Sentences with phrase «to be secular»

In short, if there is a secular change in demand for actual dividend payouts how does this affect the strategy?

Although very influenced by religion the American government is secular in nature.

What they planned to create was a secular state.

And, if this truly is a secular trend, then newspapers have a much larger problem at hand.

There are hardly any Islamic country left which is secular.

There has been a secular change in cap rates for malls.

There has never been a secular bear market that ended with price levels anywhere near those that apply today.

Whether killing people for homosexual behavior can be justified in terms of the contribution it makes to the common good or not is a secular civil judgment call.

Contemporary culture is secular culture, is it not?

(so are secular organizations, of course).

Most of the dating services online are secular companies that have no Christian connection, except for a Christian singles website.

But, again, law is a secular version of religion.

There was the secular growth era, which existed from the beginning until the late 1980s.

For some, this is a spiritual journey, and for others the path is a secular one.

Active management still holds the majority of the assets worldwide but the move into low - cost ETFs and mutual funds is a secular shift that's likely not slowing down anytime soon.

But maybe high school sports are the secular equivalent of church.

The first is the secular rise in the levels of correlation — from 0.4 in the 1970's, to a recent peak of 0.9 over rolling 6 - month periods.

I made it clear that is a secular legal issue and I have no choice but to support the authorities over me.

All of our programs are secular and universal in nature.

What struck me most in his remarks — and even more in the questions from the audience — was their secular content.

If this includes religious music, then there should be secular reasons for this instead of religious ones.

Our job is to determine if those issues are secular and more permanent, or whether they're cyclical and otherwise temporary.

There are secular charities who could use the contribution, and the $ doesn't go to the cause of promoting a certain type of religion.

Why would the idea that this revolution is secular give us any comfort?

It serves as a representation of religion, something that has no place in what should be a secular education.

This perhaps suggest that the recent surge in subscriber losses is secular.

All of these factors are secular in nature, which means they aren't likely to change anytime soon.

My point is that democratic governance is a secular process, and that faith should be left out of it entirely.

If politics is secular prophecy, science fiction may well be called secular apocalyptic.

By way of contrast, fundamental, or philosophical, theology's public is the secular academy.

I would even say that there can be a secular spirituality.

The majority are secular and I think most places there are great countries to live in.

This will be a secular sermon, not a religious one.

A few are founded by Jewish organizations, and a few are secular.

What's notable about this growth is that it's largely been secular.

Fee compression is a secular story in investment management.

As such, it should be no surprise is secular in a way that other retailers find it almost impossible to match.

So, might there be a secular explanation for the shift higher in corporate earnings volatility over the last decade?

It is telling that both sides of the debate use the same metaphor of «playing god» in what otherwise appears to be a secular discussion.

While Our Whole Lives is secular, it is not value - free.

This nation is and always will be a secular nation.