Secularism

mid-eighties, the controversy over the validity of psychotherapy greatly increased. (Stafford, 1-2) The approach of integration was formally developed in the 1970s, not specifically by a person, but by people, such as counselors, who feared that secularism formed too many components of psychology and recognized the need to incorporate the teachings of the Word of God into their counseling and psychology methods. Since then it has had a major influence on evangelicals. It has become the basis of…

Videos and social media posts pour out of East Aleppo, and the world weeps. For the seven-year-old girl facing her death, for the man seeking prayers as a bomb explodes in the distance, for the activist pleading, “Save Aleppo. Save humanity.” The aerial footage of the city is apocalyptic, but it is the images of individuals grasping for hope as they face death that has truly captured and horrified the masses. We have seen this before: the figures leaping from the World Trade Center, the story of…

During the Scientific Revolution there was a para dime shift which caused an era of questioning and skepticism. The religious assumptions that guided the thought of the medieval scholars were abandoned in favor of mathematics and mechanical metaphors. This led to the Enlightenment period where many people challenged tradition and faith with scientific methods. This created a philosophical, spiritual, economical, and cultural revolution that would change the way people thought forever. Throughout…

About the Bendigo anti-mosque issue: The whole protest that sparked controversy was organized by a nationalist group called the United Patriots Front (UPF). Julie Hoskin, who runs the local anti-mosque protest group in Bendigo, had mixed feeling about the group getting involved in their local issue. The issue is the construction of a mosque which Aussie’s have opposing opinions for. Their superficial reason for publicizing this issue is because they think Bendigo and the rest of Australia will…

New spiritual movements have always had a place in the social landscape, however, due to the growing the pursuit of individualism- an offshoot of secularism, it has caused a major increase in the population of people who choose ‘no religion.’ New age religions were part of the rapid growing faiths in the 2001 census in Australia, increasing by 140 percent in the 5 years since 1996 (Woodhead, 2016). New age religion forms an overall spiritual movement with no single unifying doctrine. Regardless,…

For more than three decades, Americans have been deeply polarized over the issue of abortion. While the debate on abortion involves secularists as well as people of every religious tradition, the issue has become particularly acute among Christians because of strong views on both sides. Generally, the debate has been cast in terms of “pro-life” views and “pro-choice” views, but it is clearly a much more complex issue for Christians. The legality of abortion was confirmed in 1973 when the United…

response to the anti-Hindu riots that broke out in Bangladesh after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in India. Its intent is to warn the people of Bangladesh that communalism is on the rise, that the Hindu minority is badly mistreated and that the secularism they once fought for is in grave danger. Nasrin utilizes fiction's mass emotional appeal, rather than its potential for distinction and universality. Lajja is a poignant and unrelenting account of the suffering of minorities. Millions of…

One such award is the Mark Twain award it is given to actors and actresses who are comedians. Mark Twain’s religious preference is that he believes in God, but he doesn’t believe in the scriptures or revelation in the Bible. Origin of Secularism Secularism was originated in the Western world or the western culture and took place as early as the 9th century. Part of the western…

Secularism in the Schools In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of school-sponsored prayer being unconstitutional, as in the case of Engel v. Vitale. This case involved state officials of the Broad of Education in the Union Free School District in New York who composed a prayer which was given to the principal to be read in each of the classrooms in the presence of the school teacher at the beginning of the school day. It read “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee…

Secularism is a social or political philosophy that rejects all forms of religion and is associated with the belief that religion should not be integrated into the public affairs of a society. Secularism has contributed to Australia’s current religious landscape and is a key feature of democracy, advocating the notion of freedom from religion. Much of its increase can be attributed to the diminishing relevance of religious values in modern society. The increasing pluralism and materialism of…