nonsectarian

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By the 1970s, however, Christian private schools outnumbered the nonsectarian ones, which inspired political activism among Christian evangelists who had shown little political interest previously.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024

Initially women-driven, the nonsectarian center took root in Catholicism long before 1924.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

“It’s not an easy needle to thread, to be a nonsectarian institution, clearly founded by people with evangelical principles and worldviews.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023

But those schools must be nonsectarian, meaning they cannot promote a faith or belief system or teach “through the lens of this faith,” in the words of the state’s department of education.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

He put into practice the nonsectarian principle, made the college coeducational, and developed the spirit of individual freedom as one of cardinal importance in education.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis