In this episode, Megan and Frank discuss the concept of secularism. How should we think about the emergence of, and reasons for, modern secular cultures? Do secular societies create secular citizens? How did the ancient conception of the secular/sacred distinction differ from the contemporary separation of church and state? What challenges does secularism face today? And can the secular realm exist alongside the sacred? ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera - Research (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: [email protected] ----------------------- Bibliography: Liberalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberalism/] Etymology of "Saeculum" - Wiktionary [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saeculum#Latin] A Secular Age — Charles Taylor | Harvard University Press [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674986916&fbclid=IwAR3nmWT_uWF5nKLlUgoiI_KEuVvafkVZbrGBueqhLrhgoZRD7k1HUDzQ5X8] Secularism: A Very Short Introduction - Andrew Copson - Oxford University Press (oup.com) [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/secularism-a-very-short-introduction-9780198747222?cc=us&lang=en&#:~:text=In%20this%20Very%20Short%20Introduction,and%20the%20origins%20of%20modernity.] French Secularism Leaves Little Room for Religion - The Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/france-god-religion-secularism/620528/] Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism | Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belgium-become-second-eu-country-recognize-buddhism-2023-03-17/] John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration (uchicago.edu) [https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions10.html] Obama's 2006 Speech on Faith and Politics - The New York Times (nytimes.com) [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/politics/2006obamaspeech.html] Public Reason (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/public-reason/] Patrick Deneen: The New Right's Man in the Ivory Tower - POLITICO [https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/08/the-new-right-patrick-deneen-00100279] Slowdown in the Rise of Religious Nones (gallup.com) [https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/406544/slowdown-rise-religious-nones.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0_tuzvAgOdyEB83JnZ6qXUW8TJ0av8Wq47lJXgnvJ90aoNfyAarmiY4XQ] 'New Age' beliefs common among religious, nonreligious Americans | Pew Research Center [https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans/?fbclid=IwAR0p6suyZHQZcTEiJyy1ooSIDOz0EQbkxTVBAQpsPRI-URgw-i7rfkSDF7M] Religious and mystical experiences common among Americans - Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion (ibcsr.org) [https://www.ibcsr.org/index.php/institute-research-portals/quantifying-religious-experience-project/525-religious-and-mystical-experiences-common-among-americans?fbclid=IwAR2NcMq0hInK74uKov9l0jh3K3ifrgJM4jFV5868uLOpwLIyt3wr4AYO180] "The Secret" to Success? The Psychology of Belief in Manifestation - Lucas J. Dixon, Matthew J. Hornsey, Nicole Hartley, 2023 (sagepub.com) [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672231181162?s=03] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: U2OPXUSOE40ZLA10