secularism
Hobby Lobby take two? Moody encourages witnessing at work
By Chris Stedman — October 29, 2014
The Supreme Court's ruling in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell places Moody Theological Seminary's "Faith, Work and Economics Initiative" in a new and more troubling context.
Is libertarianism compatible with secularism?
By Chris Stedman — July 25, 2014
Thanks to Hobby Lobby, libertarian secularists may now find themselves unable to reconcile their economic principles with their support for a religiously neutral government.
The decline of biblical literalism and the rise of secularism in one chart
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 5, 2014
(RNS) About one in five Americans view the Bible in secular terms, described as ancient "fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by man."
Women in secularism: Got a problem with that?
By Kimberly Winston — May 15, 2014
(RNS) The third annual Women in Secularism conference has made some progress in battling sexism within the ranks of the secular community -- but there is more to be done.
New ‘Openly Secular’ group seeks to combat anti-atheist discrimination
By Kimberly Winston — May 2, 2014
(RNS) A new coalition is gathering stories of discrimination from nonbelievers in an attempt to make that kind of bias unacceptable.
Can you be a Jewish atheist? Ask this Humanist Rabbi
By Chris Stedman — January 27, 2014
Can you be a Jewish atheist? It depends on who you ask.
Atheism is not the “new gay marriage” (or the new anything else)
By Chris Stedman — December 6, 2013
A few months ago, Bill Maher made a claim that I regularly hear from other atheists: “[Atheists are] out there, they’re thinking it, they’re just afraid to say it. But that’s changing,” he said. “It’ll be the new gay marriage.” He’s certainly not the first person to have made the comparison. Earlier this year Todd Stiefel, […]
Quebec’s secularism charter heads to lawmakers
By Ron Csillag — November 7, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) The measure would ban all "overt" and "conspicuous" religious headgear worn by public sector employees, including hijabs, yarmulkes and Sikh turbans, as well as large crosses and crucifixes.
COMMENTARY: Labor Day and the unions’ forgotten religious roots
By Adon Taft — August 29, 2013
(RNS) Overlooked in the decline of organized labor is what religion-and-economics expert Lew Daly calls “arguably the deepest, most serious problem” in unions today: “the corrosion wrought by secularism” in both unions and society at large.
Is the growth of the nonreligious good or bad? Americans are divided
By Kimberly Winston — July 5, 2013
(RNS) Some observers caution there's a difference in asking about an increase in the nonreligious rather than a decrease in the religious.
Canadians turning away from organized religion
By Ron Csillag — May 15, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) A new national study shows that while Canada is still overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers.
Scholars seek to reclaim a dirty word: secularism
By Kimberly Winston — February 22, 2013
(RNS) A conference at Georgetown University this week focused on cleaning up what many Americans consider a dirty word: secularism. The goal of the "Secularism on the Edge" conference was, in part, to define what secularism is and what it is not.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Skeptics are the new religious
By Philip Clayton — October 11, 2012
(RNS) Many young people are no longer members of traditional churches, but they are seeking. And they are finding others like themselves and, together, they are beginning to change the face of American religion. In fact, I would go so far as to say that skeptics are the new religious. By Philip Clayton.
Pope marks 50th anniversary of Vatican II with warnings of spiritual ‘desert’
By Alessandro Speciale — October 11, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI joined a small remnant of living "council fathers" to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, a watershed event that dramatically altered the life and outlook of the Catholic Church. By Alessandro Speciale.
Losing our religion: One in five Americans are now ‘nones’
By Kimberly Winston — October 8, 2012
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) The number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation has hit an all-time high -- about one in five American adults -- according to a new study, with the number of self-described atheists and agnostics hitting a peak of 6 percent of the U.S. population. By Kimberly Winston.
