Secularism

When the Census results are released later this year they’ll demonstrate that more than a third of Australians are now non-religious. Jumping from 23% in the 2011 Census to as high as 38% (which was the number recorded in a 2016 Ipsos poll), the inexorable march towards a non-believing majority will then be undeniable. Evidently, neither school chaplaincy and the increasingly evangelical Bible classes in state schools, are arresting the freefall in Christian beliefs. Soon classes in Secular…

Brazil and France is completely different, France is a secular country which basically means that you cannot practice your religion in public and you need to keep it in private when practicing your religion. In Brazil is completely the opposite of secularism, you can practice your religion anywhere in Brazil and they have opened mosques in Brazil when Muslim people start populating and they respect every single religion. Which Brazil has no state religion and no rules against any religion! Also,…

In “Introduction: Rethinking Secularism” by Calhoun, Juergensmeyer, and Antwerpen, the authors discuss how until recently it was assumed that public life was secular (3). The authors say on one hand people could write about economics, politics, and social behavior without it being connected to religion or as though religion didn’t exist at all (Calhoun et al., 3). They go on to say, “Secularism, on the other hand, appeared to have no ideological significance on its own, other than the…

century evaporated as Europe, seen as the cradle of Christendom, moved beyond Christendom. In this gap, what were once strongholds of Protestantism such as Germany, Scandinavia, and Great Britain witnessed a rise in secularism and skepticism. The theological response to the rise of secularism is seen in the work of Karl Barth, the son of a Swiss Reformed pastor. Barth published his commentary on Romans in 1919. Barth followed this with his work titled, “Christian Dogmatics,” which was published…

When the Middle Ages fell, a new era began to rise. The Italian Renaissance sparked due to inspiration of secularism and humanism. The Italian Renaissance was an era of amazing arts, literature, sciences, music, etc. Secularism and humanism led to new philosophies that revived and unified the broken society, such as restoring the old ways of the successful Greeks and Romans. What caused this great surge of evolution and innovations was the Black Death, a catastrophic epidemic killing millions.…

religion across different times and different venues; even as the legal separation of church and state is no new concept. Ratified as a part of the 1st Amendment, this civil liberty has far outlasted any modern court battles between religion and secularism. Interestingly enough, they have shown precedent on both sides of the religion in public services controversy. On one hand, coins in American currency are engraved with the message “In God We Trust”, every session in the House or Senate begins…

described that the Enlightenment “does not involve a human concept of a god, or of mysticism, or of spirituality, or of magic, or of a supernatural anything” (Kant, 17enlightenment something). This fundamentally agrees with the movement towards secularism through the utilisation of reason and thus allowing people to act using their free will. Prior to Kant’s work as a deontologist, the consequentialist theories, mainly that ‘the ends justify…

Relation between communalism and secularism: Freedom of religion is very essential for the peace loving society. There is no doubt that religious freedom is essential but what should be the ambit of religion, especially in multi religious society is the issue in India. Supreme Court makes the demarcation between essential practices of religion and secular activities of religion. In a leading case, the Supreme Court of India stated that secularism is “more than a passive attitude…

Secularism is a part of colonialism. The idea of the “separation of Church and State” didn’t come about until years after the first British colonists in America, it eventually became a part of what we consider to be everyday American politics. Based on our first Amendment rights, it is our given right as human beings to be able to think and to speak out freely against the government, whether individually or as a “peaceful” assembly. Likewise, Congress is forbidden to “make no law respecting an…

Secularism and Freedom of Religion Amongst the many religions of our society, there is a multitude of people who do not adhere to a specific religion. These people have the option of not believing in any religion, or following the modern beliefs of education and politics. Although the two terms seem strikingly similar, secularism and freedom of religion have entirely different meanings. While freedom of religion can mean not following or opposing any religion, secularism specifically means to…