Humanism as a Way of Life: Lalon Fakir & the Baul Tradition of Bengal
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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Secular is Insufficient – How HSC Differs from the Peace Corps
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator Recently, Hemant Mehta interviewed me about the Humanist Service Corps for his Friendly Atheist blog. Check out the piece if you haven’t […]
“Oh, You Do Know My Language”: Finding the Poetry in Another Tongue
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I met a little boy that resembled my features Nappy afro, gap in his smile…. He looked at me and said, “Kendrick you do know […]
Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team
As the team settles in and starts getting to work in Kukuo, it’s time to get to know them a little bit better. Naduah Wheeler Naduah Wheeler is a graduate […]
Killing Witchcraft with Kindness
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator From July 2013 – June 2014, I oversaw Pathfinders Project, a yearlong international service trip sponsored by Foundation Beyond Belief as the […]
Why Would An Agnostic Do Interfaith Work?
For as long as I can remember, I have felt that there was something in the universe that was greater and more magnificent than I could ever be as an […]
Grappling with Comfort & Death as a Humanist
Recently, I heard a story about a man who is in prison and has been denied a request to have doctors help him end his life. (This is in Belgium […]
A “Soft Place to Land” for African-American Humanists: Interview w Dr. Anthony Pinn
As the Humanist community strives to become more inclusive, many African-Americans find themselves asking: where do we fit into this all? Although religious and political life is nuanced within any group, […]
Confessions of a Disoriented Young Humanist
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 […]
‘Minority Experience’ is Common Ground in Interbelief Dialogue
Beliefs are a difficult subject for people to bond over if they are coming from different belief systems. Where to begin? Never start with the divinity of Christ. Polytheism? Whether […]
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