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| ⚫ | '''Nonsectarian''' institutions are secular institutions or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonsectarian|title=Nonsectarian - Definition of nonsectarian by Merriam-Webster|work=merriam-webster.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsectarian|title=Nonsectarian - definition of nonsectarian by The Free Dictionary|work=TheFreeDictionary.com}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''Nonsectarian''' institutions are [[Secularity|secular]] institutions or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonsectarian|title=Nonsectarian - Definition of nonsectarian by Merriam-Webster|work=merriam-webster.com|access-date=2010-06-16|archive-date=2017-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709055132/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonsectarian|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsectarian|title=Nonsectarian - definition of nonsectarian by The Free Dictionary|work=TheFreeDictionary.com|access-date=2010-06-16|archive-date=2018-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002002815/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsectarian|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Academic sphere== |
==Academic sphere== |
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| ⚫ | Many North American universities identify themselves as being nonsectarian, such as [[Boston University]], [[Cornell University]], and [[Dalhousie University]] in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Some private primary and secondary schools in the United States also self-identify as being nonsectarian, such as[[Germantown Academy]] in [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania]], the oldest nonsectarian school in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History & Traditions of Germantown Academy - Pennsylvania|url=https://www.germantownacademy.net/about/history-traditions|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.germantownacademy.net|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122024738/https://www.germantownacademy.net/about/history-traditions|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} |
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Examples of US universities that identify themselves as being nonsectarian include Adelphi University, Berea College, Boston University, Bradley University, Brandeis University, [[Columbia College (Missouri)|Columbia College]] in Missouri, [[Concordia University]] in Montréal, Canada, [[Cornell University]], [[Dalhousie University]] in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, [[Denison University]], [[Duke University]], [[Elon University]], [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]], [[Franklin & Marshall College]], [[George Washington University]], [[Hawaii Pacific University]], [[Hillsdale College]], [[Hofstra University]], [[Howard University]], [[Ithaca College]], [[Long Island University]], [[National University (California)|National University]], [[New York University]], [[Northwestern University]], [[Ohio Wesleyan University]], [[Pratt Institute]], [[Quinnipiac University]] in Connecticut, [[Reed College]] in Oregon, [[Whitman College]] in Washington, [[Rice University]], the [[University of Richmond]], [[Syracuse University]], [[Tulane University]], the [[University of Chicago]], the [[University of Denver]], the [[University of Southern California]], the [[Washington University in St. Louis]], and [[Woodbury University]] in California. |
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| ⚫ | [[Pi Lambda Phi]] is a [[college]] social [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] founded by Frederick Manfred Werner, Louis Samter Levy, and Henry Mark Fisher at [[Yale University]] in 1895. It was founded as the first [[Sectarianism|nonsectarian]] fraternity, "a fraternity in which all men were brothers, no matter what their religion; a fraternity in which ability, open-mindedness, farsightedness, and a progressive, forward-looking attitude would be recognized as the basic attributes."<ref name="pi-founders">[http://www.pilambdaphi.org/history/plhistory_02_founders.php The Founders' Period] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120656/http://www.pilambdaphi.org/history/plhistory_02_founders.php |date=2007-09-28 }} History of the Fraternity</ref> The first collegiate nonsectarian sorority to welcome women of all faiths and backgrounds was [[Phi Sigma Sigma]]. Founded by ten women on November 26, 1913, at [[Hunter College]] in New York, Phi Sigma Sigma now has chapters across the United States and Canada. [[Delta Phi Epsilon (social)|Delta Phi Epsilon]] sorority, founded in 1917, was the first nonsectarian social sorority founded at a professional school.<ref name="Founding DPhiE">{{cite web|title=The Founding of DPhiE|url=http://www.dphie.org/aboutdphie|publisher=Delta Phi Epsilon|access-date=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226082707/http://www.dphie.org/aboutdphie|archive-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> |
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The first nonsectarian sorority was [[Phi Sigma Sigma]]. Phi Sigma Sigma ({{lang|grc|ΦΣΣ}}), colloquially known as "Phi Sig," was the first collegiate nonsectarian sorority, welcoming women of all faiths and backgrounds. Founded by 10 women on November 26, 1913 at [[Hunter College]] in New York, Phi Sigma Sigma is now an international sorority with 60,000 initiated members, 115 collegiate chapters and more than 100 alumnae chapters, clubs and associations across the United States and Canada. |
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[[Delta Phi Epsilon (social)|Delta Phi Epsilon]] sorority, founded in 1917, was the first nonsectarian social sorority founded at a professional school.<ref name="Founding DPhiE">{{cite web|title=The Founding of DPhiE|url=http://www.dphie.org/aboutdphie|publisher=Delta Phi Epsilon|access-date=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226082707/http://www.dphie.org/aboutdphie|archive-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> |
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===Legal usage=== |
===Legal usage=== |
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| ⚫ | An 1956 amendment to the [[Constitution of Virginia]] allowed for tuition grants to be paid by the state to ''nonsectarian private schools''.<ref name="vsc140324">{{cite book|last1=Dinan|first1=John|title=The Virginia State Constitution|date=March 24, 2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199355730|page=210|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnbqAgAAQBAJ&q=virginia+non-denominational+tuition+grants+1956&pg=PA210|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> [[Blaine amendment]]s to thirty-eight state constitutions forbid direct government aid to educational institutions with a religious affiliation. The typical wording, "religious sects or denominations," is most often used to challenge support to Catholic parochial schools (38% of private school attendance); Protestant schools with an undifferentiated "Christian" often get a pass.<ref name="ph170620">{{cite news|last1=Philip Hamburger|title=Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments|url=https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/06/prejudice-and-the-blaine-amendments|access-date=26 November 2017|work=[[First Things]]|date=20 June 2017|language=en|author1-link=Philip Hamburger|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043406/https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/06/prejudice-and-the-blaine-amendments|url-status=live}}</ref> These schools often claim both "nonsectarian" and "Christian" in their promotional materials. The United States Department of Education differentiates ''Christian'' from ''Conservative Christian'' in its analyses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Private School Enrollment|url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=8 January 2018|date=March 2017|quote=Affiliated religious schools belong to associations of schools with a specific religious orientation other than Catholic or conservative Christian. Unaffiliated religious schools have a religious orientation or purpose but are not considered Catholic, conservative Christian, or affiliated religious. Nonsectarian schools do not have a religious orientation or purpose.|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125053457/https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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A 1956 amendment to the constitution of the State of Virginia allowed for tuition grants to be paid by the state to ''nonsectarian private schools''.<ref name="vsc140324">{{cite book|last1=Dinan|first1=John|title=The Virginia State Constitution|date=March 24, 2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199355730|page=210|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnbqAgAAQBAJ&q=virginia+non-denominational+tuition+grants+1956&pg=PA210|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Blaine amendment]]s to thirty-eight state constitutions forbid direct government aid to educational institutions |
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==Non-academic institutions== |
==Non-academic institutions== |
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Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include the [[Apex Clubs of Australia]], those participating in the [[Ethical Culture|Ethical Culture Movement |
Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include the [[Apex Clubs of Australia]], those participating in the [[Ethical Culture|Ethical Culture Movement]], the [[National Jewish Medical and Research Center]], and the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia. |
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{{anchor|Northern Ireland}}In [[Northern Ireland]], nonsectarian refers to groups identifying themselves as neither [[Irish republicanism|Republican]] or [[Unionism in Ireland|Unionist]], such as the [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]], [[Green Party Northern Ireland]], [[People Before Profit]] or the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]. |
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==Other== |
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Some [[cemeteries]] are known for being nonsectarian. In the [[United States]], these are typically Christian cemeteries that do not adhere to one branch of the faith or segregate plots by denomination. Interment services can therefore be conducted in accordance with any one of various faith traditions, or none at all. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 2 December 2024
Nonsectarian institutions are secular institutions or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group.[1][2]
Academic sphere
[edit] | The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (December 2017) |
Many North American universities identify themselves as being nonsectarian, such as Boston University, Cornell University, and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Some private primary and secondary schools in the United States also self-identify as being nonsectarian, such asGermantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, the oldest nonsectarian school in the United States.[3][citation needed]
Pi Lambda Phi is a college social fraternity founded by Frederick Manfred Werner, Louis Samter Levy, and Henry Mark Fisher at Yale University in 1895. It was founded as the first nonsectarian fraternity, "a fraternity in which all men were brothers, no matter what their religion; a fraternity in which ability, open-mindedness, farsightedness, and a progressive, forward-looking attitude would be recognized as the basic attributes."[4] The first collegiate nonsectarian sorority to welcome women of all faiths and backgrounds was Phi Sigma Sigma. Founded by ten women on November 26, 1913, at Hunter College in New York, Phi Sigma Sigma now has chapters across the United States and Canada. Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, founded in 1917, was the first nonsectarian social sorority founded at a professional school.[5]
Legal usage
[edit]An 1956 amendment to the Constitution of Virginia allowed for tuition grants to be paid by the state to nonsectarian private schools.[6] Blaine amendments to thirty-eight state constitutions forbid direct government aid to educational institutions with a religious affiliation. The typical wording, "religious sects or denominations," is most often used to challenge support to Catholic parochial schools (38% of private school attendance); Protestant schools with an undifferentiated "Christian" often get a pass.[7] These schools often claim both "nonsectarian" and "Christian" in their promotional materials. The United States Department of Education differentiates Christian from Conservative Christian in its analyses.[8]
Non-academic institutions
[edit]Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include the Apex Clubs of Australia, those participating in the Ethical Culture Movement, the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia.
In Northern Ireland, nonsectarian refers to groups identifying themselves as neither Republican or Unionist, such as the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, Green Party Northern Ireland, People Before Profit or the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nonsectarian - Definition of nonsectarian by Merriam-Webster". merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ "Nonsectarian - definition of nonsectarian by The Free Dictionary". TheFreeDictionary.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ "History & Traditions of Germantown Academy - Pennsylvania". www.germantownacademy.net. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ The Founders' Period Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine History of the Fraternity
- ^ "The Founding of DPhiE". Delta Phi Epsilon. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ Dinan, John (March 24, 2014). The Virginia State Constitution. Oxford University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780199355730. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Philip Hamburger (20 June 2017). "Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments". First Things. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Private School Enrollment". National Center for Education Statistics. March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
Affiliated religious schools belong to associations of schools with a specific religious orientation other than Catholic or conservative Christian. Unaffiliated religious schools have a religious orientation or purpose but are not considered Catholic, conservative Christian, or affiliated religious. Nonsectarian schools do not have a religious orientation or purpose.