The secular movement in the United States believes a secular government is essential to religious freedom. It is generally opposed to religious overreach, including the Christian right, and promotes liberal positions on social issues such as gay rights, reproductive rights, and separation of church and state. [5] [6]

2024年12月10日 · The secular refers to the realm of human affairs outside religion, particularly as a modern way of living in and understanding a supposedly modern world that values individual subjectivity and scientific rationalization.

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] .

2025年1月9日 · Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

2019年6月25日 · Secularism is one of the most important movements in the history of the modern West, helping differentiate the West not only from the Middle Ages and more ancient eras but also from other cultural regions around the world.

Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently good or evil, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature.

2015年10月22日 · This chapter traces the history of the secular movement, beginning with the founding of the National Secular Society in Britain in 1851, to highlight the ideological tensions that have shaped its development to the present day. The first is …