What is Secular Humanism?

What is Secular Humanism?
Author: Paul Kurtz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Humanism
ISBN: 9781591024996

Philosopher Paul Kurtz describes the many ways in which secular humanism's scientific, philosophical, and ethical outlook has exerted a profound influence on civilization from the ancient world to the present.

Secularism

Secularism
Author: Andrew Copson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2017
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198809131

What is secularism? -- Secularism in Western societies -- Secularism diversifies -- The case for Secularism -- The case against Secularism -- Conceptions of Secularism -- Hard questions and new conflicts -- Afterword: the future of Secularism

Theism and Humanism

Theism and Humanism
Author: Arthur James Balfour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1915
Genre: Humanism
ISBN:

Secularism and Religion in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Secularism and Religion in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Author: Todd H. Weir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107041562

This book explores the culture, politics, and ideas of the nineteenth-century German secularist movements of Free Religion, Freethought, Ethical Culture, and Monism. In it, Todd H. Weir argues that although secularists challenged church establishment and conservative orthodoxy, they were subjected to the forces of religious competition.

Humanist Manifestos I and II

Humanist Manifestos I and II
Author: Paul Kurtz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN:

Outlines a philosophy of survival, giving humanist views on religion ethics, the meaning of life, civil liberties, democracy - A plea for building a world community.

Everybody Is Wrong About God

Everybody Is Wrong About God
Author: James A. Lindsay
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1634310381

A call to action to address people's psychological and social motives for a belief in God, rather than debate the existence of God With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. Thus, engaging in interminable debate with religious believers about the existence of God has become exactly the wrong way for nonbelievers to try to deal with misguided—and often dangerous—belief in a higher power. The key, author James Lindsay argues, is to stop that particular conversation. He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in "God," they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action. Once nonbelievers understand this simple point, and drop the very label of atheist, will they be able to change the way we all think about, talk about, and act upon the troublesome notion called "God."

Judaism Beyond God

Judaism Beyond God
Author: Sherwin Wine
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-03-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781941718032

Judaism Beyond God presents an innovative secular and humanistic alternative for Jewish identity. It provides new answers to old questions about the essence of Jewish identity, the real meaning of Jewish history, the significance of the Jewish personality, and the nature of Jewish ethics. It also describes a radical and creative way to be Jewish - new ways to celebrate Jewish holidays and life cycle events, a welcoming approach to intermarriage and joining the Jewish people, and meaningful paths to strengthen Jewish identity in a secular age.

Does Human Rights Need God?

Does Human Rights Need God?
Author: Elizabeth M. Bucar
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2005-08-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780802829054

When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted in 1945, French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain observed, "We agree on these rights, providing we are not asked why. With the 'why,' the dispute begins." The world since then has continued to agree to disagree, fearing that an open discussion of the divergent rationales for human rights would undermine the consensus of the Declaration. Is it possible, however, that current failures to protect human rights may stem from this tacit agreement to avoid addressing the underpinnings of human rights? This consequential volume presents leading scholars, activists, and officials from four continents who dare to discuss the "why" behind human rights. Appraising the current situation from diverse religious perspectives -- Jewish, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Confucian, and secular humanist -- the contributors openly address the question whether God is a necessary part of human rights. Despite their widely varying commitments and approaches, the authors affirm that an investigation into the "why" of human rights need not devolve into irreconcilable conflict. Contributors: Khaled Abou El Fadl Barbra Barnett Elizabeth M. Bucar Jean Bethke Elshtain Robert P. George Vigen Guroian Louis Henkin Courtney W. Howland David Novak Sari Nusseibeh Martin Palouš Robert A. Seiple Max L. Stackhouse Charles Villa-Vicencio Anthony C. Yu