as in temporal
not involving religion or religious matters
that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
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Ken Berman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2024, the largest Jewish movement in the United States, Reform Judaism, decided to allow students with non-Jewish partners into rabbinical school – as do several smaller liberal Jewish movements, including Renewal, secular humanists and Reconstructionists.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
On the left, there are Catholics who embrace all the norms of the progressive Christianity that has nothing to say to anyone that cannot be said by a secular, left-wing NGO.
—WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
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That said, the secular trend of modernization is clear, and Tradeweb is in a prime position to benefit from it in the coming decade, which has been the company’s strategic focus since well before going public in 2019.
—Ken Berman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2024, the largest Jewish movement in the United States, Reform Judaism, decided to allow students with non-Jewish partners into rabbinical school – as do several smaller liberal Jewish movements, including Renewal, secular humanists and Reconstructionists.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
On the left, there are Catholics who embrace all the norms of the progressive Christianity that has nothing to say to anyone that cannot be said by a secular, left-wing NGO.
—WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
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“Secular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secular. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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