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 ...

Abstract The modern human rights movement arose during a moment of unprecedented encounter between global religions in the mid-twentieth century. Yet attempts to parse historical relationship and religious thought have almost exclusively taken form case studies individual traditions. This focus on intellectual genealogies obscures fact that much doctrine emerged from interreligious contacts con...