Sentences with phrase «secular against the faith»

It gives a model of competition where the alternative service provider idea pits the secular against the faith - based non-profits.

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All of them use the current values of secular society as the point of reference against which to present the moral teachings of the Catholic faith.

Unlike others before and after him who assimilate church history to secular history, Williams defined his own vocation as that of one standing committedly within the historic community of faith, charged with telling and interpreting the story of that community against the background of ultimate meanings.

This untoward result - interpreting a Constitution intended to guarantee religious liberty as requiring affirmative discrimination against people of faith - would seem to be the necessary result of a doctrine of separation that invalidates government action that lacks a «secular purpose» or has the effect of «advanc [ing]... religion» (Lemon v. Kurtzman [1970]-RRB-.

«4 His apologetic was a twofold polemic, on the one hand against the secular and pagan world and on the other hand against the household of faith, the church.

When congregations are described as alternative service providers, they are pitted against secular agencies and even faith - based nonprofits.

The negative efforts of traditional Christian apology against atheism have only further removed Christian faith from the secular world.

«I think that language like «sky daddy» or «imaginary friend Sam» immediately and unnecessarily pits people against each other... I don't want the secular community to risk failing to engage with the faith community».

They routinely issue fatwas against individuals like Salman Rushdie and wants to take away the freedom of expression and speech from the western secular countries by threatening violence for any conceived «offense» to their faith.

The orthodox of both faiths have no difference which necessarily impedes their alliance against pagan and secular evil.

Indiscriminate violence against minorities as well as other Muslims by extremists groups who abuse the Islamic faith negates every visionary word Jinnah had uttered about the future secular and peaceful destiny of the country on the eve of its creation.

For some Muslims, Western secular culture and the conspicuous consumption that often goes along with it are seen as undermining their faith; others acknowledge the democratic systems of the West but struggle to balance that appreciation against a religion that they feel leaves little room for liberal values.