A school of thought, a spirit and manner of action which ignores and/or repudiates the validity or influence of supernatural religion with respect to individual and social life
n indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
belief that religion and ecclesiastical affairs should not enter into the functions of the state,; esp , into public education
Secularism is a system of social organization and education where religion is not allowed to play a part in civil affairs. + secularist secularists secu·lar·ist The country is being torn to pieces by conflict between fundamentalists and secularists
The modern tendency to separate religion from everyday life and to see values and rules for living as taken from the experience in this world, not from divine revelation The modern tendency to separate religion from everyday life and to see values and rules for living as taken from the experience in this world, not from divine revelation
In general terms, secularism involves the affirmation of immanent, this-worldly realities, along with a denial or exclusion of transcendent, other worldy realities It is a way of life and thought that is pursued without reference to God or religion
Secularists, regardless of their religious preferences, believe that religious considerations should be excluded from civic affairs and public education (or private education that claims to be inclusive, i e Georgetown?)