Secularism - Wikipedia
Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion. It is most commonly thought of as the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state and may be broadened to a similar position seeking to remove or to minimize the role of religion in any public sphere. [1]
Secularism | Definition, Separation of Church and State, History ...
Dec 10, 2024 · Secularism refers generally to a philosophical worldview that shows indifference toward or rejects religion as a primary basis for understanding and ethics, encapsulating but not identical to atheism.
Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s …
5 days ago · MONTREAL - Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will ...
Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme …
3 days ago · A Quebec law that critics say unjustly targets Muslim, Jewish and Sikh people will be challenged at Canada’s Supreme Court, reigniting a sweeping debate over the province’s brand of secularism.
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Quebec's secularism law …
5 days ago · MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law sets up a final legal battle between the provincial government and minority and civil
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Quebec’s secularism law …
5 days ago · The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a legal challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.
Secularism explained | National Secular Society
Secularism champions the principle of one law for all and universal human rights above religious demands. It upholds equality laws that protect women, LGBT people and minorities from religious discrimination.
After Secular Law | Stanford University Press
This work gives special attention to the secularism of law, exploring how law became secular, the phenomenology of the legal secular, and the challenges that lingering religious formations and other aspects of globalization pose for modern law's self-understanding.
Secularism and Religion | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
At its most basic level secularism simply entails a normative commitment to neutrality on the part of the state toward religious affairs, necessitating that the state should neither favor, disfavor, promote, nor discourage any particular religious (or nonreligious) belief and …
Secularism in Political Philosophy | Oxford Research Encyclopedia …
Political secularism has three essential elements: politics, religion, and their separation. Consequently, different conceptions of secularism will provide different and rival versions of the core concept, political secularism, depending on how they define politics, religion, and separation.