Agama sekuler

Agama sekuler adalah sebuah sistem kepercayaan komunal yang biasanya menolak atau menelantarkan aspek-aspek metafisika supranatural, biasanya diasosiasikan dengan agama tradisional, alih-alih menempatkan kualitas agama yang khas dalam unsur-unsur duniawi. Beberapa sistem yang dikarakterisasikan sebagai agama sekuler adalah kapitalisme, nasionalisme, nazisme, fasisme, komunisme, Maoisme, Juche, progresivisme, transhumanisme, Agama Kemanusiaan, Jacobinisme serta Kultus Akal Budi dan Kultus Sosok Tertinggi yang berkembang setelah Revolusi Prancis.

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