The Concept of Secularism: Walzer vs. Wæver

For more than a century, the concept of secularism and its boundaries has been widely controversial by secularists and non-secularists. The English dictionary defines secularism as separation of church and state, or separation between religion and politics. True secularist Michael Wolzer believes that this separation is an important democratic value and ultimately promotes tolerance for multiple religions (Walzer, p. 620). He defines secularism as "a doctrine of how society should be designed" - religion and politics should be separated to ensure politics of freedom of religion and freedom of religion .

It is useful to elucidate the concept of secular / secularism before judging whether Nigeria is a secular country or a spiritual country. The terms secular and secularism have been rigorously reviewed by various scholars, institutions, or groups that conceptualize the differences and define the terms. Although scholars have distinguished secularism from secularism, these concepts are often considered to be the same: political neutrality, freedom of religion, atheistic or non-religious

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This book explores the concepts, practices, and political forms of secularism, explores the concepts, practices, and political forms of secularism, and the major historical changes in the formation of secular feelings and attitudes in the modern Western world I emphasize. It is the Middle East. Talal Asad continues to disassemble general assumptions that are considered secular and topographically covered. He has identified himself as anthropologist studying "unfamiliar things in the world other than Europe" and studying as an irrational dimension of social life (myths, taboos, religion, etc.)

Some people think the concept of secularism is often misunderstood. Jack Berliner, director of the Georgetown University Jewish Civilization Program, wrote: In the July 2012 issue of Huffington Post entitled "Secularism is not atheism", he stated as follows. Misunderstanding "" The left often avoids it with Stalinism, Nazism, socialism and so on. In the United States, another wrong equation has recently appeared. This will be a groundless connection between secularism and atheism. Religious rights show this misunderstanding beneficially. At least since the 1970s. "