![]() The goal of secularism, defined defined most generally, is to ensure that the social and political order o rder is free from from institutionalized religious religi ous domination so that there there is religious freedom, freedom freedom to exit from religi religion, on, inter-religious inter-religious equality e quality and equality eq uality between believers bel ievers and non-beli evers. How, then, is secularism to be understood? The best way to understand the the animating principle of o f secularism is to see it in opposition to religious hegemony, religious tyranny and religious and religion-based excl usion. SECULARISM: THE BR OAD DEFINITION DEFINITION Similarly, environmentalism advocates the protection protection of our natural environment but it can also be viewed as against its destruction destruction by the wil ful or negligent acts of human beings. ![]() But it can also be understood in opposition oppo sition to patriarchy, as a theory resisting institutionalized male domination. ![]() For example, feminism advocates gender equality and justice. Most doctrines doctrines or ideologies ide ologies advocate a dvocate something but also define themselves in opposition to some other things. CHAPTER OUTLINE Introduction Secularism: The Broad Definition Political Secularism Crisis for Secular States Theocracy, States States with Established Reli gions and Secula r States: A Normative Comparison An Alternative Conception: Indian Secularism Is Secularism a Christian and Western Doctrine? Conclusion Points for Discussion
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