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 […]
Tag Archives: humanism
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 […]
Multi-University Launch & Call for Staff Writer Applications
Applied Sentience, a next generation humanist thinkblog, is expanding nationally! Our list of participating universities now includes all six university humanist communities at American, Columbia, Harvard, Rutgers, Stanford, and Yale. Our inaugural editorial board consists of leading humanist […]
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 […]
Maximizing Free Will
By Barry Klassel Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University Are human beings agents in the decision making process that determines our future or is that an illusion? Are we, rather, pulled along by […]
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 […]
Sky Lanterns: A New Humanist Ritual
Humanist communities need more wonder. This isn’t the fault of humanist communities. Most religious communities also need more wonder. Most people need more wonder. (The words “awe” and “transcendence” could stand in for […]
The Pathfinders in Uganda: Humanism, Science, & Colonialism
At Kasese Humanist Primary School (KHPS) in Uganda the students have a formal debate once a week. One debate I witnessed as a teacher there had the proposition: “Science has […]
Buddhism & Humanism: Two Sides of the Same Coin, Part 1
Buddhism and Humanism are two geographical sides of the same philosophical coin. They’re twins with the same DNA, separated at birth, and brought up by different parents. The same dish […]
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