Brazilian National Identity and the Notion of Brazil by D. L. Gurevich

“…The name of the country goes back to the word-combination pau brasil (mahogany). This secular name co-occurred with a sacral one, i.e. Terra de Santa Cruz. …”
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A-sacred space of the city: Imagology of the “holy heretic” by Mikhail Pervushin

“…In its unique sacral topography, there is, perhaps, the only one in the entire Christian world, a monastery named after the secular name of its founder – the Eliazar Monastery. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…The influence and the use of spiritual advisors fundamental hesychast texts "Philokalia" in secular name and in the empyreal world alike are researched. …”
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Prototype of Hieromonk Misail in F. M. Dostoevsky’s Novella Uncle’s Dream by Elena Yurievna Safronova

“…The extant humorous stories about the Archimandrite might have served as an impetus for the comic transformation of his image in the novella Uncle’s Dream, in which the writer easily and ironically used facts known to him encrypting Father Macarius and using the secular name Mikhail. In the writer’s later works, the figure of Macarius is presented in the rough drafts of the novel The Brothers Karamazov and “the monk of Obdor” is included in the environment of Elder Zosima in the final text of the work. …”
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Singapore’s Secularism and Its Pragmatic Approach to Religion by Mohammad Alami Musa

“…The model of secularism in Singapore affords the state the flexibility to easily switch between two broad types of secularism, namely a ‘soft secularism’, a religion-friendly variety, and a ‘hard secularism’, which the state employs as a tool for political control and management of society as it wrestles with existential challenges to ensure its continued survival.…”
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Singapore’s secularism and its pragmatic approach to religion by Mohammad Alami Musa

“…The model of secularism in Singapore affords the state the flexibility to easily switch between two broad types of secularism, namely a ‘soft secularism’, a religion-friendly variety, and a ‘hard secularism’, which the state employs as a tool for political control and management of society as it wrestles with existential challenges to ensure its continued survival.…”
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Secularization – an empirically consolidated narrative in the face of an increasing influence of religion on politics by Gert Pickel

“…This article focuses especially on the European religious landscape of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, analyzing the empirical developments in its indices of secularization, namely at the individual level. For this purpose, the author calls upon several statistical data that consider individuals’ attitudes towards religion, bearing in mind the different levels of modernization, as well as the political, religious and historical-cultural vicissitudes of the different countries. …”
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Secularism’s Names: Commitment to Confusion and the Pedagogy of the Name by Jacob Copeman

“…Thus, in order to clarify what is at stake in the domain of secular naming practices the essay also focuses on debates and criticisms from both within and outside it.…”
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Imiona Sióstr Karmelitanek Dzieciątka Jezus z drugiej połowy XX wieku by Ewa Wieczorek

“…The last part of the article presents the specificity of monastic names against the background of secular names…”
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Sacred and Profane in Onomastics. Review of the book: Onomastics between Sacred and Profane / ed. by O. Felecan. Wilmington, Del. : Vernon Press, 2019. 412 + xxvi p. by Anna V. Tsepkova

“…In relation to sacredness, the essays cover such issues as genuinely sacred names (divine names) and secular names with motivational and functional exponents of sacredness. …”
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Personal Names of Newborns in the Old Believer Communities of Ekaterinburg in the Early 20th Century by Iulia V. Borovik

“…The conclusion holds that in the early 20th century, almost half of the newborns of both sexes received common secular names, particularly it refers to the boys, as they were supposed to be more socially active. …”
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The impact of kin availability, parental religiosity, and nativity on fertility differentials in the late 19th-century United States by J. David Hacker, Evan Roberts

“…Couples who chose biblical names for their children had approximately 3Š more children than couples relying on secular names, while the presence of a potential mother-in-law in a nearby household was associated with 2Š more children. …”
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