SECULARISM, the term first used by the British writer George Holyoake in 1851. Holyoake invented the term secularism to describe his views of promoting a social order separate from religion, without actively criticizing religious belief. Secularism draws its intellectual roots from Greek and Roman philosophers such as Zeno of Citium and Marcus Aurelius . A major impact on the idea of state religious liberty came from the writings of John Locke who, in his A Letter Concerning Toleration, argued in favor of religious toleration. He argued that the government must treat all citizens and all religions equally and that it can restrict actions, but not the religious intent behind them. With the 42'nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation . Officially, secularism has always inspired modern India. In practice, unlike Western nations of secularism, India's secularism does not s...
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