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A secular society, a religious royal wedding?
Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry this week in Westminster Abbey. Studies show that the United Kingdom is among the most secular nations in the world, with only one in 10 people attending religious services weekly, yet the great events in British life --coronations, weddings and funerals --are all held in a church. Why is it that even in the most secular societies, people turn to places of worship for their rituals?
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Religious ritual part of human nature
Even in the most secular societies, people turn to places of worship for their rituals
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the sacred places speak a universal language.
When ‘secular’ means spirituality without religion
Gandhi’s interpretation of secularlism was different in that he believed secularism is not the rejection of religion but cultivating a respect for all other religions as well as your own.
Secular rituals the honest choice
While England’s population is indeed increasingly secular, its constitution is not. The Church of England is enshrined in its national life as its established religion
Westminster Abbey’s big religious tent
Places of worship are like tent pegs, holding down the big tent of meaning as it covers the world.
William and Kate (and all of us!) seek sacred spaces
“Sacred spaces,” like Westminster Abbey, are seen by many as cloaked in great mystery.
The royal family needs religion
Even though the United Kingdom maybe a largely secular nation, the royal family still needs ritual and religion to buttress its legitimacy.
Separate church, state and royal weddings
How did a country like England, with deep Christian roots, become so secular in the first place?
The royal wedding a reach for the divine?
There is a hunger for greater seriousness in us.
Living vicariously through the royal wedding
There is some indication that while Brits do not attend church, they still evince a high level of religiousness.
Royal wedding an outdated tradition
Kings, queens, and princes aren’t what they used to be.
Church and state in England: it’s a bad marriage
One of the reasons that England has so many secularists is that it has an official “established” church, that is, the Church of England.
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