Sentence examples for secular pursuits from inspiring English sources

Why grant religious observance greater consideration than secular pursuits?

After a sudden illness he renounced secular pursuits in fulfillment of a vow.

On the liberal flank, Orthodox Jews observe all the dietary laws and Sabbath rituals, but they attend colleges, watch television and engage in other secular pursuits.

In true Conceptual spirit was the work of Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), a Cuban exile who brought Afro-Cuban and Santeria ritual into more secular pursuits like Earthworks and performance art.

By setting them to reggae, rock and hip-hop beats, and after working his way up the jam-band circuit, he also reaches listeners with their minds on more secular pursuits, like dancing and drugs.

"It Gets Besser" videos portrayed successful journeys away from Orthodoxy; one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeLUxzBgyxY) featured O.T.D.ers singing along to the religious songs of their youth while engaging in secular pursuits, such as science research and studying philosophy.

Nor should you invoke religious strictures to regulate a secular pursuit in a pluralistic community.

By the 19th century, perfection had become a secular pursuit, albeit one that was thought to be attainable through education and cooperation and that would eventually lead to the betterment of all mankind.

There are many reasons for this, among them the fact that the gurus, roshis, swamis and lamas who brought their traditional teachings to the West never asked anyone to convert, or to give up their own religions, or even to view their involvement as a religious rather than a secular pursuit.

To the secular mind, the pursuit of happiness and liberty consists mainly of removing every obstacle to their enjoyment; for the likes of John Paul, all that is an illusion, and freedom lies in doing the will of God.

Meanwhile, eurosceptics are motivated by a more dramatic version of European pessimism: a distrust in top-down schemes, a preference for secular pleasures over spiritual pursuits, etc.