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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The separation of religious institutions and the state, with equal treatment for religious and non-religious people.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 4.3, 4.4, 4.1 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The principle that government should be independent of religious control and treat religious and non-religious people fairly.
The principle that the state should not impose religion or unfairly favour religious over non-religious beliefs.
Do not assume that respecting other believers means accepting their beliefs as true, or that all Christians have the same view of secularism.
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The position that religious and state institutions should be separate, with freedom of belief and equal treatment for religious and non-religious people.
The separation of the state from religious institutions, intended to protect freedom of belief and equal treatment.
