Finding the Sacred in Service to Others
Being an interfaith chaplain, I attend many events that are focused on multireligious education and dialogue, and lead several such events with my own students. A very popular activity for these […]
Category Archives: Religion & Secularism
Humans Are Weird, & Other Lessons From Animal Behavior: Interview w Dr. Laurie Santos
Two weeks ago was the Yale Humanist Community’s first ever Humanist Haven, a monthly nonreligious community gathering. The first speaker at the first meeting was Dr. Laurie Santos, a professor […]
Death is Not the End: How Humanists Can Think About the ‘Afterlife’
I believe in the human spirit. When I say “spirit”, I really mean “spirits”. And when I say “spirits”, I really mean what you might think of as “ghosts”. Not […]
Humanists & Atheists Represent at People’s Climate March
Atheists and Humanists care about social and environmental justice! A surprising statement for far too many Americans. Do atheists even care about anything besides internet shouting matches? Isn’t Separation of […]
Embracing Identities: Stories of Coming Out Queer & Faithless — Call for Participants
Storytelling is a powerful tool for social change and building community. The Embracing Identities Project is searching for personal stories of coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of […]
The Soul Fallacy: An Interview w Psychology Prof Julien Musolino
It’s not everyday you get to meet someone like Rutgers professor Julien Musolino. In our age of specialization, Julien is part of a small (but growing!) cadre of thinkers whose […]
Is Humanism a Religion?
Like other difficult questions, there are no clear answers to the old debate of whether or not Humanism is a religion. Here the crux of the problem seems to stem […]
Why I Love Being Uncertain
We, humans, seem to be afraid of uncertainty. Or to put it another way, we yearn for complete certainty. But why? Oddly, science and religion, using their broadest notions, have […]
Power in Diversity: Storytelling as a Social Catalyst
Our lives are shaped by stories – even the most frivolous and whimsical are essential in the construction of our subjective and shared realities. Stories convey information we have learned; […]
Questioning the Standard Life Cycle of an Atheist
I’ve been an atheist all my life, but I didn’t notice until I was in high school. I didn’t notice because it never felt like a big deal. I didn’t […]
Applied Sentience 