Movement
Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion. Secularism is most commonly thought of as the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state and may be broadened to a similar position seeking to remove or to minimize the role of religion in any public sphere. The term "secularism" has a broad range of meanings, and in the most schematic, may encapsulate any stance that promotes the secular in any given context. It may connote anti-clericalism, atheism, naturalism, non-sectarianism, neutrality on topics of religion, or the complete removal of religious symbols from public institutions.Secularism can be also defined as treating every religion equally and providing equal facility. As a philosophy, secularism seeks to interpret life based on principles derived solely from the material world, without recourse to religion. It shifts the focus from religion towards "temporal" and material concerns.There are distinct traditions of secularism in the West, like the French, Benelux-German, Turkish, and American models, and beyond, as in India, where the emphasis is more on equality before law and state neutrality rather than blanket separation. The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely, ranging from assertions that it is a crucial element of modernization, or that religion and traditional values are backward and divisive, to the claim that it is the only guarantor of free religious exercise. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Works about secularism 8
- The Good Book
- The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can’t Tell Us What to Do
- Laïcité et signes religieux à l'école
- Penser la laïcité québécoise : fondements et défense d'une laïcité ouverte au Québec
- For a recognition of secularism in Quebec: philosophical, political and legal issues
- L'Afrique des laïcités : État, religion et pouvoirs au sud du Sahara
- A Secular Age
- L'histoire de la laïcité
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