Part one of term paper
The word is derived from the Latin word saeculum(world) it was first used to refer the transfer of property from the church to the civil princes. Now it denotes the process by which religion loses some or all of its power, dominance and authority. as a concept refers to the actual historical process whereby this dualist system “ this ...

Part two of term paper
... “the religious” and “the secular” has to be distinguished and kept separate. From now on, there will be only one single “this world”, the secular one, within which religion will have to find its own place. If before, it was the religious realm which appeared to be the all-encompassing reality within which the secular realm found its proper place, now the secular sphere will be the all-encompassing within which religious sphere will have to adapt. There are sever ...