Sentence examples for secular act from inspiring English sources

In doing so, he performs what could almost be described as a secular act of devotion.

The aftermath to this secular act of Turkish iconoclasm (from the Muslim perspective) saw the introduction of Islamism into the region (the Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928-9).

In Nappalli, the Court of Appeal held that singing of the National Anthem and reciting the National Pledge were not religious practices but rather expressions of national patriotism, which were secular acts.

Russell Ramirez, a lawyer for the Texas Faculty Association, an organization that represents college and university professors, said that selling degrees was a secular, commercial act — akin to selling a mattress — and should be subject to regulation.

Radial stretching secular variation acts as an effective dynamo mechanism at regions where laterally varying radial flow shears toroidal field lines to generate a poloidal magnetic field.

I can't think of any secular ritual or act that could so successfully allow a community to come together and mourn.

Some reasons for this are as follows: On one side, other sources of upper atmosphere trends exist (such as geomagnetic activity long-term variation and Earth's magnetic field secular variations), which act jointly with the greenhouse effect.

Throughout the centuries, the system of class and caste had become more rigid; in each region there was a complex hierarchy of castes strictly forbidden to intermarry or dine together, controlled and regulated by secular powers who acted on the advice of the court Brahmans.

The minister invoking god on behalf of the president on that cold January day had already interjected religious views on social issues into what should have been the most secular of government acts, a president assuming the power of his office.

After examining the statute, its legislative history, and its historical and social context, the Court holds that the Louisiana Legislature acted without "a secular legislative purpose," and that the Act therefore fails the "purpose" prong of the three-part test set forth in 586, 593-594, 596.

After examining the statute, its legislative history, and its historical and social context, the Court holds that the Louisiana Legislature acted without "a secular legislative purpose," and that the Act therefore fails the "purpose" prong of the three-part test set forth in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602, 612 (1971).