Secularism, Christendom, and the Natural Law. Jordan J. Ballor. Sun, September 1, 2024 at 6:44 AM UTC. 11 min read. Paul D. Miller’s recent Dispatch Faith essay makes a number of salient ...

(RNS) — At its core, secularism is an approach to governance, writes Jacques Berlinerblau in his new book ‘Secularism: The Basics.’ And critically, it is one many religious people, not just ...

At the turn of the last century, the National Assembly began debating what would become the 1905 law on secularism. Islam was on no one’s mind; the target was the Catholic Church.

The law of separation meant strict official neutrality in religious affairs. The French state could not allow any proselytising in public buildings - least of all schools, where the citizens of ...

After Jan. 6, secularism is the crucial “guardrail” — and it’s fatally weak in America James Madison blew it — by failing to restrict the power of religion in public life.

Warsi’s Conservatives are in power and could try to change the law, but while about 70% of Brits say they are religious, around that same percentage wants a secular society, so odds are against it.

My sources are law and secular history.” Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently spoke at BYU.

This is the March 15, 2004 law that applies the principle of secularism to the wearing of symbols or clothing expressing a religious affiliation in public schools.

Officials apologized and said the case was an incorrect interpretation of France’s secularism law. By Aurelien Breeden PARIS — A Catholic nun who was told she could stay in a retirement home ...

MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will ...

State law defines them as a “public school established by contract” and requires that they be open to all students, ... Secularism and nonsectarianism were no longer treated as a safe, ...