English Secularism
by George Jacob Holyoake
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About this eBook
- Author
- Holyoake, George Jacob, 1817-1906
- Title
- English Secularism: A Confession of Belief
- Credits
- Produced by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
- Subject
- Secularism
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38104
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38104
- Release Date
- November 22, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ENGLISH SECULARISM
- 2.A CONFESSION OF BELIEF
- 3.By George Jacob Holyoake — 1896
- 4.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
- 5.PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
- 6.CHAPTER I. OPEN THOUGHT THE FIRST STEP TO INTELLIGENCE
- 7.CHAPTER II. THE QUESTION STATED
- 8.CHAPTER III. THE FIRST STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ITS NATURE AND LIMITATION
- 9.CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ENTERPRISE
- 10.CHAPTER V. CONQUESTS OF INVESTIGATION
- 11.CHAPTER VI. STATIONARINESS OF CRITICISM
- 12.CHAPTER VII. THIRD STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT—SECULARISM
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. THREE PRINCIPLES VINDICATED
- 14.CHAPTER IX. HOW SECULARISM AROSE
- 15.CHAPTER X. HOW SECULARISM WAS DIFFUSED
- 16.CHAPTER XI. SECULAR INSTRUCTION DISTINCT FROM SECULARISM
- 17.CHAPTER XII. THE DISTINCTIVENESS MADE FURTHER EVIDENT.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII. SELF-DEFENSIVE FOR THE PEOPLE
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. REJECTED TENETS REPLACED BY BETTER
- 20.CHAPTER XV. MORALITY INDEPENDENT OF THEOLOGY
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. ETHICAL CERTITUDE
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE ETHICAL METHOD OF CONTROVERSY
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. ITS DISCRIMINATION
- 24.CHAPTER XIX. APART FROM CHRISTIANISM
- 25.CHAPTER XX. SECULARISM CREATES A NEW RESPONSIBILITY
- 26.CHAPTER XXI. THROUGH OPPOSITION TO RECOGNITION
- 27.CHAPTER XXII. SELF-EXTENDING PRINCIPLES
- 28.SECULARIST CEREMONIES.
- 29.ON MARRIAGE.
- 30.NAMING CHILDREN.
- 31.OVER THE DEAD. — I.——READING AT A GRAVE.
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