Hi, Sam -
It's hard to discuss the matter too deeply until we agree on a definition of "secular society" and non-secular society."

I guess you could say that a non-secular or religious society is one where the primary authority is religious. Now that the Taliban no longer rule in Afghanistan, I suppose the best-known non-secular nation is Iran, where religious leaders have authority over the government. Other Islamic nations are also non-secular, but perhaps to a lesser degree. In Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries, criminal law and punishment is dictated by religious belief. For example, thieves are sometimes punished by amputation of a hand. In other nations, Ireland and Israel for example, there is a primary religion that exercises strong influence on goverment at times - but the goverment is not actually directed by the religious groups. Other countries have official religions - Orthodox Christians in Greece and Russia, for example - but the religions and the governments don't always control one another.

The U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and most other nations are secular societies. Most tolerate religion and may have one religious group that is predominant, but there are no official ties between religion and government.

I hope that gives you a start - but you need to get a firm definition of terms or you might end up barking up the wrong tree.

Good luck.

-Joe Offer-