Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...

What came to be known in the last century as “humanism” was, in reality, nothing new. It actually has an ancient lineage. Indeed, since the human race first appeared, there have basically been only ...

One of the quirks of book publishing is that a finished manuscript can sit around for nearly a year before it finally appears in hardcover. For most authors, this long liminal existence is a source of ...

A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their "defining statement of World Humanism." Though they explicitly state that the statement "is not a creed," it is -- and it serves ...

Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...

A NATIONALITY is — well, what ? No one really knows. The scholars, of course, dispute ABOUT it endlessly. What makes a nation? How can you identify it? What factors comprise it? My own guess, ...

For several years afterwards, this volume was the only widely circulated book on socialism in the US. It comprised essays by some thirty-five noted intellectuals, among them over a dozen from within ...