The issue is whether one is required to be a secularist in order to be a participant in secular space.» (firstthings.com)
The void left by abandoning the Church contributes to what scholars refer to as seeker spirituality wherein people shop for religion and are open to finding spirituality in otherwise secular spaces. (relevantmagazine.com)
But for Augustine, a neutral secular space could only be a society without God, subject to the libido dominandi, the lust for power. (firstthings.com)