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Article A Short History of Secularism in the West
source Secularism means that religious considerations are excluded from civil affairs. We live in a time when public secularism is something…
Read MoreSecularism – Quotes and Counter-points
“Acedia had been understood by earlier Christians as a ‘hatred of place and even life itself,’ as one desert father put…
Read MoreSummary – The God Delusion (Dawkins)
source Richard Dawkins is arguably the most popular atheist writer/ teacher of our time. His background includes a PhD in zoology…
Read MoreArticle Critique of Freud’s the Future of an Illusion
source A Critique of Freud’s The Future of an Illusion Sigmund Freud’s The Future of an Illusion (1927) seeks to prove…
Read MoreExtract – God Returns to Europe
source The highbrow monthly Prospect put it more bluntly in its November cover story: “God returns to Europe.” One might cheekily…
Read MoreExtract – Freud and Illusion
I know how difficult it is to avoid illusions; perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature,…
Read MoreSummary – Freud The Future of an Illusion
This is a chapter summary of The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, produced by Zack…
Read MoreArticle – A Comparison between France and America
In this chapter, we will discuss different French and American approaches to religious minorities and to religion’s place in society. Tocqueville…
Read MoreExtract – Religion and Secularism Karen Armstrong
We now take the secular state so much for granted that it is hard for us to appreciate its novelty, since…
Read MoreArticle – Secularism and Pluralism
source Secularism must now be seen as a positive worldview in the modern world that takes its place alongside other traditional…
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