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Challenge of Secularism
CONTENT
The rise of secularism and secularisation, and the views that:
God is an illusion and the result of wish fulfilment
Christianity should play no part in public life
Key Knowledge
the views of Freud and Dawkins that society would be happier without
Christianity as it is infantile, repressive and causes conflict
the views of secular humanists that
Christian belief is personal and should play no part in public life, including:
education and schools
government and the state
Analysis
discuss issues related to the challenge of secularism, including:
whether or not spiritual values are just human values
whether or not there is evidence that Christianity is a major cause of personal and social problems
whether secularism and secularisation are opportunities for Christianity to develop new ways of thinking and acting
whether Christianity is, or should be, a significant contributor to society’s culture and values
Articles and Podcasts
The Tablet: 25 Nov 2023 ‘France’s unfinished religious war’ – P Marnham
The Tablet: 7 Oct 2023 ‘A show of faith’ – J Moorhead
The Tablet: 15 Jul 2023 ‘The capacity to dream’ – P Stanford
The Tablet: 22 Jul 2023 ‘The cardinal, the minister and the chocolate soldiers’ – P Hudson
The Tablet: 30 Sep 2023 ‘Apostle of contradiction’ – M Cairns
The Tablet: 14 Oct 2023 ‘When the cap doesn’t fit’ – C Murphy
The Tablet: 29 Jul 2023 ‘The King’s good servant’ – E Curti
The Tablet: 6 May 2023 ‘The paradox of establishment’ – T Hobson
The Tablet: 29 Apr 2023 ‘King of harmony’ – C Pepinster
The Tablet: 29 Apr 2023 ‘A belief I can’t describe’ – P Stanford
The Tablet: 25 Mar 2023 ‘Still a religious divide’ – M O’Doherty
The Tablet: 11 Mar 2023 ‘Cross-party faith’ – P Stanford
The Tablet: 4 Mar 2023 ‘Soul-searching in Scotland’ – A Haggerty
The Tablet: 13 Jan 2024 ‘The integralist crusade’ – K Vallier
The Tablet: 20 Jan 2024 ‘Universities for the common good’ – M Winters
The Tablet: 10 Feb 2024 ‘Putin’s holy war’ – M Sixsmith
The Tablet: 24 Feb 2024 ‘The Orthodox conundrum’ – T Hobson
The Tablet: 27 Apr 2024 ‘Remapping the Holy Land’ – Y Said
The Tablet: 22 Jun 2024 ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ – A Bogdanovski
The Tablet: 7 Sep 2024 ‘In the house of God’ – A Frymann Rouch
The Tablet: 26 Oct 2024 ‘Putin’s culture wars’ – L Ash
Dialogue: What is Postmodernism?, Edition 15
Dialogue: Is Science Enough?, Edition 19
Dialogue: Wilderness, Religion, and Human Dwelling, Edition 19
Dialogue: Robots and Religion: Rival or Revival, Edition 55
Dialogue: Good without God, Edition 32
Dialogue: Types of Theism, Varieties of Atheism, Edition 8
Dialogue: Humanism – Right or Wrong?, Edition 12
Dialogue: Postmodernism and Religion, Edition 16
Dialogue: Religion without God, Edition 19
Dialogue: Is Religion Bad for the Environment?, Edition 20
Dialogue: Durkheim and Weber on Religion, Edition 25
Dialogue: The Challenge of Durkheim’s Sociological Interpretation of Religion, Edition 23
Dialogue: A Humanist Critique of Religion, Edition 24
Dialogue: Is there a ‘perennial philosophy’ at the core of all religion, Edition 55
Dialogue: Gen Z Nones and why and how philosophy of religion must adapt, Edition 60
TRS Chester Podcast: What does Census2021 tell us about religion?
TRS Chester Podcast: Why are we still talking about secularization?