In reality, secularism is the opposite of radical. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Right’s New Strategy: Anti-Alito = Anti-God] Reference
But secularism is not the opposite of belief; nonbelief is. From Wordnik.com. [And The Winner Is...] Reference
Excellent point: secularism is not analogous to atheism. thank you finf. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Right’s New Strategy: Anti-Alito = Anti-God] Reference
In this sense, he proposes, secularism is not a normative value in its own right. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
But the challenge which Mrs Gul's apparel poses for Turkey's strict secularism is more than imaginary. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Muslims and the Veil] Reference
He objects: "What sort of secularism is it that regards reading of Sanscrit texts as a political act?". From Wordnik.com. [Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India] Reference
Giaour, we find that undergirding its secularism is not an exquisitely balanced paradox but a violent and asymmetrical one. From Wordnik.com. [Byron and Romantic Occidentalism] Reference
While I know many don't believe secularism is a good thing (and perhaps it isn't), it does serve to foster economic opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Grant Brooke, M.Div.: The Case for the Prosperity Gospel] Reference
And, thanks to its constitutive relationship to modernity, romanticism is invested in secularism, not least in those moments typically coded as. From Wordnik.com. [About This Volume] Reference
For the political theorist William Connolly, by contrast, secularism is not so much a sinister technology as it is an intellectually bankrupt concept. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
In these analyses, secularism is a technology of state power, and when that technology looks abroad, it becomes a driving force behind imperial expansion. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
Presently, the meaning of the word secularism has been distorted to such an extent that it has come to mean apeasing minority communities at the cost of majority. From Wordnik.com. [NDTV News - Top Stories] Reference
"secularism" is increasingly understood to have its own interests, particularly when it comes to defining and managing the "religious.". From Wordnik.com. [About This Volume] Reference
What we may call secularism was, in fact, characteristic of all eastern. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
It's called secularism, and, believe it or not, secularism is an ideology!. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
In India minority appeasement at the cost of majority is called secularism. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
That is what he meant by secularism, which is the guiding principle of -- of his ideology. From Wordnik.com. [Crescent & Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds] Reference
By calling secularism does not mean a thing if by this very action - automatic divide is created. From Wordnik.com. [United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal] Reference
However, nowadays, it is more aptly identified as 'secularism'. From Wordnik.com. [So I'm wrong...] Reference
And it does so in the name of secularism which is a great inconsistency in terms of political science. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey to Rightfully Prohibit Erdogan's Islamic Terrorism Party] Reference
Under these extremist influences, a kind of secularism that is anti-sacred and anti-religious has arisen. From Wordnik.com. [Bishop: Don't separate your faith from your politics] Reference
One of the major question is whether the nation that has prioritized 'secularism' has made a mistake by doing it. From Wordnik.com. [Mumbai Terror Attacks and Those Responsible] Reference
He's saying that neither reason without faith ("secularism") nor faith without reason (so-called "fundamentalism") are acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [Clarification] Reference
No point in denying the trend towards 'secularism', the most obvious signs of which are the meagre numbers attending Anglican churches. From Wordnik.com. [What place for Sharia Law.] Reference
You don't see them doing with with works of "secularism" and "atheism" because such things are not beliefs that inspire a lot of symbols. From Wordnik.com. [American Coastopia!] Reference
But the words "secularism" were dropped following a. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Apparently 'secularism' has a 'death grip' on science. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Bangladesh's court restores 'secularism' in Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Food inflation down to single digit as Opposition rocks Parliament] Reference
Court has restored 'secularism' as one of the basic tenets in the country's 1972 Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to It's India's poor who need British aid, not its military and business elites] Reference
The regime of president Ziaur Rahman replaced 'secularism' with the expression 'by the grace of Almighty Allah'. From Wordnik.com. [India eNews] Reference
The monarchy (1921-1958) was secular, and the Qasim years (1958-1963) laid the foundation for legalistic 'secularism'. From Wordnik.com. [Talisman Gate بـاب الطلــسم] Reference
My quibble is the use of the word "secularism," a term that, as our commenters have shown, is subject to many meanings. From Wordnik.com. [GetReligion] Reference
But Turkey's secular state is patterned after the French principle of laïcité, which translates simply as "secularism". From Wordnik.com. [By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog] Reference
Will Prabhakaran / LTTE Flee to India? yet more 'secularism' by christist prachanda kanchan gupta: A just war against Hamas. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Warrior] Reference
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