On October 31, Ashok Swain, an Indian-origin professor of peace and conflict at Uppsala University in Sweden, wrote in a tweet, “India is like the Middle East & North Africa—consti­tu­tionally secular ...

The ubiquity of the word "secularism" (it is mentioned in more than 75 of the world's constitutions as an ideal the State promotes, or an organising principle that it affirms), and the passionate ...

(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 atheists ...

The rise of a secular culture, combined with an increasing number of self-identified atheists and agnostics in western societies, has led to a certain amount of handwringing among religious believers.

Given that secularism had not been defined in the Constitution and did not form part of the preamble until the 1970s, given that the meaning Nehru allotted to the concept was not codified in law, and ...

Americans are getting less “religious,” you’ve probably heard. They do fewer traditionally religious things, such as belonging to a denomination, attending worship services or feeling certain that God ...

The proposal to replace secularism with pluralism in Bangladesh's constitution has sparked significant debate, touching on issues of governance, social harmony, and the state's commitment to equality.

The question: What is secularism? Human rights treaties commit nations to freedom of religion or belief (including freedom of nonbelief and nonreligious beliefs). Any constraints on freedom of ...

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms…”, said Friedrich Nietzsche. As many as 66 Constitutions make some reference to God in their Preamble. True, Nehru ...