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Why Baseball is like Humanism

August 4, 2016by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

By Tarikul Islam (New York University) This past semester I audited a popular NYU class called Baseball as a Road to God. The course used classic literatures to connect baseball […]

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Religion & Secularism

Neo-humanism and PROUT: Alternative Pedagogy

May 31, 2016by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

by Milly Sil, Rutgers University Neohumanism will give new inspiration and provide a new interpretation for the very concept of human existence. It will help people understand that human beings, […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Religion & Secularism

Humanism as a Way of Life: Lalon Fakir & the Baul Tradition of Bengal

February 10, 2016by Guest Contributor 8 Comments

By Milly Sil At Rutgers University India is a country possessing rich cultural heritage and folk music has been an integral part of her culture. However, the folk singers of […]

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Art & Literature, Religion & Secularism

Television to the Rescue: Secularism, Islam, and TV in Modern Bangladesh

November 3, 2015by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

By Tarikul Islam (New York University) I love watching movies – I know, a shocker, right? Recently, I found out that a Bangladeshi film closed at the prestigious Busan International […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Religion & Secularism

The Sacred & the Secular: Common Ground is Worth Finding

September 22, 2015by Guest Contributor Leave a comment

By Barry Klassel Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University Despite an ingrained skepticism – and even revulsion – on the part of some at the thought of dialogue across the sacred/secular divide, there […]

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Blog News & Events, Religion & Secularism

The Excesses of Anti-Eurocentrism

March 31, 2015by Guest Contributor Leave a comment

It may seem trivial to point out that criticism of the Western tradition has become an accepted part of our discourse. Up until a few decades ago, however, Eurocentrism—the idea […]

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Politics & Culture

The Only Thing We Have to Fear

March 24, 2015by Guest Contributor Leave a comment

By Alex Abbott American University The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Three Muslim students murdered in Chapel Hill. Activist Raif Badawi imprisoned […]

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Politics & Culture

The Top Three Political Battles Facing the Secular Movement This Year

February 24, 2015by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

With the religious rights’ stranglehold on the Republican Party, the results of the mid-term elections left few friends of secularism in Congress. The so-called “party of no” got straight to […]

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Politics & Culture, Religion & Secularism

Confessions of a Disoriented Young Humanist

January 30, 2015by Guest Contributor Leave a comment

By Alex Abbott American University My life is not a stained glass portrait of precise, crystalline ecstasy. It is a collage of murky grays, spectrums of sepia, tones of icy […]

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Memoirs & Journeys, Religion & Secularism

What Can We Ask about Sexual Assault and Greek Life

January 16, 2015by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

Why Rampant Sexual Assault in Greek Life Should Not Surprise Us Within my first week of college at American University, I was told that Epsilon Iota (EI) was notorious for […]

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