Secularism: Difference between revisions

|aliases = [[File:Anti-Scholasticism.png]] Anti-Scholasticism <br> American Secularism <br> Libertarian Laicism <br> Sickularism (pejoratively, by [[File:Hindutva.png]] [[Hindutva]])<br> [[File:Lacite_Sickular.png]] Neutered Laicism (Somewhat Pejoratively) <br> Religious Secularism <br> Religious Progressivism (Some)<br>Moderate Laicism <br> Laicism but Honest

[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] (Some) <br>

[[File:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism]] (Some)<br>

[[File:Progress.png]] [[Progressivism]] (Some) <br>

|likes = Seperation of church and state

'''Secularism''' is an ideology based around the principle of conducting human affairs based on non-religious and naturalistic considerations only.

Secularism is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civic 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. The term "secularism" has a broad range of meanings, and in the most schematic, may encapsulate any stance that promotes the secular in any given context. Secularism is opposed to both state atheism and theocratic rule, since it regards people's rights to practice their religious beliefs freely, both of these governmental systems are opposed to secularism since they try to force beliefs onto people.

'''Anti-Clericalism''' is a form of secularism that shows opposition to religious authority in social and political matters. This differs from normal secularism in the sense that Anti-Clericalism regards religious authority as harmful and something that should be opposed while Secularism takes a neutral stance on religion. Anti-Clericalism has been practiced commonly under state atheist countries, but also has been practiced under Anarchists who have been historically hostile to religious authority because they see it as another source of oppression like the state. Although, not everyone who is anti-clerical is anti-religious, anti-clericalism has its roots in religious people protesting against religious authority like under the protestant reformation, but also under the French Revolution where the clerics were murdered. So, the reasonings of why and who is opposing religious authority are different for each situation.