Theసెక్యులరిజం termఅనే "secularism"పదాన్ని wasమొదటిసారిగా firstబ్రిటిషు usedరచయిత by'జార్జి theహోలియోక్' [[United1846 Kingdom|British]]లో writer [[George Holyoake]] in 1846ఉపయోగించాడు.<ref>Feldman, Noah (2005). Divided by God. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pg. 113</ref> Althoughఈ theపదము term was newక్రొత్తదైననూ, the'స్వతంత్ర generalఆలోచన' notionsగా ofమరియు [[freethought]]సాధారణ onవ్యాఖ్యగా whichచరిత్రలో it was based had existed throughout [[history]]కానవస్తుంది. In particularప్రత్యేకంగా, earlyతొలి secularసెక్యులర్ ideas involving the separation ofభావాలు [[philosophyతత్వము]] andమరియు [[religionమతము]] canను beవిడిచేసి tracedచూసే backవిధము, toఅవెర్రోజ్ [[Averroes|Ibn(ఇబ్న్ Rushd]] (Averroesరుష్ద్) andతత్వములోను, theఅవెర్రోయిజం [[Averroism]]తాత్విక schoolపాఠశాలలో ofకనబడుతుంది. philosophy.<ref>Abdel Wahab El Messeri. [http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/tvtk/ch21.htm Episode 21: Ibn Rushd], ''Everything you wanted to know about Islam but was afraid to Ask'', ''Philosophia Islamica''.</ref><ref>Fauzi M. Najjar (Spring, 1996). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_n2_v18/ai_18627295/pg_13 The debate on Islam and secularism in Egypt], ''Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)''.</ref> Holyoake invented the term "secularism" to describe his views of promoting a social order separate from religion, without actively dismissing or criticizing religious belief. An [[agnostic]] himself, Holyoake argued that "Secularism is not an argument against Christianity, it is one independent of it. It does not question the pretensions of Christianity; it advances others. Secularism does not say there is no light or guidance elsewhere, but maintains that there is light and guidance in secular truth, whose conditions and sanctions exist independently, and act forever. Secular knowledge is manifestly that kind of knowledge which is founded in this life, which relates to the conduct of this life, conduces to the welfare of this life, and is capable of being tested by the experience of this life."<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13676a.htm ''Secularism''], Catholic Encyclopedia. Newadvent.org</ref>
