A secular religion is a communal belief system that often rejects or neglects the metaphysical aspects of the supernatural, commonly associated with traditional...
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is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. The origins of secularity can be traced to the Bible itself. The concept was fleshed...
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A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularity, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither...
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morality and decision-making. Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. It does...
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Irreligion (redirect from Non-religion)
which the concepts of "religion" or "the secular" may be foreign concepts to local culture. Those who do not affiliate with a religion are diverse. Pew Research...
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Secularism (redirect from Secular society)
state purports to be secular, indifferent, or impartial towards religions, its policies in reality favour a particular religion over others. There are...
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while not a secular state, is not necessarily a theocracy. State religions are official or government-sanctioned establishments of a religion, but the state...
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present in 27 countries. In contrast to religious states, secular states recognise no religion. This is often called the principle of the separation of...
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"desecrating what is holy" or "with a secular purpose" as early as the 1450s. Profanity represented secular indifference to religion or religious figures, while...
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Religion of Humanity (from French Religion de l'Humanité or église positiviste) is a secular religion created by Auguste Comte (1798–1857), the founder...
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Major religious groups (redirect from Largest religion)
religious and the secular. In Islam, the Quran mentions three categories: Muslims, the People of the Book, and idol worshipers. Religion portal World portal...
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Evolutionism (redirect from Evolutionism (Religion))
adherence to the scientific consensus on evolution as equivalent to a secular religion. The term is very seldom used within the scientific community, since...
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Islam and secularism (redirect from Secular muslims)
with no official religion or religion-based laws. Today, some Muslim-majority countries define themselves as or are regarded as secular. Many of them have...
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Secularization (redirect from Modern secular society)
automatically antithetical to religion. Secularization has different connotations such as implying differentiation of secular from religious domains, the...
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Hinduism and Islam. Guyana is a secular state and the nation's constitution guarantees freedom of religion and worship. Religions were reflected by East Indian...
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positions related to the nature of God. Secular theology can accommodate a belief in God, like many nature religions, but as residing in this world and not...
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Separation of church and state (redirect from Secular government)
a secular country and there are no special provisions favouring specific religions in its constitution. Jawaharlal Nehru declared India is a secular state...
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Constitution was set forth, Brazil ceased to have an official religion and has remained secular ever since, though the Catholic Church remained politically...
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in supernatural revelation or guidance—a source of ethics in many religions. Secular ethics refers to any ethical system that does not draw on the supernatural...
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Secular spirituality is the adherence to a spiritual philosophy without adherence to a religion. Secular spirituality emphasizes the inner peace of the...
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Religious violence (redirect from Secular violence)
misuse of religion for selfish, secular, or ideological ends, such as the abuse of a clerical position. According to philosopher of religion Steve Clarke...
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themselves apart from secular humanists by characterizing the nontheistic humanist life stance as a non-supernatural "religion" and structuring their...
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country is mostly governed by secular laws dating from the British colonization. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and declares that "the State...
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Philippine folk religions (Anito or Anitism) are also present. The country is secular and its constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Before the arrival...
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are especially emphasised. It supports the separation of religion and state. Moreover, secular liberals are usually advocates of liberal democracy and...
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is the main religion in Romania, with Romanian Orthodoxy being its largest denomination. Romania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined...
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pantheism Nondualism Pantheism Raëlism Religious naturalism Scientology Secular religion Speciesism Syntheism Transcendentalism Transtheism Unitarian Universalism...
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claims made by religion are false, some aspects of religion are still useful and can be applied in secular life and society. Religion for Atheists was...
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in the analysis of secular-humanist belief systems). The sociology of religion is distinguished from the philosophy of religion in that it does not set...
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South Africa is a secular state with a diverse religious population. Its constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Many religions are represented in...
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