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)

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