secularreligious
Secularreligious is a neologism used to describe a mode of life, organization, or discourse that blends secular, worldly frameworks with religiously inflected meaning, ritual, or obligation. It refers to phenomena where religious sensibilities persist or emerge within settings that are not formally religious, or where secular institutions adopt or adapt religious forms without confessional commitment.
Usage and contexts: The term appears in sociological and cultural analyses of modern societies, where public
Relation to secularism and religiosity: Secularreligious is distinct from secularism (which emphasizes separation of church and
Criticism and debates: Critics argue that secularreligious blurs boundaries, risking instrumentalization of religious symbols for political
See also: civil religion, secularism, religious pluralism, secular spirituality.