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| | Secular humanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | By the 1970s the term was embraced by humanists who, although critical of religion in its various guises, were deliberately non-religious, as opposed to anti-religious, which means that it has nothing to do with spiritual, religious, or ecclesiastical doctrines, beliefs, or power structures. | | | The term was seized upon by religious fundamentalists, often to cast humanists as anti-religious. | | | Secular humanism is distinguished from the broader category of humanism in that the secular humanist prefers free inquiry over dogmatic wisdom—upholding the scientific method for inquiry, while rejecting revealed knowledge and theistic morality, though not necessarily faith. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
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| | Humanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Other types of people that may be considered "religious humanists" are those who, despite believing in an organized religion, don't consider it necessary to derive all their moral values from that religion. | | | Many early doctrines calling themselves "humanist", were based on Protagoras's famous claim that "man is the measure of all things." In context, this asserted that people are the ultimate determiners of value and morality— not objective or absolutist codices. | | | Some people consider themselves "humanists" because their religious beliefs are moral, and therefore humane. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist
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| | What is Humanism? |
| | The definition of religion used by Religious Humanists is a functional one. | | | Humanists therefore recognize that we live in a natural universe of great size and age, that we evolved on this planet over a long period of time, that there is no compelling evidence for a separable "soul," and that human beings have certain built-in needs that effectively form the basis for any human-oriented value system. | | | Again, Secular and Religious Humanists, being in harmony with current trends, are quite comfortable with all of this, as are adherents of most major religions. |
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http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html
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| | Humanist Theology |
| | Humanist theologians insisted that the formal theology of the universities was far less valuable than a direct knowledge of the biblical text, and that the documents that supported the church's priveleges should be subjected to critical scrutiny, like any others. | | | These humanists claimed that their philological style of Biblical exegesis was modelled on the practice of the ancient Christian Fathers, whose authority should be preferred to that of modern scholastic doctors. | | | In the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, a few humanists thought they could use their skills as scholars to reanimate the church. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/c-humanism/Hum_theology.html
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| | Humanist Manifestos I & II |
| | As in 1933, humanists still believe that traditional theism, especially faith in the prayer-hearing God, assumed to live and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and to be able to do something about them, is an unproved and outmoded faith. | | | Some humanists believe we should reinterpret traditional religions and reinvest them with meanings appropriate to the current situation. | | | Free thought, atheism, agnosticism, skepticism, deism, rationalism, ethical culture, and liberal religion all claim to be heir to the humanist tradition. |
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http://www.jcn.com/manifestos.html
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| | The Humanist Way: An Introduction to Ethical Humanist Religion |
| | Humanists believe that religion has its foundation in human needs and sympathy and that religious knowledge is not different from any other kind of human knowledge. | | | The Second Humanist Manifesto of 1973, a consensus statement signed by many leading Humanists, struck a balance between those holding religious and nonreligious conceptions of Humanism by acknowledging ethical religion as consistent with the Humanist philosophy, while rejecting autocratic and dogmatic religious foundations. | | | In Ethical Culture I found a Humanist movement consisting of local societies that serve in much the same way as other religious congregations--as humanly supportive spiritual communities--with the important difference that the "gospel" in an Ethical society is belief in the spiritual sufficiency of ethical living. |
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http://www.aeu.org/ericson2.html
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| | WeddingGuideUK.com - Humanist Ceremonies |
| | The Humanist ceremony respects virtually all situations; remarriage after divorce weddings between people of different faiths or of no faith, and ceremonies allowing gay couples to declare their love and commitment to one another (although these unions are not recognised under British law). | | | Humanism is a philosophy based on a concern for humanity and the natural world, which shares many of the values of religious beliefs. | | | There are however, two exceptions to this rule, both of which involve holding the ceremony in a religious building. |
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http://www.weddingguide.co.uk/articles/ceremonies/humanist.asp
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| | HUMANISM |
| | Humanists do not generally believe in a supreme deity or deities, demons, ghosts, angels, in a supernatural world, in heaven and hell, or in a divinely ordained ethical code for humans to follow. | | | Many Humanists believe that much historical progress has arisen from the conflict between organized religion and secular society in which the former beliefs and practices have been replaced with secular beliefs. | | | Many Secular Humanists feel that the role of religion throughout history has been so profoundly negative, that the word "religion" should not be connected to their philosophy. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm
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| | British Humanist Association |
| | Humanists talking - individual humanists talk about their lives and beliefs. | | | Many people, even if they do not call themselves humanists, live their lives by the principles outlined above, and many thousands use the services of the British Humanist Association every year; organised Humanism is the tip of a very large iceberg. | | | Humanism is the belief that we can live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. |
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http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309
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| | Council of Australian Humanist Societies |
| | Thus, to reason, to be rational, to avoid being the slave of some defunct ideology or the disciple of received wisdom in whatever its form, living according to revelatory messages mediated by an anointed interpreter. | | | As Humanists we should welcome discussion, we should encourage the candid expression of views, especially critical ones based on prejudice or ignorance. | | | I was saying that one does not have to be an atheist to be a Humanist. |
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http://home.vicnet.net.au/~humanist/resources/cahs.html
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| | Annotated Webliography of Humanism |
| | Secular humanists typically describe themselves as atheist (without a belief in a god and very skeptical of the possibility) or agnostic (without a belief in a god and uncertain as to the possibility). | | | A humanist rejects that there is any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; [this is meant to imply] the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts. | | | Humanists see no convincing evidence for gods, the supernatural, or life after death. |
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~pderkx/humwebliography.html
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| | Secular Humanism - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | Not all humanists, though, want to be identified as "religious," because they understand that religion is (supposedly) not allowed in American public education. | | | Secular Humanist beliefs in the area of biology are closely tied to both their atheistic theology and their naturalist philosophy. | | | To identify Secular Humanism as a religion would eliminate the Humanists' main vehicle for the propagation of their faith. |
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http://www.christiananswers.net/q-sum/sum-r002.html
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| | Humanist Society of South Australia |
| | Humanists reject all supernatural and authoritarian beliefs, and accept that we must take responsibility for our own lives, for the community and for the world in which we live. | | | Finally we heard from Stephen Crittendon, the presenter of the ABC Religion Report who spoke on "The problem of Representing Everyone" Some wondered why he had been chosen to speak, it may have been due to an agenda item asking the ABC to run at least one program from the secularist point of view. | | | HUMANIST MANIFESTO 2000 - how to get your copy: Includes links to all aspects of The Council of Secular Humanism |
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http://www.users.on.net/rmc/hsofsa.htm
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| | creativepro.com - dot-font: Not Your Father's Sans Serif |
| | Optima is most certainly "humanist" in its spirit, and its letter forms are traditional text forms. | | | Hermann Zapf's Optima has no serifs, but its strokes are subtly curved and the underlying letter forms are traditional. | | | It's unfussy, forthright, and simple; it holds the space in a way that few serif letters do. |
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http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/17185.html
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| | Humanist Association of Toronto |
| | The Humanist Association of Toronto (HAT) is an independent, non-profit, charitable organization that promotes Secular Humanism and the separation of church and state. | | | Toward A New Enlightenment Responding to the assaults on Science, Reason, Free Inquiry, Secularism, and Humanist Values and providing New Directions. | | | [11 October 2005] - Death with Dignity: Making sense of conservative canons, Maine says no to abstinence, Silicon Valley Humanists now hiring, Gordinier vs. Rev. |
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http://www.humanist.toronto.on.ca/index.php
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| | Free Inquiry Website of Steven Schafersman |
| | Naturalistic humanism serves for many humanists some of the psychological and social functions of religion, but without belief in transcendental realms and entities, deities, miracles, life after death, and the supernatural. | | | In the absence of gods and the supernatural, how do secular humanists and freethinkers find human ideals? | | | Friends of Religious Humanism (now the HUUmanists) • Associated with both the AHA and UUA. |
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http://www.freeinquiry.com
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| | Humanist Group |
| | Members of the Humanist Group hold a variety of religious beliefs. | | | Some hold a version of secular humanism that is atheistic, and subscribe to the tenets of the Council for Secular Humanism. | | | Others understand themselves to be Christian humanists accepting a liberal interpretation of the theological framework provided by Christianity. |
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http://www.cuuf.net/programs/humanism.htm
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| | What's the Humanist Movement |
| | The humanist movement is an international organization formed by people of different ages, origins, culture and religion, united by the project to build a truly human society. | | | A society in which human rights are completely realized: the right to health, instruction, freedom, spirituality, search for the meaning of life, and an existence with dignity. |
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http://www.humanism.org
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| | Humanist weddings at Confetti.co.uk |
| | They are popular with people who have no religious affiliations, but who want to enter into a public committed marital relationship. | | | Once you have decided on a date and time, you need to do the following: | | | Because a humanist service is such a personal event, there's no reason why you can't wear whatever you want. |
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http://www.confetti.co.uk/weddings/advice_ideas/ceremony/humanist.asp
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| | HUUmanists |
| | Formerly The Friends of Religious Humanism, an affiliate organization of the the Unitarian Universalist Association, the HUUmanists was founded by Edwin H. Wilson, Lester Mondale, and others in 1962 as the "Fellowship of Religious Humanists" to advance humanism within the Unitarian-Universalist denomination and to promote religious humanism in general. | | | “To enhance, promote, practice and enjoy humanism in liberal religion, and to provide a continental organization for those who consider themselves humanists within the UUA. | | | The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. |
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http://www.americanhumanist.org/hsfamily/huumanist.html
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| | Gregory Gadow, Humanist Celebrant - Humanist Celebrants and Ceremonies |
| | Humanist Celebrants are similar to traditional clergy with one important exception: we are non-theists, and in our "clerical" work we do not invoke or refer to any type of religion, deity or mystical power. | | | Humanist ceremonies can take many different forms; they are, after all, an expression of the culture and values of the people involved. | | | In general, Humanist ceremonies emphasize love, respect and community. |
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http://www.humanist-celebrant.com/Celebrants.asp
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| | Humanist 531 BT font family : MyFonts |
| | Humanist 531 BT is a ParaType font family with 4 styles priced from $25.00. | | | Click a Purchase Options button below to view pricing and availability information for a particular group of fonts, or see purchase options for the entire family. |
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http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/humanist531-bt
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| | Gregory Gadow, Humanist Celebrant - Gregory Gadow - Humanist Celebrant |
| | Humanist ceremonies are a secular alternative to religious services. | | | If you would like to celebrate the milestones of your life in a way that is in keeping with your beliefs, you may want a humanist ceremony. | | | Freed from traditional restrictions of content and location, they can be tailored to your personal taste and family preferences. |
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http://www.humanist-celebrant.com
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| | THE GODLESS WEBSITE |
| | (From The Humanist, May-June 1986): With incompatible claims to the same intellectual territory, conflict is inevitable | | | Is the War between Science and Religion Over? | | | December 19, 2004): Why is it that humanists are afraid to be consistent? |
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| | Humanist Association of San Diego |
| | The HASD (Humanist Association of San Diego) is a progressive community of men and women seeking to diligently and intelligently promote their vision of a free and just secular government and education, scientific method, democratic institutions, and human rights. | | | When someone in the community is in trouble, many Humanists try to help out in their individual capacity and even try to help people not in their community. | | | We are dedicated to the search for meaning through reliance upon critical intelligence, reason, and the scientific method. |
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http://www.godless.org/hasd/hasd.html
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| | Principles - Humanist Association of Canada |
| | (11) Humanists affirm that individual and social problems can only be resolved by means of human reason, intelligent effort, critical thinking joined with compassion and a spirit of empathy for all living beings. | | | (12) Humanists affirm that human beings are completely a part of nature, and that our survival is dependent upon a healthy planet which provides us and all other forms of life with a life-supporting environment. | | | (5) Humanists acknowledge human interdependence, the need for mutual respect and the kinship of all humanity. |
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http://hac.humanists.net/principles.html
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| | Humanist Society: History |
| | In its tenets, they saw the promise of a genuine marriage between science and ethics that would put into action a new kind of religion and forge a new understanding of the word "religion". | | | As for any who want to know what Humanism is all about, just CLICK HERE to find out! | | | In July of 1939, a group of Quakers, after reading the 1933 Humanist Manifesto and being greatly moved by it, made the big decision to leave the Quaker movement and become part of the new Humanist movement. |
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http://www.humanist-society.org/history.htm
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| | COHE :: The Continuum of Humanist Education |
| | Jeaneane Fowler, author of several books on world religions and on humanism, provides one humanist response to these questions and more in RSP 100: Developing Human Potential Without Religion. | | | Lewis Vaughn, humanist author, editor, and philosopher, explores the boundaries in ETH 100: Sacred vs. Secular Ethics. | | | How can humanists be more effective at protecting secular government and gaining respectability for their point of view? |
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http://humanisteducation.com
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| | Humanist Organizations Outside the U.S.A. links |
| | Bible 104 - Genesis 1 through 11: Glory And Tragedy | | | The Atheist Centre was founded in 1940 by the Gora family, who were associated with Ghandi and the nationalist movement for freedom. | | | This site is maintained by the Prometheus Society of Slovakia, a Secular Humanist organization. |
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http://www.suite101.com/linkcategory.cfm/15225/24562
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| | Humanist Society: FAQs |
| | These references will ideally come from fellow Humanists, community leaders, long-time collegues, any one who can attest to your ability to serve in this compacity. | | | Since a Humanist Celebrant need not be a psychological counselor, it is appropriate for persons who are well aware of their own limitations and who are knowledgeable about their community resources to apply to the Division for a Certification. | | | The Humanist Celebrant is expected to be a warm person who cares about others, is empathetic, able to listen well, and capable of assisting people in their search for answers - or further questions. |
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http://www.humanist-society.org/FAQ.html
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| | British Humanist Association |
| | The BHA devotes much of its time to campaigning and lobbying on behalf of everyone who considers themselves to be a humanist or holds similar views — in fact, anyone who tries to lead a moral or ethical life and makes decisions on the evidence rather than on the basis of religious doctrines. | | | These are non-religious ceremonies, sometimes also known as civil ceremonies. | | | those interested in a humanist wedding/gay affirmation, baby naming or funeral ceremony. |
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| | The Humanist Society - Welcome! |
| | More than just discussion groups, Humanist communities will address the full needs of their nontheistic members — much like a congregation. | | | The Humanist Society applies Humanism to daily life through a unique celebrant program, education, and community involvement. | | | Humanist Celebrants conduct Humanist, nonreligious, and interreligious weddings, memorials, baby naming, and other life-cycle ceremonies. |
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| | Humanist Society of Scotland |
| | The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS) exists to promote Secular Humanism - an ethical life stance which asserts that we can lead good lives without religion or superstition - and to represent those who adopt this progressive philosophy. | | | The Society is active in many fields in its aim for a better secular world. | | | Membership of the HSS is open to all those who share our secular Humanist life stance and support our aims. |
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http://www.humanism-scotland.org.uk
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| | Welcome to the Center for Inquiry-West |
| | The conference will include special sessions convening members of the International Academy of Humanism, the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, and the Institute for the Secularization of Islamic Societies. | | | An exciting line-up of events has been developed with engaging presentations, entertainment, and other activities exclusively created for skeptics and secular humanists. | | | To learn more about who we are, and the services we offer our surrounding communities, please visit the links on the navigation bar of our web site or contact us at info@cfiwest.org. |
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| | Council for Secular Humanism |
| | Championing the Rights and Beliefs of Secular Humanists | | | Regular regional and national conferences bring secular humanists together to exchange ideas and explore topical issues. | | | The Council for Secular Humanism supports local groups (both off-campus and on-campus) that provide a forum for ideas and a base for activities. |
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| | Welcome to HSGP |
| | To learn more about the important work of these dedicated people, click on this link to their web site. | | | ACTIVITIES throughout the year include networking and socializing with other Humanist groups; reading and discussing Humanistically-themed books; observing celebrations such as Darwin Day and HumanLight, and viewing Humanist movies and plays. | | | Our meetings are free and open to anyone who is interested in learning more about Humanism. |
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| | Humanist: Humanist resources - Calendar |
| | * The Humanist Community Temple--A Western Heritage Institution Douglas S. Bermann, founder 403-A Lenox Avenue South Orange, NJ 07079-1411 Logical next step (I mean to say, post-monotheistic) cultivation/congregation. | | | This section is for humanistic organizations, products, and services. | | | The Humanist reserves the right to reject any copy for whatever reason and to edit all copy to fit the format. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_6_62/ai_94226977
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| | Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Humanism |
| | Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Humanism | | | Humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews - A research programme of the University for Humanistics (Universiteit voor Humanistiek) at Utrecht in the Netherlands. | | | Includes a PDF version of the 8th edition of his book, Philosophy of Humanism. |
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http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Humanism
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| | Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association - Home Page |
| | In contrast to most religions, including Christianity, Orthodox Judaism and Islam, which derive their morality from ancient 'holy' books, modern secular humanism takes an enlightened, rational approach to homosexuality, accepts the validity of lesbian and gay lifestyles, and gives unequivocal support to lesbian and gay rights. | | | RECENT: Gay Humanists Welcome Home Secretary's Stance on Islamic Extremists | | | GALHA provides a voice for the many non-religious in the lesbian and gay community in the United Kingdom and elsewhere and promotes a rational humanist approach to homosexuality and to lesbian, gay and bisexual rights as human rights. |
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http://www.galha.org
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| | Humanist Art Review |
| | The World Trade Center Debate - 2 Contributions: | | | Arriving at a consensus on that message will take some time, probably too long for the WTC site to benefit from it, but in the end cities generally will be better for it. | | | No Surprises :: Will a Humanist Approach Help? |
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http://www.humanistart.net/features/wtc/surprises.htm
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| | Copyright ©© 2003-2005 Library of the University for Humanistics. | | | The periodicals are available in the Library of the University for Humanistics, but we don’t have a copyservice. | | | At the beginning of the text of the contents page you will find a hyperlink to the website of the editors of the periodical. |
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http://www.uvh.nl/mag.asp?versie=eng&hId=sub94
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| | Society for Humanistic Judaism - Home Page |
| | Humanistic Jews value their Jewish identity and the aspects of Jewish culture that offer a genuine expression of their contemporary way of life. | | | The Society for Humanistic Judaism was organized in 1969. | | | Humanistic Judaism embraces a human-centered philosophy that combines the celebration of Jewish culture and identity with an adherence to humanistic values and ideas. |
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http://www.shj.org
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| | Genesis of A Humanist Manifesto - Table of Contents |
| | The Genesis of a Humanist Manifesto is therefore a chronicle of American humanism through the first half of the twentieth century, told by one of the people most responsible for its historic unfoldment. | | | This book may be downloaded for personal use only. | | | To tell the story of the document that crystallized the principles and ideals of contemporary humanism is to tell the story of the origins of the humanist movement itself. |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/edwin_wilson/manifesto/index.shtml
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| | the humanistic orientation to learning @ the informal education homepage |
| | Humanistic psychology& positive view of people and their ability to control their own destiny, and the seemingly unlimited possibilities for individual development provided some hope for educators. | | | His passion for education that engaged with the whole person and with their experiences; for learning that combines the logical and intuitive, the intellect and feelings; found a ready audience. | | | Smith, M. (1999) 'The humanistic to learning', the encyclopedia of informal education, www.infed.org/biblio/learning-humanistic.htm, |
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http://www.infed.org/biblio/learning-humanistic.htm
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| | The Humanist: About Us |
| | He was a creator of the Creation/Evolution journal, the only publication dedicated to answering the pseudoscientific, philosophical, educational, and legal arguments of creationists, and served as its editor for eleven years. | | | The AHA is a founding member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. | | | The American Humanist Association, is a membership organization established in 1941 as successor to the Humanist Press Association, which was established in 1935, which was itself successor to the Humanist Fellowship organized at the University of Chicago in 1927. |
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| | The Protestant Reformation and Humanism met in the translation of the English Bible. | | | Castiglione and Elyot's works contribute to the growing tradition of the courtesy book, a form which flowered in the Renaissance. | | | He was concerned with educating a class of individuals who would help improve English society in all ways and who would perform their duties as servants to their country. |
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http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/renmats/humanists.htm
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| | Humanist Movement Homepage/ Glasgow |
| | Introduction to New Humanism and the Humanist Movement. | | | There are others out there who're trying to change the world. | | | SPECIAL HUMAN RIGHTS EDITION to mark the 50th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| | New Humanist |
| | New Humanist is published bi-monthly by the Rationalist Press Association, which also publishes books, the two most recent are: Humanism Today by Jim Herrick and A History of the RPA by Bill Cooke. | | | During that time New Humanist has distinguished itself as a world leader in supporting and promoting humanism and rational inquiry and opposing religious dogma, irrationalism and bunkum wherever it is found. | | | John Metcalf, New Humanist's Business Manager, is also a County Councillor in Hertfordshire and travels to most places by bicycle. |
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http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/base_comments.php?id=7_0_4_0_C
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| | Humanist Texts |
| | It is no surprise that Aldus Manutius--himself a scholar of Latin and Greek who apparently received a humanist education, and who was the admirer and friend of both scholars and poets--should have taken up the publication of humanist authors right from the beginning of his career. | | | This output came nowhere near the number of ancient texts published; but nevertheless, the variety of humanist works put forth by the Aldine Press is considerable. | | | He and his successors produced a steady stream of works not only by contemporaries such as Pietro Bembo and Erasmus, but by humanists of earlier generations, including the already "classic" work of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. |
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