Humanism and Pop Culture Pop culture is massive. If you were to add up all the TV shows, comics, podcasts, pop music, sporting events, video games, movies, books, and memes that make up pop culture…
Humanism and Pop Culture

Humanism and Pop Culture Pop culture is massive. If you were to add up all the TV shows, comics, podcasts, pop music, sporting events, video games, movies, books, and memes that make up pop culture…
Inside of humanist circles, humanists often regard ourselves as progressive, forward-thinking, logic and science oriented, and concerned with finding equitable and pragmatic solutions to the many challenges humans face globally. Outside of humanist circles, perceptions…
This course introduces many of the developing best practices for raising children without religion. Areas explored include moral development, worldview literacy, influencing without indoctrinating, dealing effectively with religious extended family, understanding mortality, and helping children…
This courses introduces students to the varieties of humanisms in hip-hop culture and asks the question, “What can hip-hop teach humanists about the evolving nature and dimensions of humanism among marginal communities today?” Topics of…
In my book Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars, I argue that the literature on secularism and gender does not capture the experiences of women of color negotiating racism, sexism, and poverty in historically…
The Right to Die – also commonly known as Death with Dignity – refers to the legal right to determine the circumstances of one’s own death. Questions about the details of those circumstances are a…
The role of the Celebrant is to be there for people during life’s passages. Baby naming ceremonies and weddings are usually happy occasions. Dying is sometimes not a happy passage of life. For this reason,…
Birth, marriage, death. Celebrants are asked to assist at life’s big transitions. Celebrating a child or a marriage tend to be light, happy occasions, despite the anxieties and stresses of planning. The death of a…
A wedding ceremony brings together many cultural influences, family dynamics, and emotional expectations, as well as logistical challenges. A Celebrant who intends to be helpful to a couple and their families and community as they…