A Pakistani man who received death threats from his Islamic family for becoming a humanist has been granted asylum in the UK after the Government overturned its controversial dismissal of his case.

(RNS) — Ethical humanist leader Anne Klaeysen on what people of any faith or no faith can take from the Christmas story and how the holidays can unite the country. (RNS) — The war on Christmas is over ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m not referring to the vital work you do to keep your university running by teaching classes, advising students and supporting faculty research. But in the academic sector, where the humanities are ...

I feel like Kramnick … falls prey to a lure, which is this emphasis on “knowledge” and “knowing,” as opposed to other categories that are pretty fundamental and inextricable to our method: evaluation, ...

Like most people, you’ve probably been asking yourself lately, “What is it that humanists do?” Help — of a sort — is on the way. The winter issue of Daedalus ($13), the quarterly journal of the ...

“Religion ceased to be a significant factor … between the First and Second World Wars.” Humanism raises this self-confident shout of victory in “Religions of the Future,” an essay by Tolbert H.

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 ...