Canada's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Quebec's Bill 21, which bars some public sector workers, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols.

(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.

In the public school I went to in the 1970s, "secular" was A neutral, descriptive word. Our social-studies teacher taught us that ours was a "secular" government, by which she meant that we lived free ...

Facing the “plurality of value systems and ethical outlooks” associated with secularism, Pope Benedict XVI today urged Portuguese Christians to embrace the “nucleus” of their faith. The pontiff also ...

Editor’s note: On Sunday’s Op-Ed page, sociologist Phil Zuckerman took aim at those who blame increasing secularism in this country for a host of societal ills, including recent mass shootings. He ...

Tolerance, openness and secularism are the first steps towards economic prosperity, according to new research. Since the Enlightenment began in the eighteenth century, many societies around the world ...

“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular A neutral term used to describe someone or something, such as in law, as non-religious in character. Learn more issues ...

Though religion and data seem paradoxical ideas, our perspectives on privacy and secularism significantly shape our understanding of data protection regimes, the legal mechanisms that ensure privacy.

In a recent social media trend, young Hindus attending Iftar parties hosted by Muslim friends are playfully adopting Muslim ...

Men praying at the Islamic Cultural Center of Courcouronnes in Evry, France. Since 1989, the appearance of the hijab (Muslim headscarf) in French public schools has opened the most impassioned debate ...

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma advocated for removing "secularism" and "socialism" from the Constitution's Preamble, echoing RSS's suggestion. He believes these terms, added during the Emergency, ...