The proliferation of secular religions

The term ‘secular religion’ first appeared in the description of modern totalitarian ideologies but soon became a general category applied to other political, socio-economic and cultural phenomena. problem with this approach is inherent contradiction term, since ‘secular’ by all definitions means ‘non-religious’, making secular religion something like ‘nonreligious religion’. second wide range examples from communism liberalism, capitalism ecology, or transhumanism social media, which suggests that some creativity almost anything can be described as religious at same time. part paper deals terminological difficulties, while outlines history drawing secular-religious analogies, concluding ultimate failure give coherent narrative religions rooted impossibility giving an adequate definition place.