Perhaps you are referring to actual ideologies that some atheists may hold,
like secular humanism or animism.
Not exact matches
Whatever the league tables might look
like, faith - based education clearly isn't all about results, and has something to offer that
secular humanism does not.
You expose your outdated beliefs and understandings in such a seemingly trivial mistake: no one uses a phone book anymore, but, a quick Google search will provide contact information for literally dozens of support groups, organizations and communities ready to embrace and assist those seeking to practice
Secular Humanism with others of
like mind.
And what would it look
like, or how would it be represented: Beyond
Secular Humanism and
Secular Religion?
It provided an ideological framework within which the many religious communities of India as well as the plurality of linguistic caste and ethnic cultures (in the formation of which one or other religions had played a dominant role) could participate together with the adherents of
secular ideologies
like Liberalism and Socialism (which emerged in India in the framework of the impact of modern
humanism of the West mediated through western power and English education).
Like Christianity,
secular humanism has many noble aspirations for human society, such as peace, justice and equality.
I'm sure you also know that something
like 10 % of atheists claim they belong to a religion (Buddhism,
Secular Humanism, Church of Atheism)
In this respect the new atheism is very much
like the old
secular humanism that was rebuked by the hard - core atheists for its mousiness in facing up to what the absence of God should really mean.
For those,
like Rod Dreher, who see no room for committed Christians in the nation's public square, Noonan's Erasmian life in law and literature provides a robust affirmation that yes, there is always space in
secular America for truly gifted practitioners of a
humanism that finds its center in the Incarnation.
As a consequence, «something very much
like «
secular humanism» is informally established as much as Christianity was in the 19th century.»
If you find yourself in conflict with someone
like that, just imagine what the opposition is all about:
secular laws vs religious laws, and racism vs
humanism, to name but two of the many battlefields to be found here.
The New Right's campaign against
secular humanism in the schools often seems
like an attempt to demonstrate that no one ever lost political power by underestimating the intelligence of the American public.