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Secularity
]] "Secular" redirects here. For other uses, see Secular (disambiguation). Part of a series on Irreligion "αθεοι" (atheoi), Greek for "those without god", as it appears in the Epistle to the Ephesians on the third-century papyrus known as "Papyrus 46" Irreligion Secular humanism Secularism Secularity Freethought Post-theism Nontheism Anti-clericalism Antireligion Criticism of religion Parody religion Atheism Demographics History State New Implicit and explicit Negative and positive Criticism Discrimination Existence of God Antitheism Atheism and religion Agnosticism Strong Weak Agnostic atheism Agnostic theism Apatheism Ignosticism Naturalism Humanistic Metaphysical Methodological Religious People Atheists Agnostics Humanists Pantheists Deists Books The God Delusion God Is Not Great The End of Faith Letter to a Christian Nation Why I Am Not a Christian Organizations Atheist Alliance International Freedom From Religion Foundation Reason Rally World Pantheist Movement Atheism portal WikiProject Atheism vte Secularity (adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from religion, or not being exclusively allied to any particular religion. For instance, eating and bathing may be regarded as examples of secular activities, because there may not be anything inherently religious about them. Nevertheless, both eating and bathing are regarded as sacraments in some religious traditions, and therefore would be religious activities in those world views. Saying a prayer derived from religious text or doctrine, worshipping through the context of a religion, and attending a religious school are examples of religious (non-secular) activities. Prayer and meditation are not necessarily non-secular, since the concept of spirituality and higher consciousness are not married solely to any religion but are practiced and arose independently across a continuum of cultures. Most businesses and corporations, and some governments, are secular organizations. All of the state universities in the United States are secular organizations (especially because of the combined effect of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution) while some private universities are connected with the Christian or Jewish religions. Among many of these, some prominent examples are Baylor University, Brigham Young University, Boston College, Emory University, the University of Notre Dame, Duquesne University, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, and Yeshiva College. The public university systems of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan are also secular, although some government-funded primary and secondary schools may be religiously aligned in some countries.
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