Czy trzeba być ateistą, aby być sekularystą?

Piotr Sękowski; Tomasz Sieczkowski

doi:10.31648/hip.2602

Published: 2018-12-201

No. 24 (2018)

Does One Has to Be an Atheist to Be a Secularist?

Piotr Sękowski

, Tomasz Sieczkowski

Humanities and Natural Sciences

Section: ARTICLES Faith – religion – church

https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.2602

Abstract

This article provides an analysis of the relationship between atheism and secularism. An attempt is made to answer the question whether an individual has to be an atheist to be a secularist. The concepts of atheism and secularism are presented in their historical context, and are then analysed in order to provide an answer to our question. We analyse the theoretical possibilities of relationships between religion and the state, and the consequences of the particular forms of these relationships. We argue that, insofar as atheism is perceived as a lack of belief in God/gods, and secularism as the absence of theological justifications in political decisions, one does not have to be an atheist to be a secularist. On the other hand, it is worthwhile being a secularist if one is a believer, since it is secularism, as a political principle, that guarantees the right to confess and to practice a religion.

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atheism, secularism, Charles Taylor, liberal democracy

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Sękowski, P., & Sieczkowski, T. (2018). Does One Has to Be an Atheist to Be a Secularist?. Humanities and Natural Sciences, (24), 157–175. https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.2602

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