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Secularism vs. Religion
Patricia Nash
HIS 104 World Civilizations II
Instructor: Kristy Nelson
May 18, 2013

Secularism vs. Religion 2 It took the courage of one man to change the way religion was looked upon along the way for others to see that there was more of a choice out there for them. Religion was and is the way one has their own beliefs, what to them is truth, to which way they should be lead in. Each religion believes in something different from another and most of them all believe in one God, only a few does not. The world had outgrown just one religion therefore, when Martin Luther and King Henry decided to separate themselves from the church many more had emerged. Secularism identifies it’s self as something called 'religion' and separate it from the domains of the state, the economy and science. Secularism is the realization that God’s will be done plus the natural evolution of universal morality. Christianity was the spiritual identity of one’s soul, beliefs, spirituality, social, and political foundation. Then those from other countries believed that Christianity provided spiritual connections, organizing principles, and inspirations for their identity. Believers were united by their faith as well as commerce and communication to help spread and strengthen each other (Getz & Brooke, 2012). The thinking of secularism and its relationship to feminism has arisen in the context of the confluence of a number of developments including: the increasing dominance of the 'clash of civilizations' thesis; the expansion of postmodern critiques of Enlightenment rationality to encompass questions of religion; and sustained critiques of the 'secularization thesis' (Reilly, 2001). Secularists identify something called 'religion' and separate it from the domains of the state, the economy and science. This separation facilitates a consensus which is sustained by a powerful yet historically contingent set of beliefs, including secularism as the realization of God's will, secularism as the natural evolution toward universal morality and secularism as a normal consequence of economic modernization. Does this come to turn things into a nightmare
Secularism vs. Religion 3 and make people scared of what may come? There is also a common inability to distinguish between beneficial, harmless, and malevolent activities, and since all sins cause equal outrage, the easy targets are the focus, regardless of consequence. Therefore, one can be afraid that separating God from the church and each other they need to have fear of all the sins that are out there and the regardless of a person’s integrity. Without a person’s integrity they (people) are only out for themselves and not what they can do to help those that need it the most. In order for one to become one with God they first have to have the love that he (God) has tried to instill in a human being through his teaching. Separating people from the church and the church from people only leads to those that have no fear of what could happen or will happen once they turn away. King Henry turned away just like Martin had done, it took them awhile to find what they really were looking for and that was a different belief and church to give them what they wanted. Each person has their own wants and sometimes you do not get what you want but want God thinks you need. There are regular complaints about the extent of the stifling secularism, although it is well established in constitutional practice and supported by the majority. The Ottoman Empire was regarded as theocratic both in character and outlook; although there is remarkably little evidence to suggest that there had been attempts to establish a theocracy. The Ottoman Empire was looking at the conservative religious authorities in many cases refused to engage with dissent, often resorting to the use of secular force rather than doctrinal certainty. The Ottomans successfully suppressed printing presses as well, effectively maintaining a monopoly on religious literature and its interpretation. It was easier for them not to have any one reading about the religious rights if it was not for their religion (Getz&Brooke, 2012).
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Hurd, E. S. (2004). The political authority of secularism in international relations. European Journal of International Relations, 10(2), 235-262. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/211959222?accountid=32521 This is to help people to understand how and why religion was separated from the state. To learn of beliefs, the will of God, evolution, and the modernization of normal economics. After reading this I learned why the church was separated from the state. To give me a better understanding that religion and the politics that go hand in hand with each other. The ethics and the power of international relations to one another. Krauthammer, A. (2011). Melville and the wall of the modern age. Studies in the Novel, 43(3), 378-380. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/896664770?accountid=32521 To learn about the differences between modern age and modernity along with the capitalism defining modern age. After reading this article I have discovered that modern age is looked upon differently by different people and what they think it is about. Examine the depth of religious hypocrisy, racism, colonialism, shifting paradigms of identity, the destructive effects of capitalism. To examine the causes of racism among those that think and look at others that are different than they are. Oguz, G. (2012). Beyond secularism: Faith, identity and difference: The turkish case. Istanbul Üniversitesi Iktisat Fakültesi Mecmuasi, 62(1), 191-214. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1271627973?accountid=32521
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This article will help a person understand and to see what it is and was like for those of the Muslim faith and how they endured the hardship of those that do not look at them as real people. It will help with the logic and steps were taken towards restoring political, educational and legal institutions. The reaction of their political and their religious authority. How the Enlightenment set up the framework for their religion. In gaining knowledge of different religions helps with the understanding of the separation they went through. Petersen, W. H. (2007). Discovering religious history in the modern age. Anglican Theological Review, 89(1), 144-146. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/215263832?accountid=32521 The study of religion and the separation of theory, the development of philosophy which helped clear a new path. What the motives were and the conflicting issues of one’s culture and nationality. I never thought about the philosophy of why religion was separated from other religions and the states that they were separated from. To understand this is a good way of being a good thinker and to clear a new way for others to understand this as well. Reilly, N. (2011). Rethinking the interplay of feminism and secularism in a neo-secular age. Feminist Review, (97), 5-31. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.2010.35 This will help to inform others of the process and links to the female side of religion and their political theory. How the Enlightenment can critique one’s religion and beliefs. What the common ground that is emerging across the political field and the approaches to emphasize the values. What conflicts that arise between equality in religion. Secularism vs. Religion 6
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Religion vs secularism: The stuff of nightmares. (2012, Feb 16). Telegraph.Co.Uk. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1321091235?accountid=32521 In this article it explains the nightmares that some experience when the church separates from one another. To distinguish between beneficial, harmless, and malevolent activities, and since all sins cause equal outrage, the easy targets are the focus, regardless of consequence. Target the religious: sometimes the miss-directed abuse goes the other way. Thus the Church of England, whose status as a national institution is at least in part predicated on its role as the spiritual manifestation of tolerance, decides to define itself at the start of the 21st century as a function of its attitude toward homosexuality, a morally neutral and universally distributed human characteristic shared by a numerically tiny British cohort, that in no sense at all could be viewed as an existential threat to the continuation of the Anglican faith.