More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #10: Secular
Humanism |
Human Nature (from online encyclopedia) |
Existentialism
(from online encyclopedia) |
Secular Ethics (from online encyclopedia) |
Religious
Humanism (from online encyclopedia) |
Irreligion
(from online encyclopedia) |
Freethought
(from online encyclopedia) |
Tolerance
(from online encyclopedia) |
Worldview Watch issue #43, posted
3/14/2015: Celebrating Each Day: Pi, St. Patrick,
Uncle John and Uncle Albert |
Definitions
of Humanism. (from American Humanist Association) |
The
Humanist Institute |
Secular
Humanism (links to many articles) |
The
Secular Web (a non-profit promising "a drop of reason in a pool
of confusion") |
Unitarian
Universalist (UU) Principles |
National
Secular Society (British group) |
Council
for Secular Humanism |
Freedom
from Religion Foundation (protecting the constitutional principle of
separation of church & state) |
The
Opposite of Hate by Sally Kohn – A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity (more
about this 2018 book from Amazon) |
"In
‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself"
by M. Kakutani (June 19 2017 NY Times book review) |
Homo
Sapiens—A Brief History of Humankind
by Y. Harari (book review by Galen Strawson on The
Guardian September 11 2014) |
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
(Mar 16 2012 NY Times book review by David Brooks of this book) |
The
Good Book: A Humanist Bible by A.C. Grayling (book review by Marjorie
Kehe in April 15 2011 CSM) |
The Portable Atheist ed. by Christopher Hitchens
(read excerpts of this 2007 book at Google Books) |
Beyond
Reductionism: Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kauffman (2006 essay by
systems biology scientist, posted on The Edge website) |
Freethinkers:
A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby (read
excerpts of 2005 book at Google Books) |
The
Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World, by Owen J. Flanagan
(more about this 2007 book) |
Humanist
Manifestos I & II |
Progressive
Humanism (website promises "a new approach to humanist
philosophy") |
Civic
Humanism |
Core
Principles of Secular Humanism, by V. Gunasekara (12 fundamental
principles stated and examined) |
Secular
Humanism -- A Survey, by Stephen Weldon |
Humanist
Association of Canada |
British
Humanist Association |
Humanism
and New Age Thinking (links to many articles related to this topic) |
Ten Classics in Humanist Cinema
by Nick Farrantello (from The Humanist July 2011) |
The
Human Condition, by Kenneth Collier (2007 essay from UU
perspective) |
The
Virtues of Asian Humanism, by Nick Gier |
A
Christian Critique of the book Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism by
Paul Kurtz |
Secular
Humanism (an anti-humanistic, Biblical perspective) |
"Religion
and Politics: Preach to Me" (report on USA polling research from The
Economist Oct 25 2014) |
"Human
Body Distinguishes Between 'Hedonic' and 'Eudaimonic' Happiness on
Molecular Level" by Tamara Kemsley (July 30 2013 report) |
"Religion in Public Life--Reading Dawkins in a
Cabin" (article re atheists' complaints about free Bibles, in The
Economist June 1 2013) |
"The
Blessings of Atheism" by Susan Jacoby (oped piece in NY Times
Jan 5 2013) |
"Deepak
Chopra's God 2.0" by Michael Shermer (blasting New Age quantum
flapdoodle rendition of God) |
"Are
Spiritual Encounters All in Your Head? by Barbara Hagerty (part of
five part series on NPR, May 2009) |
Evolution,
Religion, Schizophrenia, and the Schizotypal Personality (90
minute lecture by Stanford's Robert Sapolsky) |
Science,
Psychology, and Spirituality by Khalid Sohail (2006
article) |
The
God Who Wasn't There (website for 2005 documentary film written by
Brian Flemming) |
The
End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason, by Sam Harris (read
portions on Google books) |
The
God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (book review of 2006 book) |
The
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason |
God
is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens (excerpts
from this 2007 book) |
Irreligion,
by John Allen Paulos (book in which "a
mathematician explains why the arguments for God just don't add up") |
Atheist
Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam by Michael Onfray
(read excerpts at Google Books) |
"Sunday
School for Atheists," by Jennie L. St. John (article in Time
December 3 2007) |
Atheist
Universe by David Mills (author's website for this book) |
answers
to "Why I am a Secular Humanist?" by several prominent people |
Reason
and Reverence, by William R. Murry (excerpt from book promoting
humanistic religious naturalism) |
quotes
related to humanity |
quotes
related to humility |
quotes
about human nature |