Sentence examples for secular spirit from inspiring English sources

In fact, the pronounced shift in Joseph Ratzinger's thought was provoked not by animosity toward Vatican II but by the secular spirit and chaotic actions of the 1968 student revolts at Tübingen University in Germany, where he was a theologian.

In the nineties, Oprah was encouraging her viewers to put themselves first, consider their "spirit" — she had to teach them, first, about the possibility of a secular spirit — elevate their own happiness, and read challenging books.

He was also held up by many of his fellow countrymen as an icon of the secular spirit of the Indian constitution for his openmindedness on questions of religious affiliation.

With the luxury of withholding judgment, a novel could interpose itself here, reinvent the characters and circumstances, and begin to investigate an encounter between love and belief, between the secular spirit of the law and sincerely held faith.

"This secular spirit of our age presents a great challenge to the Christian church," they wrote.

The religious aspect of Ramadan may be similar in Jerusalem and Cairo, but the secular spirit is quite different.

Were these paintings made in a secular artistic spirit – or were they part of a religious ritual?

Fear also governs secular life.

This is a show that injects the audience that flocks to the 6,000-seat 6,000-seattheaterinutes of the secular and religious spirit of the season.

And then the image of Camus persists — we recall him not just as a fine writer but as an exemplary man, a kind of secular saint, the spirit of his time, as well as the last French writer whom most Americans know something about.

My album Navaratna (a Sanskrit word for nine precious gems) is conceptualized and sung by me to showcase and salute the secular and festive spirit of India.