LAW AND RELIGION

Law and religion

Law and religion

Introduction

The contemporary world is facing a disengagement of religious views from the secular, which causes to weigh down a thorough discussion in this issue. The religion was once being in the shades by the secular during the times of Western world. The secular realm paved the way for setting free legal, political and the educational dimensions of the life of people that they were forced to live with. This realm of secular completely overshadowed the dimensions of the religious thoughts and beliefs. The religious dominance came to a drastic end due to the rise of secular realm. Today, we live in the society where the religious freedom is being guaranteed by that of the secular constitutions.

This drastic divergence from the old school thoughts has been largely seen during the times of World War II. This was the time when the secularization progressed in the entire West region of the world, especially in Europe. The change was so drastic that it was called as axiomatic. The secularization though had some rival systems including economic systems of communism and capitalism, and political systems of totalitarianism and liberal democracy. However, the beliefs of secularization was also supported and shared by these rival economic and political systems. Liberal democracy was witnessing the religion as the private affair, because it was turning more towards the appreciation of music and arts rather than the actual norms and beliefs that it carried for so long. The general intellectual environment, during the mid of the last century, was also seeing the religion getting out of the way from the society.

Discussion

This paper will be discussing about both the realms from the modern law with respect to religion. It will also highlight about how the religion is different from that of secularism. In addition to that, it will also draw attention towards the evolution of secularism in the modern age and also how it affects the various civilizations of this contemporary world with respect to law and order. Lastly, the paper will also include the annotated bibliography of at least six scholarly journal articles to be based on the topic of secularism and religion.

Religion and law are two ways of interaction with that which transcends the individual human being. With the former, since the first ape took consciousness of their vulnerability, they tried to send messages of sympathy supposed superior beings; they had, perforce, to possess the solution to all the secrets and mysteries surrounding them. With the second, seeking to better organize their lives to defend the immediate dangers, and benefit from the joint strength and intelligence.

Origin of State and law

The actual meaning of the term secular is 'without religion'. Non-religious people are most commonly known for living their life with this phenomenon. The secular governments act on the humanistic and rational approaches towards running the system. All of the democratic countries are considered to have secular as their norm, since they belief in the freedom of speech and expression of one's ...