We see this in our politics. Our nation's founders established freedom of religion and in our governing documents made it clear that no one church could be established as the state church. Unlike the European nations, they did not want churches to be state sanctioned and supported with taxes by the government. Instead all churches, all religions were to treated equally, respected and unfettered by government intervention. Now a secular mind set has evolved that re-interprets our precious freedom of religion to mean freedom from religion.
Spirituality is divorced from public life.
Politicians are encouraged to govern without reference to the spiritual values that shape their lives. This secularism is much deeper than our politics. It is the result of a radical shift in world view that began to emerge about 300 years ago. With the coming of the Enlightenment and the dawn of scientific inquiry, humans began to see themselves as the center of all things. God was pushed to the edge of life.