The Popes as guardians of human dignity by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

“…It acknowledges the challenges within a secularized society but stresses the need for human rights to be rooted in an authority beyond human consensus for lasting universality. …”
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Kesohihan Akidah Di Luar Empirisme: Menjawab Kritik Guru Gembul Melalui Metode Rasional Dan Kausalitas by Bagus Kusumo Hadi, Dewi Setia Wati, Muhammad Alvin Saputra, Abdul Qodir Zaelani, Dino Gautman Raharjo Hadi

“…Guru Gembul's views on creed are framed as a product of secular epistemological hegemony, which limits knowledge to sensory experience. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Group-6 Metal Carbonyl Complexes of Aroyl Hydrazone Derivatives by Mohd Saleem, Mohita Sharma, Simpy Mahajan, H. N. Sheikh, B. L. Kalsotra

“…The CO force constants and CO-CO interaction constants for these derivatives have been calculated using Cotton-Kraihanzel secular equations, which indicate poor π-bonding ability of the coordinated ligands.…”
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Methodological Challenges in Estimating Trends and Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jacob K. Kariuki, Eileen M. Stuart-Shor, Suzanne G. Leveille, Laura L. Hayman

“…The widely publicized perspective influences research priorities and resource allocation at a time when secular trends indicate a rapid increase in prevalence of CVD in SSA by 2030. …”
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Análisis y tipología de brechas viarias dentro del palimpsesto urbano de València by Joan Carles Membrado Tena, Ghaleb Fansa Saleh, Jorge Hermosilla Pla

“…Siguiendo la metodología explicada, esta tipología de brechas viarias es extrapolable a cualquier otro caso de estudio que disponga de material cartográfico e historiográfico adecuado sobre su secular desarrollo urbano.  …”
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The CRO Laudato Si’ Project: Goals, Activities, and Social Outcomes by Miriam Mary Brgles, Zoran Turza, Marija Žagmešter

“…The project team was composed of scientists from different disciplines, and the project partners were the National Fraternity of the Franciscan Secular Order and the Franciscan Youth. As part of the project, scientific and practical activities were carried out. …”
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French Islamophobia: How Orthopraxy Is Conceptualized as a Public Peril by Christina Lienen, Samir Sweida-Metwally

“…Second, it seeks to promote an alternative concept of a “French Islam”—one that aligns with France’s secular principles and is stripped of its religious essence—positioning it as the only acceptable framework for Muslims to practice their faith in France. …”
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The Influence of General Relativity on the Spins of Celestial Bodies in Inclined Orbits by Huan-Rong Yuan, Ying Wang, Xin Wu, Ji-Wei Xie, Hui-Gen Liu, Ji-Lin Zhou, Wei Sun

“…Second, the orbital inclination of an individual planet can be excited by dynamical processes such as planet–planet scattering, the Lidov–Kozai cycle, and secular chaos within the framework of Newtonian mechanics. …”
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Orden divino y orden republicano: una disputa por las fuentes del derecho by Diana Paola Herrera Arroyave

“…Para ello, se analiza un caso concreto, el proceso judicial que inicia un alto funcionario del Estado contra un clérigo secular quien, mediante hojas sueltas, prédicas religiosas y “asaltos” a las lecciones de principios de legislación impartidas en los Colegios Mayores, se proponía obstaculizar el proyecto modernizador que ejecutaba la élite dirigente. …”
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Peptic Ulcer at the End of the 20th Century: Biological and Psychological Risk Factors by Susan Levenstein

“…Although the clinical importance of peptic ulcer is fading along with the millenium, due to secular trends and new therapies, it remains worthy of study as a splendid example of the biopsychosocial model.…”
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Le microphone dans la balance : espaces et enjeux sonores des procès historiques des attentats de Paris et de Nice by Aurore Juvenelle

“…It intertwines a ritualized relationship with a judicial space unusually fragmented by the security system, with the symbolism of a multi-secular monument where History is lived, day after day and over time, by a specific micro-society. …”
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Guido d’Arezzo e il dirozzamento degli «stupidi cantori» by Cesarino Ruini

“…This last development was a response to a pedagogical and didactic concern: the monk of Pomposa wanted to refine the art of the «stupidi cantori» (stupid singers), relieving them of the arduous task of memorising the Gregorian repertoire, which distracted them from worship and from the study of sacred and secular literature. Any “transmission of knowledge” that does not want to be reduced to a mere evolutionary collection of concepts, but also does not want to misinterpret the unifying aspiration that, two centuries later, underpinned both neume writing and the invention of the musical staff, by denouncing it as an odious “imperialistic” arrogance, will have to read this process in the light of the educational programme that Guido d’Arezzo clearly outlined in his Epistola ad Michaelem.…”
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THE STRUGGLE OF IDEAS AND «THE NEW TURKEY» by V. A. Nadein-Raevskiy

“…In spite of many common ideas of contemporary «moderated Moslems» - the supporters of Erdogan and followers of Gulen severe inter-political struggle among them lead to massive attacks against gulenist's "Hizmet" Movement and Nurcilar (Nur movement - the followers of anti-secular cleric Said Nursi). In respond "Hizmet" started a broad campaign against corruption and nepotism among the Erdogan's supporters. …”
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O-C Analysis of Algol-type Eclipsing Binary UU And by Oğuz Öztürk

“…The upward parabolic variation was modelled by assuming non-conservative mass transfer from the less massive to the more massive component to explain the secular period increase of the system. The rate of fractional mass transfer (β) was calculated to be 0.947. …”
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(De)Humanising People in Discussions around Race and Religion by Lea Skewes

“…In her talk she offered examples from her interview data about how religion and race intersect in Denmark, especially in the educational system where discourses contrasting religiosity and secularity govern. Professor Lene Kühle from the Department of the Study of Religion at the School of Culture and Society offered a talk entitled Is the regulation of religious individuals and communities in Denmark discriminatory or racist? …”
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Christianity and Islam - the development of modern science nad the genesis of the modern (just) state by D. F. M. Strauss

“…The alternative development within the Islam world is sketched before the spirit of modernity is explained as a secularization of biblical Christianity.  Humanism initially inspired explicitly totalitarian theories of the state. …”
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A Ship Emerges in the Distance... People Stand and Applaud. The (Un)obvious Contexts of the Wrocław Sea Festival Celebrations in June 1945 by Joanna Nowosielska-Sobel

“…The aim of this article is to attempt to answer whether the celebrations of secular holidays and ceremonies sponsored by the emerging communist governments in Poland can be reduced solely to the implementation of ideological tasks leading to the political subjugation of the nation. …”
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The Crisis of Madrasa Graduates: A Search for Identity in the Pakistani Society by Farid Bın Masood, Umair Ali Khan

“…Historically, there had been no distinction between the religious and secular education in the madrasahs, but after thearrivalof British imperialism which led to the subjugation and oppression of existing institutions which alsoaffectedthe Madrasah curriculum leading to agradualdecay in Madrasah to play any role in the society. …”
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Řeholní kongregace v Čechách na přelomu 19. a 20. století v kontextu proměn náboženského milieu by Miroslav Novotný

“… Opening part of this article presents the transformation and character of religious milieu in Central and Western Europe in 19th and at the beginning of 20th century (especially the processes of de-ethatization of religion, secularization and de-christianization, respectively the so-called second confesionalization). …”
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José de Ribera en el reino de Valencia y el taller de Juan Sariñena: la formación de un artista by DEBORAH FELLER

“…Sin embargo, existen indicios de una formación temprana en los ambientes culturales y sociales valencianos de la época, en los que el arzobispo de Valencia Juan de Ribera adquirió obras procedentes de Italia y los Países Bajos, y el pintor oficial de la ciudad, el aragonés Juan Sariñena (1545-1619), ejecutó encargos de las autoridades eclesiásticas y seculares. En este artículo se argumenta que el joven Ribera aprendió a pintar con Sariñena y que su maestro tenía las llaves de Roma en virtud de una estancia anterior y de sus conexiones con la iglesia nacional aragonesa en la Ciudad Eterna.…”
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