Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles and longer works defining humanism. Each proclaims a different emphasis highlighting various aspects of what is valued by humanists. Some declare humanism to be…
In 2023, celebrating the AHA Center for Education's 5th Anniversary, we focused on one of the Ten Commitments each month. For November we explored Global Awareness. Travelers and tourists have earned a bad reputation, and…
In 2023, celebrating the AHA Center for Education's 5th Anniversary, we focused on one of the Ten Commitments each month. For October we explored Humility. Humility is often considered an antiquated virtue. However, modern psychological…
How did the West get from religious freedom of choice to compulsion? How did religious ideology go from loving friendship to violent persecution? How could murder in the name of God — an act virtually…
In 2023, celebrating the AHA Center for Education's 5th Anniversary, we focused on one of the Ten Commitments each month. For June we explored Responsibility. Celebrate World Humanist Day on June 21 with Sarah Bakewell,…
Nonbelievers are often at a loss when searching for resources on how to get through the mourning process. In this talk, Candace Gorham recounts her personal and professional experiences with grief and loss then shares…
In recent years, effort has been made to dismantle white privilege and better represent a diverse range of voices within the humanist movement. In this talk, Pinn poses and aims to explore a set of…
How do we get to be the way we are? Is our behavior largely determined by our environment and how we grew up? Or do we mostly inherit our tendencies from our parents? Philosophers and…
Religious privilege has, and continues to, shape the discourse about public policies in the United States. Too often this imposes on the civil and human rights of people of color, religious minorities, nonreligious groups, and…
As humanists become increasingly diverse the importance of our awareness of our history grows. Everyone across the world has a place in humanistic history and thought, but how do we go about finding that place?…
Celebrate World Humanist Day on June 21! Why did iconic author Kurt Vonnegut describe himself as a “Christ-worshiping agnostic”? Find out in this presentation about the new Humanist Press book Behaving Decently: Kurt Vonnegut’s Humanism. Author Wayne…
