This page groups denominations by whether a state has adopted one as its official religious body. Wikipedia notes that some countries "define themselves in religious terms, such as The Islamic Republic of Iran," conditions under which a single denomination or school can carry formal state backing. Browsing by establishment status lets a visitor separate an officially established denomination from one with no such standing.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingThe organised bodies of secular humanism: a life-stance grounded in reason, evidence and human dignity without appeal to the supernatural, differing from bare unbelief in being a positive programme with ethical commitments, communities and, in places, state-recognised ceremonies. 2 Learn More
Organisations of secular humanism
This small group gathers organised expressions of secular humanism, a non-religious worldview grounded in reason, ethics and human dignity without reference to the supernatural. It appears in the atlas as a coherent life-stance that answers many of the same questions religions do.
The browser will find the humanist and ethical organisations that give the movement institutional form. The entries describe their principles and history, treating humanism as a considered worldview rather than merely the absence of religion.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Handbook of Atheism
Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2013
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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