secularism

A new book of essays argues that the American media suffers due to secularism and a general ignorance of religion. But is secularism really at the heart of it, or is it a far broader and longer-standing relationship with ignorance of our “enemies” that creates the Blind Spot?

While it’s great that Obama’s faith-based program addresses nonbelief, without the proper vigilance we’ll simply get superficial “tolerance” of secularists with an assumed theistic backstory.

The presidential inauguration showed that an enforceable wall of separation between church and state simply does not exist in America, at least at the level of expression in the public square. What is the future of secularism in our religious democracy?

Though it may be unhelpful to draw comparisons between the administration and fascist regimes, it’s important to recognize the “family resemblances” in their political reasoning and self-conception.

Buried in the results of a recent survey is the fact that secularists may now be one of America’s largest minorities—larger than gays or African Americans. Will nonbelievers, traditionally one of the most loathed demographics, begin to feel their oats and demand greater recognition in the public square?

Revisiting the secularization hypothesis and Alan Wolfe’s Atlantic essay.

Fears erupt over the extinction of the white, Christian West.

In an interview with Bruce Ledewitz on his forthcoming Hallowed Secularism, the law professor tells RD that the so-called New Atheists want to lead secularists, many of whom know very little about religion, into opposition to religion. But for secularism to be healthy, he says, it must learn from the wisdom of the religious traditions.

Intellectual and philosophical encouragement for America’s largest and most invisible minority: atheists, agnostics, secularists, and the undecided.

Atheists and secularists are feeling left out this election season.