English Secularism


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What is Secularism?

"Secularism espouses the cause of the world versus theology; of the secular and temporal versus the sacred and ecclesiastical. Secularism claims that religion ought never to be anything but a private affair; it denies the right of any kind of church to be associated with the public life of a nation, and proposes to supersede the official influence which religious institutions still exercise in both hemispheres."

George Holyoake was an English freethinker and one of the last persons in England to be convicted and jailed for blasphemy. He coined the term "secularism" while being an editor for the secularist newspaper "The Reasoner". (Summary by Ava) (4 hr 8 min)

Chapitres

Author's Preface and Publisher's Preface 16:21 Lu par Shaef
Open Thought the First Step to Intelligence 5:39 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The Question Stated 6:10 Lu par GhostCat
The First Stage of Free Thought: Its Nature and Limitation 11:51 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The Second Stage of Free Thought: Enterprise 7:43 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Conquests of Investigation 9:39 Lu par Availle
Stationariness of Criticism 10:38 Lu par Paul Lawley-Jones
Third Stage of Free Thought: Secularism 6:05 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Three Principles Vindicated 11:12 Lu par Richa Jain
How Secularism Arose 9:00 Lu par Availle
How Secularism Was Diffused 9:08 Lu par Availle
Secular Instruction Distinct From Secularism 6:35 Lu par Richa Jain
The Distinctiveness Made Further Evident 10:31 Lu par Richa Jain
Self-Defensive For The People 9:04 Lu par Richa Jain
Rejected Tenets Replaced By Better 8:34 Lu par Richa Jain
Morality Independent of Theology 13:51 Lu par Richa Jain
Ethical Certitude 9:12 Lu par Ryan Fahey
The Ethical Method of Controversy 7:31 Lu par Ryan Fahey
Its Discrimination 6:40 Lu par Ryan Fahey
Apart From Christianism 8:35 Lu par Ryan Fahey
Secularism Creates a New Responsibility 8:13 Lu par Ryan Fahey
Through Opposition To Recognition 12:02 Lu par Richa Jain
Self-Extending Principles 15:58 Lu par Richa Jain
Secularist Ceremonies 28:31 Lu par Richa Jain