secularism
America's 250th: Looking backward and forward
America has been divided for 250 years. If we make it to 500, will we be still having the same arguments or will we have outgrown them?
Should freethought return to its deist roots?
The first American secularists were deists. Would the freethought movement benefit from emulating their example?
On America's 250th anniversary, let's remember Roger Williams
A pioneer of religious liberty reminds us why secularism is the better way.
Who comforts the secular?
Hospitals still carry embedded religious assumptions, even as more people than ever are nonbelievers.
Could Indonesian spirituality be in our future?
Indonesia models a different kind of secularism, premised on religious diversity and coexistence.
Godless time: Time for a secular calendar
Time is measured by scientific standards, so why do we still use a calendar based on religion?
Judge Fred Biery: A defender of human rights and secularism
Judges like this one are America's last line of defense.
Protecting secularism in religious enclaves
Communities of choice can't be allowed to cross the line into becoming mini-theocracies.
Do secularists need confession and repentance?
Seeking forgiveness, and granting it, makes us better people.
The shrugging seculars
Gen Z is the most secular generation, but they wear it lightly. Is that shrugging attitude about to change?
Lessons for a future atheist president from Jimmy Carter’s funeral
A secular civilization, like any civilization, will need a story about a beneficent universe and a hopeful future.
What David Brooks's search for God can teach secularists to embrace and avoid
Brooks's essay is the kind that often exasperates nonbelievers. But is there something of value to secular civilization in his God-optional conclusions?