Secularism, also called secularity, is the idea of something being not religious or not connected to a church or other religious organization. An example...

Secular humanists believe that each human being is worth something and has dignity. They think that people are happiest when they give something to society...

The Secular Coalition for America is an organization that supports the principle that the government should not interfere with religion nor should it...

Most states in the world today are secular states. There are two types of secular countries: Constitutionally secular countries Countries that practice...

A secular religion is a belief that often rejects or neglects the metaphysical aspects of the supernatural, commonly associated with traditional religion...

The National Secular Society is a group that campaigns for secularism in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Charles Bradlaugh in 1866. "History". National...

The Council for Secular Humanism is a non-profit organization that promotes secular values. Since 1991 it has been a program of the Center for Inquiry...

Secular Shrine Theory (神社非宗教論, Jinja hishūkyōron) was a theory of religion from Japan. People came up with it in the Meiji period. It was the idea that...

and irreligious theism. All these views can also be alternatively called secular humanism. Irreligion may be a purely naturalist worldview which denies...

became a secular Muslim-majority country and later an Islamic country. India became a majority Hindu country and later became a nominally secular country...

affairs separate from religious affairs. Most states in the world today are secular states have this separation, but some states (those that are theocracies...

death inside his house in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. Deepan was a secular book publisher who printed writing that discussed topics like atheism and...

(religious) music. All other music is “secular” music. The word “secular” means things that are not sacred. Sacred and secular music have influenced one another...

colonies. This was justified by a theory called Secular Shrine Theory where Shinto shrines were considered secular. This short article about Japan can be made...

over time. Secular laws (non-religious) can be changed by their lawmakers. Religious laws govern people's behaviors and their beliefs. Secular laws deal...

academic study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions from a secular viewpoint. The main religions studied are Christianity, Buddhism, Islam...

Hadash (communist), Balad (social democratic, secular), Ra'am (Islamist), and Ta'al (right-wing centrist, secular). Especially the last three parties are fully...

rights activist, author, and journalist. He was president of the National Secular Society from 2006 to 2017. He was a columnist for Gay Times. In 2021, Sanderson...

Secularism Secular state "The secularization debate", chapter 1 (pp. 3-32) in Norris, Pippa & Inglehart, Ronald 2004. Sacred and Secular: religion and...

madāris) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion). It is variously transliterated as madrasah...

party. The Yesh Atid was founded in 2012. The party is centrist, Zionist, secular and social liberal. The party's leader is Yair Lapid, who was the Prime...

party. Its ideology is right-wing conservative, nationalist, populist, secular, and Zionist. Its focus is especially Jews originating from the former...

Orthodox Judaism. It tries to mix Jewish values from the Halakha with the secular, more modern world. There are different forms of Modern Orthodoxy. In Israel...

The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. The term is used to create a difference between...

Israeli political party. Its ideology is left-wing social democratic, green, secular, and Zionist. Political leader is Nitzan Horowitz Meretz was founded in...

England as well as in France. The words of madrigals are always about secular (non-religious) things, e.g. about love. When Italian composers started...

through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." Recently, singers like Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse and...

is the transformation from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society. Modernization is the industrial society where...

Movement') is an Israeli political party. Its ideology is social liberal, secular and Zionist. HaTnu'a was founded in 2012 by Tzipi Livni (also political...

suite the secular nature of Kashmiri culture. The All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, led by Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, had a secular ideology and...

church from public and political life. Luke W. Galen. The Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People and Societies. Oxford University Press, 2016. p. 20...

Free Inquiry is a secular journal founded in 1980. It was founded by philosopher Paul Kurtz. The journal is published in every two months. It covers different...

Assembly').Its ideology is social democratic, Arab nationalist, pan-Arabic, secular, and anti-Zionist. Balad was founded in 1995. The party's political leader...

was a British Humanist activist. She was also President of the National Secular Society from 1972 to 1996, Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society...

and emperors (secular leaders) or the Pope (church leader) had the right to appoint church officials. The church wanted to stop secular leaders from appointing...

and early American civilisations. However, the tallest spires today are secular places of business or hotels, such as The Shard. As an architectural ornament...

the Year of the Consulship of Furnius and Silanus. Rome celebrates the Secular Games Arminius, German war chief (d. AD 21) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus...

used as a church is sometimes deconsecrated, thus making it suitable for secular use. The word "consecration" is used in the Catholic Church as the setting...

from 2004 through 2019, and was the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. Deve Gowda was born on 18 May 1933 in Haradanahalli, a village...

between 980 and 985. Bishop Notger became Prince-Bishop after he received secular control of the County of Huy from the emperor . The Prince-Bishopric belonged...

have a long history in Islamic and Western literature. These writings are secular though. In Classical Antiquity there was "advice poetry", for example Hesiod's...

“Christians” or “you Christians” to describe the majority group, even in a very secular society. Other Christians use the word in a narrower way and apply it only...

party of Rakah, Black Panthers and others. Its supporters are mainly (secular, Christian) Israeli Arabs and some far-left Israeli Jews. Number of seats...

political party. Its ideology is right-wing centrist, Arab nationalist, secular and anti-Zionist. Its political leader is Ahmad Tibi. It was founded in...

first online platform for Bengali speaking freethinkers, atheists, and secular bloggers and writers, started by Avijit Roy. The meaning of Mukto-Mona...

Provinces, British India. He was mainly a member of the Janata Party (Secular). Singh died of a stroke on 29 May 1987 in New Delhi at the age of 84....

composers, such as Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) wrote cantatas which were secular (not religious). The word "cantata" has also been used in the 20th century...

spread. A medieval principle held that God gave the right in to rule in secular matters to political rulers. God gave the right to rule over spiritual...

The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). This short article about the United...

theology) and Fiqh (Islamic law). It also looks at areas of study that look at secular topics from an Islamic understanding. For example, Islamic science and...