English Secularism

A Confession of Belief

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CONTENTS
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. OPEN THOUGHT THE FIRST STEP TO INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER II. THE QUESTION STATED
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ITS NATURE AND LIMITATION
CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER V. CONQUESTS OF INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER VI. STATIONARINESS OF CRITICISM
CHAPTER VII. THIRD STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT—SECULARISM
CHAPTER VIII. THREE PRINCIPLES VINDICATED
CHAPTER IX. HOW SECULARISM AROSE
CHAPTER X. HOW SECULARISM WAS DIFFUSED
CHAPTER XI. SECULAR INSTRUCTION DISTINCT FROM SECULARISM
CHAPTER XII. THE DISTINCTIVENESS MADE FURTHER EVIDENT
CHAPTER XIII. SELF-DEFENSIVE FOR THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XIV. REJECTED TENETS REPLACED BY BETTER
CHAPTER XV. MORALITY INDEPENDENT OF THEOLOGY
CHAPTER XVI. ETHICAL CERTITUDE
CHAPTER XVII. THE ETHICAL METHOD OF CONTROVERSY
CHAPTER XVIII. ITS DISCRIMINATION
CHAPTER XIX. APART FROM CHRISTIANISM
CHAPTER XX. SECULARISM CREATES A NEW RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER XXI. THROUGH OPPOSITION TO RECOGNITION
CHAPTER XXII. SELF-EXTENDING PRINCIPLES
SECULARIST CEREMONIES.
ON MARRIAGE.
NAMING CHILDREN.
OVER THE DEAD.