“…Jeremiah Lockwood proposes a view of their work as a nonconforming social practice that calls upon the sounds and structures of Jewish sacred musical heritage to disrupt the aesthetics and power hierarchies of their conservative community, defying institutional authority and pushing at normative boundaries of sacred and secular. Beyond its role as a desirable art form, golden age cantorial music offers aspiring Hasidic singers a form of Jewish cultural productivity in which artistic excellence, maverick outsider status, and sacred authority are aligned…”

“…The result is a true-crime page-turner with the intellectual resonance we've come to expect from this well-regarded journalist and thinker: the exemplary tale of our age, the story of what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West and tolerance finds its limits.--From publisher description…”

“…Exposing as myth the idea that Napoleon's act of self-coronation in 1804 was the first extraordinary event to break the secular tradition of kings being crowned by bishops, Jaume Aurell vividly demonstrates that self-coronations were not as transgressive or unconventional as has been imagined. …”

“…Kandil shows why attempts to compare the Brotherhood to secular social movements or typical forms of religious activism obscure its unique nature, and he seeks instead to unlock the organization's unique logic. …”

“…The theme of "The Nation that Forgot God" is the secularization of the West. These essays trace the effects on ordinary people of being the first post-religious society. …”

“…Over time, dissatisfaction with an imperfect Augustinian theology gave way to increasingly secular and eventually impersonal moral systems. This volume traces the distortion of Augustine's thought from the twelfth century to the present and examines its consequent reconstructions. …”

“…Redefining evil as a secular concept and focusing on the inexcusability - rather than the culpability - of atrocities, Card examines the tension between responding to evils and preserving humanitarian values. …”

“…Some claim that the single life is a vocation on a par with marriage and religious life; what kind of a theology of vocation leads to that conclusion? And is the secular use of the word 'vocation' to describe certain profession helpful or misleading in the context of Catholic theology?…”

“…El que fuera durante cuarenta años discípulo de San Josemaría y su colaborador más próximo, hace de sus pensamientos una guía certera para profundizar en la índole propia del sacerdocio secular. Muchos son los motivos que permitieron a Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo hablar con autoridad y con profundo conocimiento sobre el sacerdocio ministerial. …”

“…Yet it clings to a central belief in the dignity of the human person, the cornerstone of the doctrine of universal human rights to which even secular Westerners still cling. At the same time, the process of dehumanization so evident in the ideologies and totalitarianism of the twentieth century remains at work. …”

“…Written by one of the leading Orthodox theologians in the English-speaking world, "The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its History, Theology, and Spiritual Culture" will unlock the deep mysteries of Eastern Christianity to Westerners.At once a comprehensive study of Eastern Orthodoxy - its historical development and theology - "The Orthodox Church" is also an engaging assessment of Orthodoxy's political role in today's secularized Western world. By tracing Orthodoxy's roots in Christian antiquity - and the formation of its biblical, doctrinal, and spiritual culture - the text will explore and explain the riches of Eastern Christian traditions. …”

“…Argumentan que para responder preguntas sobre libertad religiosa, justicia y paz, primero debemos rechazar la idea perpetuada por la cultura secular-liberal: que la religión es un asunto privado. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…[Orden (1767-02-12])] Reconociendo el Consejo el abuso con que muchos eclesiasticos... se han introducido á el uso del habito secular viviendo y portandose como seglares... Deseando el consejo cortan estos desordenes... ha acordado recomendar el remedio de esta relaxación... …”

“…"El proceso de expulsión de los moriscos decretado por Felipe III (1609-1614) parecía haber acabado con la presencia secular del Islam en España; así desde luego lo ha dejado establecido toda la historiografía especializada. …”
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“…The third section presents Bernardi's secular and religious verse, which engaged with new trends in lyric and poetry for music, and was set by various key composers across Italy. …”

“…La República Dominicana es producto de un secular proceso de mestizaje donde la africanidad y el hispanismo han jugado un papel protagónico. …”
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“…, que recorren el gobierno y reforma de la diócesis y los problemas de la vida pastoral, económica, social y cultural de la diócesis, atendiendo a la relación con las parroquias y las autoridades seculares…”
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“…"The Romance of Evast and Blaquerna' is a novel in which Ramon Llull rebelled against secular literature of chivalry and the court in general, which was so successful in his time. …”

“…Even in the new approach, the scientific and cultural benchmark continues to be a consistent adherence to the secular, historic-pedagogic and educational tradition represented by the masters of the "Florence School". …”