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- adjective not
religious ;secular
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Examples
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These are the individuals we describe with the term "nonreligious nontheist."
Chris Stedman: Nontheistic Students On Campus: Understanding And Accommodating Them Chris Stedman 2011
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Although other medical approaches — indigenous medicine, Christian faith healing, rituals based on magic — robustly functioned alongside it, and, indeed, were incorporated into its methods, humoralism eventually became the dominant way of understanding the body in nonreligious terms by the late colonial years.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Likewise, to give examples involving three groups I myself belong to, one absolutely should not rule out the possibility that Jews are (say), on average, genetically predisposed to be more acquisitive, or more loyal to their narrow ethnic group than to broader groups, or that whites are genetically predisposed to be more hostile to other racial groups, or that being nonreligious is genetically linked, and that people who have those genes are genetically predisposed to be more likely to commit crime or cheat on their spouses or what have you.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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After my speech, I got the opportunity to talk with many of the policy and philanthropic professionals at the reception, and they affirmed my belief that the nonreligious are an essential asset in this movement.
Chris Stedman: Atheist Students Find Their Place in the Interfaith Movement Chris Stedman 2010
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With more than 300 students and staff equipped to make interfaith cooperation through social action a reality on their campuses and in their communities, they now know that the nonreligious will be there working and engaging in dialogue alongside them for the public good.
Chris Stedman: Atheist Students Find Their Place in the Interfaith Movement Chris Stedman 2010
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In a society where 25 percent of Americans born after 1980 identify as nonreligious according to a recent Pew Forum study, the Humanist Community Project seeks to support the formation and growth of Humanist communities.
Chris Stedman: Why We're Announcing Two Atheist-Led Initiatives at Park51 Islamic Center Chris Stedman 2011
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In a society where 25 percent of Americans born after 1980 identify as nonreligious according to a recent Pew Forum study, the Humanist Community Project seeks to support the formation and growth of Humanist communities.
Chris Stedman: Why We're Announcing Two Atheist-Led Initiatives at Park51 Islamic Center Chris Stedman 2011
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After my speech, I got the opportunity to talk with many of the policy and philanthropic professionals at the reception, and they affirmed my belief that the nonreligious are an essential asset in this movement.
Chris Stedman: Atheist Students Find Their Place in the Interfaith Movement Chris Stedman 2010
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Up to 3.6% identify themselves as humanist — a catchall that can refer to a nonreligious ethical philosophy.
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Up to 3.6% identify themselves as humanist — a catchall that can refer to a nonreligious ethical philosophy.
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