Sentence examples for secular accomplishments from inspiring English sources
But in the thrill of their new freedom they sought the broadest possible citizenship, eagerly choosing to write for their countries, or for the whole world, rather than for the much narrower world of their co-religionists, and to define themselves by their secular accomplishments.
According to James O'Donnell, the two works share a pessimistic view of human life in which all secular accomplishments are insignificant compared to religious goals.
The right to a dignified death is viewed as an accomplishment of secular humanism, one of seven belief systems that are officially recognized by the government.
However, he also received degrees in philosophy from Eṣfahān University and the University of Tehrān, both secular institutions, a somewhat unusual accomplishment for a member of Iran's Shīʿite clergy.
"Somebody asked me, 'What do the Kurds have to offer?'" he said, then rattled off a list of accomplishments in Syria: a secular society with equal rights for women, the establishment of civil structures, protection for minorities, and the cleansing of jihadis in the Kurdish-controlled region.
Zemeckis elevates the wartime effort to a sort of secular scripture, a founding myth of good and evil, of superhuman accomplishment and endurance, that voids the film of content while endowing it with meaning.
One of his proudest accomplishments was the creation of the Academical Village, the first iteration of the University of Virginia (UVA), an entirely secular university that was built around the centrepiece of a library rather than a church.
This term has come to mean a day or period of special significance not only in religious calendars (e.g., the Christian Christmas and the Jewish Hanukkah) but also in the secular (e.g., May Day in Russia and Labor Day in the United States and Canada, both of which holidays celebrate especially the accomplishments of the working class).
"Neither secular nor liberal".
The secular activists won.
