Sentences with phrase «by nonreligious»

In the face of these patchwork gaps, American human rights groups have been advocating for the adoption of a federal bill titled the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by nonreligious employers with over 15 employees.

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And if these revelations of common piety upset his nonreligious admirers, he, too, was somewhat upset by the experience: «My presence in such a place was disturbed / By my duty as a poet who should not flatter popular imaginings, / Yet who desires to remain faithful to your unfathomable intention / When you appeared to children at Fatima and Lourdes.&raquby the experience: «My presence in such a place was disturbed / By my duty as a poet who should not flatter popular imaginings, / Yet who desires to remain faithful to your unfathomable intention / When you appeared to children at Fatima and Lourdes.&raquBy my duty as a poet who should not flatter popular imaginings, / Yet who desires to remain faithful to your unfathomable intention / When you appeared to children at Fatima and Lourdes.»

In that sense, Hannah Arendt was one of many Jewish, Christian, and nonreligious intellectuals» of whom there were many, if not a majority, in Germany» as well as working people, whose spirit was dulled by memories of a deeply flawed national ambition and shattered personal expectations.

After all, it was Augustine's narrative of spiritual blindness followed by illumination that became foundational for nonreligious self - presentation.

The Jewish return to Jerusalem, the crucial event of destiny in two millennia of Jewish history for the «religious» and the «nonreligious» alike, has yet to be accepted, with the fullness it both requires and merits, by the world.

Stark's linking of impulsive, short - term gratification by young males to their nonreligious behavior appeared to draw a sympathetic hearing.

was so vital for Bonhoeffer that he lost interest when the two elements were separated: Christology not qualified by something like non-religious interpretation became an unrelated entity and suffered a fatal loss of reality; nonreligious Christianity without Christocentrism became a Sisyphean endeavour of modem man to adjust to a newly discovered self and world.24

As one of his more perceptive interpreters have pointed out, «It is much easier to grasp what (Bonhoeffer) meant by «religious than nonreligious».

«2 Therefore, let us begin our discussion of nonreligious interpretation, first by considering what actually Bonhoeffer meant by the term «religious».

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller — The book that is likely on the short list for 90 % of evangelicals my age, Donald Miller made me feel a little less crazy.

The United States, averaging over 40 per cent, is a strange anomaly for sociological commentators — one often explained by denying that the higher U.S. rate is an expression of greater national religiosity, and suggesting that in America religion fulfills certain nonreligious needs: for sociability and community, for example.

The nonreligious or antireligious social analysis assumed by Indian «modernists» at least since Nehru failed to recognize the continuing power of ancient traditions and faiths.

Newport said that the biggest difference between very religious and nonreligious Americans is in healthy behavior, which is mostly explained by a negative correlation between smoking and religiosity.

According to Gallup, the «very religious» lean toward Romney and the «nonreligious» prefer Obama, by significant margins.

The hallmark of a truly religious person is the espousal of recognizable, religiously inspired values that are distinctly different from the values typically espoused by the less religious and the nonreligious.

Faculties feel constrained by the strictly nonreligious standards of secular «academic freedom.»

America's «Nones» — the nonreligious — are at an all - time high, now comprising nearly one in five Americans (19 %), according to a new study by the Pew Center for the People and the Press.

In other words, to avoid frivolous RFRA claims, Congress may need to preclude otherwise justifiable religious exercise concerns by severely limiting the availability of both religious and nonreligious - based exemptions and accommodations, potentially resulting in more draconian legislative drafting.

The Court's statement in Seeger that a registrant's characterization of his own belief as «religious» should carry great weight... does not imply that his declaration that his views are nonreligious should be treated similarly... very few registrants are fully aware of the broad scope of the word «religious» [as interpreted by law since Seeger].»

We are trying to make a big, beautiful impression upon the affluent nonreligious American who is riding by on this busy freeway.»

Whether by intention or misreading, Nord says, these decisions are used to equate secular interest with the nonreligious, thereby stacking the deck against religion in publicly funded schools.

Are the programs viewed by people who are otherwise nonreligious or unchurched?

One hopes that they will serve as well to make us — religious and nonreligious people alike — increasingly aware of the inequities and oppression created and perpetuated for nations of the «underdeveloped» Third World by the «overdeveloped» nations East and West.

Churches» limited exemption from antidiscrimination law is not and can not be justified as a special privilege for religion but simply as an instance of the autonomy, privacy, and «freedom of association» enjoyed by all members of the constitutional community, religious and nonreligious alike.

By this we mean a state where public institutions are separate from religious institutions and treat all citizens impartially regardless of their religious or nonreligious beliefs.

Some of my nonreligious computer science colleagues, like Ray Kurzweil, hope to cheat death by backing themselves up on a computer, along the lines described in the first thought experiment.

However, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in a series of surveys conducted between 1993 and 2012, reported on parental satisfaction with assigned public schools, public schools chosen by parents, private religious schools, and private nonreligious schools.

By contrast, in a chartered system, public schools would be nonreligious, managed by nonprofits, overseen by a public authority, and held to clear performance standardBy contrast, in a chartered system, public schools would be nonreligious, managed by nonprofits, overseen by a public authority, and held to clear performance standardby nonprofits, overseen by a public authority, and held to clear performance standardby a public authority, and held to clear performance standards.

Charter school — A public, nonreligious school that provides free public elementary and / or secondary education to students via a lottery process under a specific charter granted by the local school board.

Some programs offer as little as $ 2,500 for a year of tuition and other programs offer close to $ 30,000.29 The average tuition of private schools across the country is $ 10,740, which does not include any additional services.30 For nonreligious schools, that number is much higher — $ 21,810.31 In most cases, parents are responsible for paying the difference between the tuition costs and the amount provided by the voucher.

A civil wedding is simply a nonreligious, legal marriage ceremony presided over by an authorized official instead of a religious one.

While many couples in decades past have been required by clergy to attend, premarital counseling is becoming more popular among the nonreligious as well.