives. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z But we find just the opposite reality: the nations with the best overall quality of life are among the most secular countries in the world. The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Whether you intended it or not, this film seems to be a great argument for a secular state. From Israel, a Drama That Started a National Debate About Divorce 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z By the 15th century, Europeans were using the mixtures to celebrate both religious and secular events. 9 fascinating facts about fireworks 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Only very indirectly did the Reformation lead Europe into a secular, scientific age. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z I was trying to create the life of a normal secular young person, but I was not normal. From good girl to prostitute: My path from ultra-Orthodox Judaism to Craigslist sex ad 2014-02-03T01:00:00Z Episodes end with rousing plot-themed sermons that most seculars would happily endure: the compelling goodness that Sidney radiates is connected to ideals and to faith but less specifically to Jesus. The Unholy Pleasures of “Grantchester,” The Original Hot-Priest Show 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The expensively produced commercials and the elaborate half-time shows make the event closer to a secular holiday. Sunday's game a ratings winner for NBC 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z And don’t miss the 1970 etching “Ecce Homo” nearby, a tribute to Rembrandt’s “Christ Presented to the People” but recast as a secular entertainment with a short, bald man on a throne. Art Review: Picasso Prints at MoMA and Marlborough 2010-04-08T22:17:00Z Our new pope has that kind of mundane secular side and, ever since he was a kid, he’s had an inclination to meet celebrities. Paolo Sorrentino: ‘My characters’ struggles are the struggles I have’ 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z “In a secular country, there should be no left and right, no Catholics or Jews or Muslims,” another Parisian said to the camera. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z A secular republic was founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on its ashes. Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Inevitably, to a modern, secular audience the dilemmas of the Victorian Catholic novel can seem faintly ridiculous. DJ Taylor on the Catholic novel 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z I work in a secular industry, and so I don’t ever expect anything to change for me—nor do most people change anything for me, not that I want that or ask that. Candace Cameron Bure Talks 'Fuller House' and 'The View' 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z You would have to be mad, in my view, not to admire Oliver, whose evolution from mildly grating Essex geezer to heroic public campaigner has elevated him to secular sainthood. 'No one understands me' 2010-10-11T07:00:00Z He himself believed his stand was essential to vindicate the universal church's freedoms, and events were to prove him right, for his martyrdom became the emblem of spiritual resistance to secular tyranny. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z An influx of botanical, zoological and anthropological information brought home by explorers from an expanding known world coincided with the emergence of a euphoric kind of secular consciousness that peaked with the French Enlightenment. Art Review: ‘Gardening by the Book’ Celebrates Rare Botanical Volumes 2013-06-13T21:26:09Z Like them, she borrows from gospel to express a viewpoint that is at once secular and spiritual. Review: Shaina Taub, Prolific Earth Mother, and Friends 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Fontella Bass sang spiritual and secular songs and also collaborated with the radical Art Ensemble of Chicago. Fontella Bass obituary 2012-12-28T13:51:36Z The second investigates the much less revolting story of Chandigarh, an Indian city designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, intended to be a “cosmopolitan, secular city of the future, unfettered from Indian history.” Three Podcasts to Listen to in June 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Both parents embraced left-wing politics and raised their children in a secular home emphasizing music and civil rights. Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Hammerstein, whose later Broadway collaboration with Richard Rodgers would produce America’s midcentury secular liturgy in hymns like “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” often said, “I can’t write a song without hope in it.” The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z "American Grace" depicts a country losing its religious moderates as the highly religious and the highly secular migrate to opposite poles and shape their religious identity to match their politics. 'American Grace' says evangelicalism peaked two decades ago 2011-01-07T00:42:25Z Luckily, the absolute best place is right across the street: our great secular national cathedral, the Library of Congress. How to weather the Trump administration: Head to the library 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The New York Times described Javerbaum's popular book as "a recklessly funny set of gags about all things religious and quite a few things secular, too." Jim Parsons set for celestial role in Broadway comedy 'Act of God' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z I could sense his dissatisfaction and discomfort, and wondered if he’d pictured another life for the girl, something more worldly and secular, a life hard for me to imagine. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z In fact, he says, while How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, may sound mammon-obsessed, it is actually a "secular Sufi love poem". Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z We have a duty to speak out clearly wherever we encounter injustice, cruelty or corruption — be it religious or secular — but we should do so dispassionately, accurately and fairly. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z How could obscurantist religious atavism be mobilising millions in a country that, under the shah, had become more modern, more western and, it seemed, more secular? Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z Once initiated, European business there, both secular and religious, was avid and nonstop except when, as periodically happened, Asia temporarily closed its doors. Review: ‘Made in the Americas’ Explores Globalism From Way, Way Back 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z She has become a kind of prophet and exegete of American democracy, as devoted to our secular scriptures as to her Christian ones. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z This is no less true of religious cultures than of secular ones, of closed societies than of open ones. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z |
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