Secularism
From Neoredemptive
The belief that God (or, more broadly, religion) is unimportant or irrelevant; e.g., a secular government is one whose policy and function are formed and executed without reference to God, God's will, or God's priorities.
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Secularism in Culture
... the idea that "science tells us what, religion tells us why": relegating religion to optional irrationality instead of factual content ...
Secularism in Education
A "secular" education doctrine will, in practice, always devolve into teaching the doctrines of atheism, naturalism, and materialism as self-evidently true, factual, and objective, while disparaging non-atheistic views as subjectively experienced mythologies and delusions.
Secularism in the Church
... the church in our era has made a habit of marginalizing God in our praxis, our prayers, our preaching, our church services, our personal lives ...
Secularism and Secularization
Note that a person need not be an adherent to secularism (as a philosophy) to actively partake in the secularization of their culture, church, or personal worlds. Many well-meaning Christians willingly assent to (and even promulgate) wrong-headed memes that faith should be wholly disinterested in and disentangled from statecraft, social justice, education, science, history, literature, architecture, and countless other areas.
References
- The Paideia of God
- /todo/ link to User:Doc's sermon on secularism, 8-27-06 @ newsong CC
- Losing our Virtue
- Above All Earthly Pow'rs
