secularism Flashcards
theology: the challenge of secualrism.
Effect of 9/11.
- Challenged the idea of endism in the west.
- Revitalised the belief in irrationality of religion.
- Challenged western idea of religion as a private matter.
- Emphasised entanglement of religion and politics.
Procedural secularism.
The state should take into account all perspectives, but with no preference and complete equality between religion and non-religious people.
Programmatic secularism.
Religion should be removed from the public sphere and authorities should take a purely secular role.
Barack Obama quote on secularism.
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated must translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific values.”
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, book and analysis.
‘Faith in the Public Sphere’, promotes procedural secularism as a Christian idea and something that should be embraced by Christians as an opprunity to share the gospel and prevent the ‘privitisation of faith’.
La laïcité.
French principle separating Church and state, with a programmatic approach to religion.
Secularisation.
Process of actively secularising society through removing religion from the public sphere.
