Download or read book A Short History of Secularism written by Graeme Smith and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to call Western society 'secular'? What is secularism? The author offers a radical reappraisal of the notion of secularism and its history, beginning with the Greeks and proceeding to modernity and the contemporary period.