Secularism

Secularism and Pluralism: Two Movements for Equality

Posted on September 5, 2013September 4, 2013 by Esther Boyd

As a humanist working in multifaith education, I sometimes feel tension between secularism and pluralism. Much of the new atheist movement is aimed at instituting and enforcing secularism in our commu... Read More

Francois Hollande: The Candidate for Change? Not for French Muslims

Posted on May 9, 2012May 8, 2012 by Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Last Wednesday night’s presidential debate saw Socialist hopeful Francois Hollande pitted against ‎incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy on key points of the political agenda including nuclear �... Read More

Privilege vs. Pluralism: On A.C. Grayling’s New College of the Humanities

Posted on June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by Ian Burzynski

Prominent atheist A.C. Grayling and some other well-known academics (including Richard Dawkins) have recently announced plans to set up a private college in London called the New College of the Humani... Read More

When You Just Shouldn’t Say Anything: Sam Harris and the Qur’an

Posted on March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 by Joshua Oxley

I try to be as generous as possible. I try to listen first, think things through, give others the benefit of the doubt. But when someone says something so ignorant, so poorly thought-out, and so disho... Read More

An Atheist and William Connolly

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Kile Jones

William E. Connolly’s Why I Am Not a Secularist (1999) has been hailed a landmark contribution to the study of secularism and modern society. In it Connolly argues for a “refashioning” of secu... Read More

A Humanist Resolution to Overcome the Faith Gap

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Chris Stedman

This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post Religion. It may be mid-January, but I’m still thinking of Christmas. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve just might be my fa... Read More

Time to Stop Rewarding the Dehumanizing Rhetoric

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Chris Stedman

This post originally appeared in the Washington Post’s On Faith. In the wake of this national tragedy, many have speculated about whether violent rhetoric and imagery used by Sarah Palin and oth... Read More

Reasonful Meditation, or “I Suck at Breathing!”

Posted on January 5, 2011 by James Croft

First it’s the sound of my breath entering my nose, a slight whistle created by my stuffed-up nostrils. Then it’s the cars rumbling outside, the vibrations passing through the window and catching ... Read More