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Secularism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Secular Web is the most comprehensive online resource about atheism, agnosticism, nontheism, secular humanism, rationalism, freethought, naturalism, materialism, skepticism, secularism, and other views of nonbelievers. ... Welcome!; The Secular Web is owned and operated by Internet Infidels Inc., ... Quotation of the Minute...
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A term used for the first time about 1846 by GeorgeJacob Holyoake to denote "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with questions, the issues of which can be tested by the experience of this life" (English Secularism, 60). More explicitly, "Secularism is that which seeks the development of the physical, moral,
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The National Secular Society is the leading British pressure group speaking out for the rights of atheists, agnostics and all other non-believers. We are fighting to remove religious privileges, as well as the disadvantages - absolute or relative - suffered by those who do not subscribe to a religious faith.
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Secular humanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that espouses reason, ethics, and justice, and specifically rejects the supernatural and the spiritual as the basis of moral reflection and decision-making. ...
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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - secularism: definition of secularism religious dogmas social ethic george jacob encyclopedia of religion ... The term secularism was coined by George Jacob Holyoake in 1841 and he originally used it refer to the practice of the ethics of freethought. Holyoake did not believe that...
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Secularism is one of the most important movements in the history of the modern West, helping differentiate the West not only from the Middle Ages and more ancient eras, but also from other cultural regions around the world. ... Defining Secularism...
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What is secularism? Secularism as a modern political and constitutional principle involves two basic propositions. The first is that people belonging to different faiths and sections of society are equal before the law, the Constitution and government policy.
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