https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to humanism en https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/07/jesus-atheists-and-agnostics-and-nones-and-everyone-else “There is absolutely nothing to stop us ‘seculars’ from following Jesus.” Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:14:37 EDT Tom Krattenmaker 8ba6e63a-599b-4d8e-9ba4-ffa7bae8f8eb https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/05/how-not-oppose-national-day-prayer Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, an annual day of observance that was formally established by Congress in 1952. The law that establishes a National Day of Prayer ( 36 U.S.C. § 119) falls under… Thu, 05 May 2016 11:40:29 EDT Andrew Aghapour c1efdae0-48ae-426b-9411-7d1f69ec1a68 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/21/you-are-spiritual-not-religious-secret-spiritual-history-choose-your-own-adventure-books The decision comes on page 8. The sound of screaming is coming from behind a locked door in a warehouse. You have to do something. What do you do? If you try to break the door down, you turn to… Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:24:48 EDT Daniel Silliman 47692974-7cca-4e95-ac2d-5e789b8aaa6d https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/24/armys-new-humanist-designation-just-semantic-hooey Religious people take note. Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:22:32 EDT Elizabeth Drescher 5b4982c7-3971-41da-8c4b-1a5c3191c319 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/there-only-one-god-and-we-dont-believe-him On being Jewish and atheist. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:30:49 EST Herb Silverman 61a12bec-6b01-4507-ada1-733585dba047 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/25/tony-perkins-atheists-cant-be-chaplains Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:50:47 EDT Chris Stedman 01910293-a337-4446-ada8-c42b032d2769 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/18/racial-politics-atheism The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:25:29 EDT Sikivu Hutchinson 90167c97-09dc-44f2-9a2b-bf59978a6108 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/24/american-infidel-robert-ingersoll-was-great-agnostic-last-gilded-age My grandfather, born to immigrants in 1878, was undoubtedly familiar with the all-but-forgotten figure of Robert Green Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” who popularized Darwin for the millions, who championed the disgraced Thomas Paine, and who kept alive the important tradition of American free thought during the last quarter of the 19th century. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:24:19 EDT Peter Laarman d6df5a20-13a8-4100-88ca-4f9e935b71ca https://religiondispatches.org/2013/03/08/eddie-izzard-atheism-transgender-and-invisible-bloke-upstairs “As soon as you say ‘non-theists,’ it’s a negative thing. We should call ourselves ‘people believers.’ We believe in the common sense and the good will of people.” Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:16:57 EST Becky Garrison 0c6383e1-1c8b-4172-9191-d5e71f77c7a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/02/gods-obituary-humanist-response-mass-murder There is no justification; there is no larger logic, no theologically exposed silver lining. This misery is all too human—the imposition of an individual’s twisted will on others with deadly consequences. Appeal to God doesn’t fix this; it doesn’t explain it. Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:06:07 EST Anthony B. Pinn 6fbe2ae0-c746-4c35-b723-a6d6786a5e01 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/30/atheists-ignore-islamophobia-their-peril There’s been a lot of talk in the American atheist movement about social justice, but why doesn’t it include justice for religious minorities like Muslims and Sikhs? Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:24:37 EDT Chris Stedman 6f059e22-94c6-4951-a22b-5b7c01002a1a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/01/can-atheist-billboards-kill-religion Billboards, rallies, biting commentary—all this is meant to deconstruct the cultural worlds framing sacred texts and ideas, and to do deep damage to the stronghold religion has on life in the United States. I’m in favor of billboards, as well as other organized efforts to advance progressive values and life-affirming ethics. Why should theists alone be allowed to present their ideas in grand ways? The anger coming from theists when confronted with the absurdity behind some of their own faith commitments shouldn’t silence non-theists, and it doesn’t require special handling by public figures. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:57 EDT Anthony B. Pinn f064c9c6-c1af-4c97-8da2-cef11bcb3414 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/04/29/social-science-animal-brooks-argues-emotion-over-reason Borrowing generously from old school humanists like Rousseau, and deploying scientific data, Brooks’ new book argues for a more heartfelt humanism. Aren’t there more interesting lessons on human life that we might cull from scientific research? Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:26:41 EDT Beatrice Marovich 29e42f5a-76df-4c27-b6e0-ab00ec98333c https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/16/hysterical-heretical-hollywood-humanism-theology-adjustment-bureau Can Matt Damon’s love trump God’s Will? Does it have to? Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:21:15 EDT Jay Michaelson 2a631845-8876-4352-bd68-7240579cf848 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/11/12/moses-mayflower-was-prophet-founding-father Author Bruce Feiler is back from “walking the Bible” and is roaming the country, tracing Moses’ footsteps. But in his eagerness to make the prophet into a unifying symbol, he misses the true complexity of the relationship between religion and the secular in America. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:39:57 EST Linell Cady 0d8b2549-26b5-48ef-90a9-4effe1aaa00b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/10/29/decomposing-humanism-why-replace-religion Humanists are right to think that there is more to life than atheism, but wrong to think that they are the ones to provide it. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:39 EDT Austin Dacey 11461deb-cd1e-4c6d-9317-85d5708c667b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/10/27/atheists-gather-burbank-humanists-response An atheist convention, attended by premier nonbelievers Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, inspires some reflections on the virtue of a positive, productive humanism, rather than the anti-theism that dominates the discourse. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:17:34 EDT Anthony B. Pinn 999d82ef-2492-4e73-b699-4e93b0805943 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/star-trek-politics-anti-matters The Star Trek franchise was famous for its utopian social vision, going boldly where no popular entertainment had gone before. But the new movie takes us back in time, to an age when political divisions were in stark black and white. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:56:54 EDT Nathan Schneider 76be0c0c-0d91-4903-b7ee-35dc8ea166c4 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/02/18/rd10q-what-black-religion William D. Hart’s new book charts the black spiritual imagination through the journeys of Malcolm X, Julius Lester, and Jan Willis. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:12:02 EST William D. Hart 31c3d095-a4d4-44a9-a5e1-6afe1b351a71