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Religion and Worldviews : The Triumph of the Secular in Religious Education
Religion and Worldviews: The Triumph of the Secular in Religious Education provides the first serious analysis and review of the Commission on Religious Education’s proposed worldviews framework for the subject.It argues that religious education has an important contribution to make to the aims of liberal education and examines whether the shift to a worldview framework is capable of overcoming current weaknesses and initiating a new positive direction for the future.Chapters explore the role of worldviews in Religious Education, covering key debates including:Whether there is need for new legislation on REThe nature of professionalism and the role of ‘experts’The extent to which there is educational value in study of the personal worldviews of studentsThe role of the religious voice in REThe relation of religions to religious worldviewsThe aims of REThe relationship between the state and religionConsideration of the nature of a worldviewThe personal reflections of a member of the Commission on its proposalsThe chapters provide all that is necessary to understand and to evaluate the current debate on the appropriateness of a worldviews approach to RE. Bringing together leading names in the field, this is essential reading for trainee and practising teachers of Religious Education, RE advisers and schools’ leaders responsible for curriculum development.
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Cassiodorus: Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning
As a minister of the Ostrogothic regime in the time of Theoderic, Cassiodorus had as brilliant a political career as any Roman of the late empire.Around 538 CE he published a collection of his state letters under the title of Variae (TTH 12), and disappeared from the public record.Half a century later, dying at his country estate in Calabria, he left behind the exemplars for another world of texts: that of the Christian universe of Scripture, now encompassing the Seven Liberal Arts.The grand plan of this new dispensation is contained in the two books of his Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning, a work which would be excerpted and copied in monasteries throughout the Latin Middle Ages.The Institutions appears here in the first new English translation in more than fifty years.The treatise On the Soul, which was originally published as the thirteenth book of the Variae, is included as an appendix.For a long while mistakenly revered as a saviour of classical civilization, in recent times more often dismissed as an anachronism, Cassiodorus emerges from this edition of the Institutions as an exceptional but nonetheless representative exponent of the learned Christian culture of later Latin Antiquity.The work will be of interest to historians of the late Roman empire and the early Christian church, medievalists, and students of the classical tradition.
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Co-Learning in Higher Education : Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures
Co-Learning in Higher Education addresses topics critical to the future of higher education: the wellbeing of communities, engagement of scholars supporting new generations of social activists, and the renewal and expansion of educational and career pathways.It develops a theory of co-learning that engages students and professors across generations in partnerships with community organizations, schools, and corporations that solve emerging social and environmental challenges.Collaboratively written cases discuss community projects, engaging pedagogies, and action research projects.These co-cases demonstrate the power of using critical pedagogies and social action within troubling contexts, rather than assuming public policy changes are the only solution.Contributors explore mentoring, discuss pedagogies that promote community wellbeing and equity, address the urgency of change in universities, and reflect on the implications of this chaotic period for empowering social agency among youth in rising generations.This is a timely volume for scholars and students in higher education and educational policy.
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'Religion’ and ‘Secular’ Categories in Sociology : Decolonizing the Modern Myth
Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology.It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the ‘secular’ side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert – namely Western modernity/coloniality.
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What is secular Judaism and how does it differ from Judaism as a religion?
Secular Judaism is a cultural and ethnic identity that is rooted in Jewish traditions, history, and values, but does not necessarily adhere to the religious beliefs and practices of traditional Judaism. It emphasizes the cultural, historical, and ethical aspects of Jewish identity, while often rejecting the supernatural and ritualistic elements of the religion. Secular Judaism focuses on the celebration of Jewish heritage, language, literature, and customs, and often places a strong emphasis on social justice and humanistic values. In contrast, Judaism as a religion encompasses a set of beliefs, practices, and rituals that are centered around the worship of a single God, adherence to religious laws and commandments, and the observance of religious holidays and ceremonies.
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What is a secular religion?
A secular religion is a belief system or ideology that functions similarly to a traditional religion but does not involve the worship of a deity or supernatural being. Instead, it is centered around a set of values, principles, or rituals that provide a sense of purpose, community, and moral guidance to its followers. Examples of secular religions include humanism, environmentalism, and certain political ideologies. These belief systems often provide a framework for understanding the world and one's place in it, and can play a significant role in shaping an individual's identity and worldview.
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Is religion a secular thing?
Religion is not inherently secular, as it is often associated with spiritual beliefs and practices that are separate from the secular world. However, in many societies, there is a separation between religion and the state, which is a key aspect of secularism. This separation allows for freedom of religion and prevents any one religion from dominating the government or public life. Therefore, while religion itself may not be secular, the concept of secularism can play a role in how religion is practiced and integrated into society.
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What does secular mean?
Secular refers to things that are not religious or spiritual in nature. It can also refer to the separation of religion and government, or the absence of religious influence in a particular context. In a broader sense, secular can also refer to attitudes, beliefs, or activities that are not connected to or influenced by religious beliefs.
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A Secular Age
“One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society.” —The EconomistWhat does it mean to say that we live in a secular age?Almost everyone would agree that we—in the West, at least—largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries.In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean—of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human possibility among others. Taylor, long one of our most insightful thinkers on such questions, offers a historical perspective.He examines the development in “Western Christendom” of those aspects of modernity which we call secular.What he describes is in fact not a single, continuous transformation, but a series of new departures, in which earlier forms of religious life have been dissolved or destabilized and new ones have been created.As we see here, today’s secular world is characterized not by an absence of religion—although in some societies religious belief and practice have markedly declined—but rather by the continuing multiplication of new options, religious, spiritual, and anti-religious, which individuals and groups seize on in order to make sense of their lives and give shape to their spiritual aspirations. What this means for the world—including the new forms of collective religious life it encourages, with their tendency to a mass mobilization that breeds violence—is what Charles Taylor grapples with, in a book as timely as it is timeless.
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The Islamic Secular
The basic point of the secular in the modern West is to "liberate" certain pursuits--the state, the economy, science--from the authority of religion.This is also assumed to be the goal and meaning of "secular" in Islam.Sherman Jackson argues, however, that that assumption is wrong.In Islam the "secular" was neither outside "religion" nor a rival to it. "Religion," in Islam was not identical to Islam's "sacred law," or "shari'ah." Nor did classical Muslim jurists see shari'ah as the all-encompassing, exclusive means of determining what is "Islamic." In fact, while, as religion, Islam's jurisdiction was unlimited, shari'ah's jurisdiction, as a sacred law, was limited.In other words, while everything remained within the purview of the divine gaze of the God of Islam, not everything could be determined by shari'ah or on the basis of its revelatory sources.Various aspects of state-policy, the economy, science, and the like were "differentiated," from shari'ah and its revelatory sources, without becoming non-religious or un-Islamic.Given the asymmetry between the circumference of shari'ah and that of Islam as religion, not everything that fell outside the former fell outside the latter.In other words, an idea or action could be non-shar'i (not dictated by shari'ah) without being non-Islamic, let alone anti-Islam.The ideas and actions that fall into this category are what Jackson terms "the Islamic Secular." Crucially, the Islamic Secular differs from the Western secular in that, while the whole point of the Western secular is to liberate various pursuits from religion, the Islamic Secular differentiates these disciplines not from religion but simply from shari'ah.Similarly, while both secularization and secularism play key roles in the Western secular, both of these concepts are alien to the Islamic Secular, as the Islamic Secular seeks neither to discipline nor to displace religion, nor expand to its own jurisdiction at religion's expense.The Islamic Secular is a complement to religion, in effect, a "religious secular." Nowhere are the practical implications of this more impactful than in Islam's relationship with the modern state.In this book, Jackson makes the case for the Islamic Secular on the basis of Islam's own pre-modern juristic tradition and shows how the Islamic Secular impacts the relationship between Islam and the modern state, including the Islamic State.
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Demons : A Secular Look
Demons are real; they roam our world looking for opportunities to heap destruction upon us.They are ruled by blind hatred toward humanity, and they don't discriminate.Man, woman, or child—all are fair game. Journey into the realm of these horrific creatures with a real demon hunter to see the intense carnage unleashed on an unsuspecting public.Find out how prevalent demons are in our society outside religious persuasion, consider relevant and new research, and read true stories of possession.Discover what these parasites are and what they do, understand their makeup and behaviors, and learn how to get rid of them should you become afflicted.Through trial and error, with significant physical and mental risk to the author, a new exorcism technique of binding demons is unveiled here.Against all odds, the author survives to tell his story.Consider this book a warning . . .
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What are secular things?
Secular things refer to aspects of life that are not related to religion or spirituality. These can include activities, institutions, and ideas that are separate from religious beliefs or practices. Secular things can encompass a wide range of topics, such as politics, education, science, and culture, and are often considered to be part of the public sphere rather than the realm of religious belief. In a secular society, there is a clear separation between religious and non-religious aspects of life.
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Can people be secular?
Yes, people can be secular. Secularism is the principle of separating government institutions and the state from religious institutions. It allows individuals to hold their own beliefs and practice their religion freely without interference from the government. Being secular means that one does not prioritize any specific religious beliefs or practices in their personal or public life, and instead values the separation of religion and state.
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Does secular wealth bring happiness?
Secular wealth can bring temporary happiness through material possessions and financial security. However, true and lasting happiness is often found in meaningful relationships, personal fulfillment, and a sense of purpose. While wealth can provide comfort and opportunities, it does not guarantee happiness, as it is ultimately a state of mind and heart that goes beyond material wealth. It is important to prioritize values and experiences that bring genuine joy and fulfillment, rather than solely relying on secular wealth for happiness.
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What is meant by secular music?
Secular music refers to music that is not associated with religious or spiritual themes. It encompasses a wide range of genres and styles, including pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, and more. Secular music is often created for entertainment, self-expression, and cultural or social commentary, and it is not tied to any specific religious or spiritual beliefs or practices.
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