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The Challenge of Secularism - Coggle Diagram
The Challenge of Secularism
Opportunity for Christianity?
Key words
Secularism - idea that religious beliefs and institutions should not affect how the state is run; all belief systems are equal in the eyes of the law
Secularisation - the process of a society changing its views to become less closely linked with religious values
Secular - worldly or non-religious
Christianity embedded into UK institutions (monarch head of CofE, schools, parliament, etc...)
Not like this everywhere - e.g. France and USA have state and church separated
Stats suggest need to remove link between christianity and the state
Uk said to be 6th least religious country (2015)
12% members of CofE and 52% have no religion (2019)
70% 16-29 yr olds have no religion
Projections suggest church attendence will be below 900k in 2050, with other religions on the rise
Those arguing for secular state may suggest:
Need for neutrality
Freedom of choice
Would be less discrimination
Social cohesion - we do not label children as left or right wing due to parents political stance so should not do the same for religion
Avoidance of conflicts (e.g. religious extremism)
Examples of success elsewhere
Analyse and evaluate
opportunity
stop taking faith's position in society for granted
allow christianity to re-focus on individual
emphasis on freedom of choice might make it easier to proclaim christian message
not opportunity
christ is unique and christians should not let go of this
anything preventing christianity from proclaiming itself in public is a threat
christianity should not let go of 2000 yrs of tradition and belief