Author: Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith is senior lecturer in practical theology at Chichester University. He is executive editor of the international journal Political Theology and has published widely in the field of religion and politics. His most recent book is A Short History of Secularism (IB Tauris, 2008).
A Short History of Secularism
The West is often described as a secular society. But what does this mean? Does it mean that the Christian church is in its final, terminal decline? Have we reached the endgame of Christianity? Have myth and superstition been replace d by scientific method and secular reason? Or is the picture more complex than this? …