A Critique of the "Criminal Policy in Islam and in the Islamic Republic of Iran" by Naser Ghasemi

“…While a criminal policy is a discipline that extends far beyond its title and includes many different subjects, it is also capable of evaluating from a diverse range of scientific disciplines, as well as various legal systems, especially religious and Islamic.About the concept of criminal policy from the past, the views of many writers in Western and Eastern societies, as well as in Iran before and after the Islamic Revolution, have been expressed, which in some cases require careful consideration. Addressing the secular and religious viewpoint of the criminal policy and plotting its place in these two groups: the first group is a subject that has been considered in the book of evaluation, and the author has attempted to explain the position and its role in religious matters, and consequently it is in the current legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.…”
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Are Believers Happier than Atheists? Well-being Measures in a Sample of Atheists and Believers in Puerto Rico by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera, Adam Rosario-Rodríguez, Eduardo L. Rodríguez-Ramos, Idania Hernández-Gato, Lourdes M. Torres-Báez

“…This study provides empirical evidence to demystify certain traditional assumptions about the supremacy of religious beliefs over secular convictions or vice versa. We hope that these findings create social awareness and could be used as a basis for future research concerning the population of non-believers…”
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Citoyenneté et identités religieuses dans la doctrine allemande du droit public ecclésiastique au XIXe siècle. Aux sources intellectuelles du modèle allemand de sécularisation... by Florian Reverchon

“…This article studies the intellectual transformation of this Staatskirchenrecht shaped by Christianity into a more secularized, »public law« oriented vision. It will emphasize the essential moments of these doctrinal evolutions and their reception in positive law. …”
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O Santo Ofício no tempo dos Filipes: transformações institucionais e relações de poder by Ana Isabel López-Salazar Codes

“…Do mesmo modo, analisaremos os traços gerais das relações de poder entre o Santo Ofício e as restantes instituições eclesiásticas (bispos, cabidos e colector) e seculares (tribunais superiores e conselhos) do Portugal filipino. …”
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Sueño, utopía y desencanto. Cayetano González Gómez y la reconstrucción de la custodia procesional de la catedral de Málaga by Juan Antonio Sánchez López

“…Aunque no llegaron a realizarse, su extraordinaria calidad plástica intrínseca permite entenderlos como una interesante reflexión creativa sobre la versatilidad del ornamento y el papel parlante de la iconografía, aplicados a una tipología secular de tanta fortuna en la platería española. …”
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Fidalgos e freires-cavaleiros by José Augusto de Sottomayor-Pizarro, Paula Pinto Costa

“…Based on the importance of the Luso-Castilian border in the context of medieval Hispania and its complexity as a political construction, the objective of this reflection is to assess its impact at the level of manorial groups, either secular or ecclesiastical. The way how these social groups had interpreted the frontier is a central issue for this study. …”
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Spirituality Phenomenon and the Ideal-Realism Method in Modern Education by A. P. Vetoshkin

“…The correlation between the ideal and material in social and individual life is demonstrated along with the dialectics and wholeness of the divine and human, religious and secular, ecclesiastical and civil.The author addresses the philosophic heritage of I. …”
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Les débuts d'une revue néo-salafiste : Muhibb al-Dîn al-Khatîb et Al-Fath de 1926 à 1928 by Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen

“…The journal meticulously lists all the signs of crisis in the threatened Islamic world : worry in face of increasing Westernisation in the Orient (tafarnuj), anguish and the scandalous feelings in relation to the secular reforms of Kemalist Turkey, worry about the proselyte presence of Christian missionaries in the Orient and the increasing atheism and positivism among Muslims. …”
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Perspective models of developing educational activities of Sunday schools by Maxim A. Sannikov

“…The paper reveals the theoretical and methodological basis of the activities of Sunday schools in the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church on the basis of religious and secular educational approaches. The author of the paper offers several models of educational activities and describes the activities of Sunday schools basing on the analysis of philosophical pedagogical literature: Sunday school supplementary education, supplementary Sunday training and pedagogical support for children, currently undergoing experimental testing at the parishes of Izhevsk diocese. …”
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Beyond Determinism: Geography of Jewishness in Nathan Englander’s “Sister Hills” and Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Filip Boratyn

“…The Zionist project negotiated between the God-given, predetermined character of the Jewish return to “the Holy Land” and more secular justifications for settlement in the Palestine. …”
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Secularismo político en Chile a partir de los enfoques de Robert Audi y de Cecile Laborde by Cristóbal Bellolio

“…Este artículo explora si Chile puede considerarse secular bajo dos enfoques alternativos: el enfoque de «separación institucional» de Robert Audi y el reciente «enfoque de desagregación» de Cecile Laborde. …”
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Solar System Motions and the Cosmological Constant: A New Approach by Lorenzo Iorio

“…We use the corrections to the Newton-Einstein secular precessions of the longitudes of perihelia ̇𝜛 of some planets (Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) of the Solar System, phenomenologically estimated as solve-for parameters by the Russian astronomer E. …”
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“Itai Amen Satani Abhoikane” by Princess Sibanda

“…I was sold on her disruptive use of language, the singing of secular music in church, and dancing with abandon on the pulpit. …”
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Intertexte et réécriture du Drame de l’Homme, de la Femme et de Dieu dans 'Partage de midi' de Paul Claudel by Samuel Bidaud

“…In this perspective, we can distinguish two types of intertexts. The first is secular and corresponds to the legend of Tristan and Iseult, from which Claudel takes up narrative patterns and dramatic motifs, ranging from onomastics to the love potion drunk on the boat and to forbidden and fatal love. …”
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Poznámky ke vnímání řeholního života mezi barokem a osvícenstvím by Jiří Mikulec

“…On the other hand, baroque society highly appreciated religious activities of monasteries, promotion of baroque spirituality among the seculars, and also the regular life as such. The author concludes that, in the Czech lands of the baroque times, we can also find some people who perceived monasteries and their inhabitants in a rather negative way. …”
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Hellenic Language and Thought in Pre-Conquest England by Eleni Ponirakis

“…This paper will outline the evidence for the use of Greek language in a variety of contexts, including a charm for the staunching of blood, and it will examine the extent of the influence of Greek patristic thinking in Old English texts including both clerical prose and secular poetry.…”
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Judaïsme et homosexualité. Entretien avec Frank Jaoui, porte-parole du Beit Haverim by Martine Gross

“…In contemporary French society, secular and often considered hostile to groupings on the basis of « community », Beit Haverim (« House of Friends » in Hebrew) represents an original association. …”
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Favela, criminalité violente et politique à Rio de Janeiro by Luiz Antonio Machado da Silva

“…The central argument is that with the hyper-politicization of the change that took place in the early 1980s, during the campaign for the State government of Leonel Brizola, a very controversial figure, a new form of social conflict is based on what has been called a "metaphor of war" and has replaced the secular agenda of the debate around the "problem of the slum" - their place in the city - now the topic as an issue related to control the repressive policy of urban peripheries. …”
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Higher Education in Arab Countries: from Past to Present by N. A. Uspenskaya

“…Egypt has one of the oldest and most individual systems of education in the Arab countries. The article shows secular universities as well as one of the most influential religion universities, Al-Azhar. …”
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Possible Gender Differences in Classical Music, Flamenco and Fado by Alicia Garcia-Falgueras

“…Historical examples of different styles in music point out that if any allusion or reminder about gender in music might happen most probably occurs in folk non always written pagan or secular music with lyrics or voice. This genre of music usually tells about traditional gender differences in jobs, habits, lifestyles, etc., and has a clear preference for male musicians, while on the contrary, classical music usually does not have a clear gender difference in meaning, and instruments are played by both. …”
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