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title: "What is secularism?"
date: "2026-03-16T13:36:24+00:00"
modified: "2026-03-16T13:36:24+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_information/what-is-secularism/"
post_id: 5394
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# What is secularism?

Humanists UK’s Director of Human Rights and Advocacy, Richy Thompson, explains what secularism is and some secularist areas of campaigning