The whole purpose of the second Vatican council was to "secularise" Christianity; to make it less confrontational with other faiths. From Wordnik.com. [Spectator Live] Reference
But anyone dread Socialism because it will secularise education?. From Wordnik.com. [Fr. McNabb Speaks - Toward Social Thinking] Reference
A great place to start would be to secularise our political landscape - that would be a step in the right direction. From Wordnik.com. [Be Optimistic For Northern Ireland] Reference
Or will we, as Ken MacLeod posits in The Night Sessions, go to war and in the aftermath completely secularise society?. From Wordnik.com. [Gods and Robots – The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…] Reference
We can cheer two more victories in the campaign to secularise everything in Europe except its temples and churches, which are, in any case, either neglected or swamped by tourists blind to their mysteries. From Wordnik.com. [A little bit of religious bigotry is tolerable in a healthy society] Reference
It was on this historic day that protestors began to secularise one of the most popular slogans of the 1979 revolution, changing it from 'independence, freedom, Islamic republic' to 'independence, freedom, Iranian Republic'. From Wordnik.com. [Mahmood Delkhasteh: Iran's Not-Yet-Revolution: Cause for Optimism] Reference
He must challenge any attempt to further secularise Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Clerical Whispers] Reference
The preacher must secularise his sermon or talk to vacant pews. From Wordnik.com. [The One Woman] Reference
Pontiff attacks efforts to secularise society in Good Friday address. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference
Far from wishing to secularise education, I hold that it cannot be too religious. From Wordnik.com. [What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular] Reference
Perhaps the way to rejuvenate marriage is not to subsidise it but to secularise it. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
The Easter move hopes to secularise an otherwise god-awful public holiday by commemorating the repentant. From Wordnik.com. [TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page] Reference
Well personally I'm pro-Obama (although I'm disappointed he hasn't taken steps to secularise the U.S.), but that birth certificate definitely looks fake. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Maclean, who hosted Good Morning Sunday for 16 years, claimed that the corporation is biased against Christianity and had embarked on a movement to "secularise the country". From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
For more than 85 years Turks have lived in a secular state founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who rejected headscarves as backward-looking in his campaign to secularise Turkish society. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
2 A second plea for decrying Socialism is that it would secularise education. From Wordnik.com. [Fr. McNabb Speaks - Toward Social Thinking] Reference
Perhaps, but a doctor called Hutchinson helped secularise circumcision with the (false) claim that Jews had less syphilis than gentiles, so that literature hadn’t gained much traction. From Wordnik.com. [A Blog Post About Circumcision That Resists the Temptation to Use the Word “Cut” in a Pun, and Ends Up Promoting a Washington DCJCC Program After-All « The Blog at 16th and Q] Reference
Lieberman wants to secularise these matters. From Wordnik.com. [The Australian | News |] Reference
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