👉 Anticlericalism is a political ideology that promotes the idea of secularism, or the belief in the existence and sovereignty of God as the ultimate authority over all matters. This view asserts that human beings have no divine right to rule over others, and that governments should be based on reason and individual rights rather than religious authority. In other words, it is a form of atheism that views religion as a social construct and does not believe in any form of divine or spiritual being. It is