1. What's The Humanist Movement The humanist movement is an international organization formed by people of different ages, origins, culture and religion, united by the project to build a http://www.humanism.org/

The humanist movement is an international organization formed by people of different ages, origins, culture and religion, united by the project to build a truly human society. A society in which the human being, with his needs and aspirations, is the central value. A society in which human rights are completely realized: the right to health, instruction, freedom, spirituality, search for the meaning of life, and an existence with dignity.

2. What Is Humanism? What is humanism? by Frederick Edwords Executive Director, American Humanist Association. What is humanism? The sort http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html

miserable failure IMPORTANT LINKS Fair and Balanced Roundup What is Humanism? by Frederick Edwords Executive Director, American Humanist Association What is humanism? The sort of answer you will get to that question depends on what sort of humanist you ask! The word "humanism" has a number of meanings, and because authors and speakers often don't clarify which meaning they intend, those trying to explain humanism can easily become a source of confusion. Fortunately, each meaning of the word constitutes a different type of humanism the different types being easily separated and defined by the use of appropriate adjectives. So, let me summarize the different varieties of humanism in this way. Literary Humanism is a devotion to the humanities or literary culture. Renaissance Humanism is the spirit of learning that developed at the end of the middle ages with the revival of classical letters and a renewed confidence in the ability of human beings to determine for themselves truth and falsehood. Cultural Humanism is the rational and empirical tradition that originated largely in ancient Greece and Rome, evolved throughout European history, and now constitutes a basic part of the Western approach to science, political theory, ethics, and law.

3. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Humanism Visit New Advent for the Summa Theologica, Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia and more. barbarous and destructive alike of art and science, humanism (like every other historical phenomenon) was connected with It is customary to begin the history of humanism with Dante http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07538b.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... H > Humanism A B C D ... Z Humanism Humanism is the name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, a movement which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity. Believing that a classical training alone could form a perfect man, the Humanists so called themselves in opposition to the Scholastics, and adopted the term humaniora (the humanities) as signifying the scholarship of the ancients. Though the interval between the classical period and their own days was regarded by the Humanists as barbarous and destructive alike of art and science, Humanism (like every other historical phenomenon) was connected with the past. The use of Latin in the Liturgy of the Church had already prepared Europe for the humanistic movement. In the Middle Ages medieval national culture was undervalued. It is customary to begin the history of Humanism with Dante (1265-1321), and Petrarch (1304-74). Of the two

4. Council For Secular Humanism Online home of the Council for Secular humanism, serving secular humanists, atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, rationalists, materialists, skeptics, and all those interested in ethical living free http://www.secularhumanism.org/

Select to Jump Home What's New? Action Alerts Shop Online Introduction to Secular Humanism What is Secular Humanism? The Affirmations of Humanism A Secular Humanist Declaration Dangerous Reading The Council for Secular Humanism Paul Kurtz Activities, Publications, and Projects Speakers Bureau Web Columns and Feedback Supporting the Council for Secular Humanism Employment Opportunities CSH Organizations African Americans for Humanism Campus Freethought Alliance Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion International Academy of Humanism Local Secular Humanist Societies Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) Secular Family Network Society of Humanist Philosophers The Center for Inquiry Center for Inquiry Libraries Center for Inquiry-West (Los Angeles) Center for Inquiry-Metro NY Center for Inquiry-Florida Worldwide Index of Humanist Groups Find a Secular Humanist Group Near You Notes from the Field SecularHumanism.org Online Library CSH Publications Free Inquiry Magazine FI Web Exclusive Secular Humanist Bulletin Philo SOS International Newsletter AAH Examiner Secular Humanist Viewpoints Robert Green Ingersoll Memorial Committee James Madison Memorial Committee Taslima Nasrin Humanist Hall of Fame Links Send Feedback Change of Address Form Contact Us Search the site Site Map Get Active!

5. British Humanist Association humanism and multiculturalism The BHA welcomes the current debates on multiculturalism and integration, triggered by the call by Trevor Phillips of the CRE to http://www.humanism.org.uk/

Home Donations How To Join Search for: in Section: ALL - BHA Home - Humanism - Ceremonies - Education Policy - Education Resources - About the BHA - Campaigns - How You Can Help - Contact Us - Join the BHA - Humanist Groups - Humanist Book Group Name Password Login! Lost Password? Click here if NOT registered Home ... Mailing List Quick Nav : Home BHA Homepage Humanist Ceremonies The BHA is the foremost provider of humanist ceremonies in England Wales We train, accredit and support a national network of officiants, and provide help and information to all those interested in a humanist wedding baby naming or funeral ceremony. Search for your nearest accredited officiant here The draft European Constitution gives the churches special rights to be consulted about EU policies - policies that could affect all of us. If you object to this, please support our campaign by writing to your local candidates in the European Parliament elections. Click here for more information. Have you received your Self Assessment form yet?

6. A Quick Index To Humanism Online How to find humanist sites online http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7693

Announcing: Humanist Institute Class X starts Dec. 1999 Still space for a few more students! Humanism: the peculiar idea that every human being has worth and dignity. At its last meeting (Mexico City, November, 1996) the Board of the International Humanist and Ethical Union approved the following "minimum statement" of Humanism: "Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethics based on human and other natural values in a spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality." “Earth is all ... and enough.” (Kenneth Patton) Humanism links includes publications and searches Email lists Humanist organizations (web sites) Online discussions: Forums and message boards Information and articles on humanism, humanist history, and online libraries/books

7. HUMANISM From an interfaith organization, information on the Humanist Manifestos of the 1930s and 1970s. http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm

HUMANISM AND THE HUMANIST MANIFESTOS Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. Types of Humanism: In the religious arena, many words have a number of different meanings . Some examples are: Christian, cults, Humanist, pagan, Satanist, Witch and Witchcraft . The terms Humanism and Humanist are essentially meaningless when used by themselves; their meanings only become clear when preceded by an adjective, as in: Christian Humanism : a philosophy based on Christian beliefs about the nature of God, and which advocate people's fulfillment by personal effort. Cultural Humanism : A concept that knowledge can be obtained through rational thought and experimentation. It has its roots in ancient Greece and Rome. It developed into the scientific method and is the major underpinning of all sciences today. Literary Humanism : pursuit of the humanities (languages, literature, philosophy, history, etc.) Modern Humanism : a generic term encompassing both Religious and Secular Humanism. Philosophical Humanism is a philosophy centered upon the needs and interests of people.

8. Humanism [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] The exact point in time when the term "humanism" was first adopted is unknown. It is, however, certain that Italy and the readopting of Latin letters as the staple of human culture were responsible http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/humanism.htm

Humanism The exact point in time when the term "Humanism" was first adopted is unknown. It is, however, certain that Italy and the re-adopting of Latin letters as the staple of human culture were responsible for the name of Humanists. Literoe humaniores was an expression coined in reference to the classic literature of Rome and the imitation and reproduction of its literary forms in the new learning; this was in contrast to and against the Literoe sacroe of scholasticism. In the time of Ario sto, Erasmus, and Luther's beginnings, the term umanisa was in effect an equivalent to the terms "classicist " or " classical scholar." Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Italian Humanism Character of the Movement Erasmus Italian Humanism Dante had an admiration for ancient letters. At first, he intended to compose his great epic in Latin verse. Petrarch considered his Africa a fair effort to reproduce Vergil . In the exordium of his chief work Petrarc h appeals to the Heliconian Sisters as well as to Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. He also reviews the epics of Homer (although he never learned Greek), Statius, and Lucan. He was overwhelmed with the friendships of many prestigous men of his day, a mong whom Cardinal Stephen Colonna was prominent. Petrarch is the pathfinder as well as the measure of the new movement. He idealized the classical world. His classicist consciousness and his Christian consciousness are revealed in his writings. Th e experiences of life constantly evoke in him classic parallels, reminiscences, associations. Julius Caesar, Papirius Cursor, are

9. American Humanist Association: Welcome! 4/22/04)OneYear Anniversary of humanism and Its Aspirations Thousands Add Signatures to humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our http://www.americanhumanist.org/

About the AHA Mission, contacts, FAQs, leadership, opportunities Activism and Events Issue advocacy, getting heard, conferences, essay contest ... See all the updates to the site on our wire. Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity. "We are fortunate: we are alive; we are powerful; the welfare of our civilization and our species is in our hands. If we do not speak for Earth, who will? If we are not committed to our own survival, who will be?" Carl Sagan, Scientist (1934-1996)

10. Secular Humanism: Right For America? Secular humanism, pervasive influence in schools, business, government. What you need to know is here. http://www.flash.net/~bob001/SecularHumanism.htm

Secular Humanism: Just What is It Anyway? Search our Site. Enter keywords below. Ethics Why study ethics Basic ethics Pragmatism Secular humanism ... Speaking of ethics Issues in the News Loss of Privacy Echelon Identity Theft Telephone ... Earn an Award for your Ethics Website Secular Humanism Secular Humanism is an ethical philosophy that emphasizes a world view based upon naturalism: the belief that the physical world or nature is all that exists or is real. As such, it emphasizes scientific inquiry and rejects revealed knowledge as well as theistic morality. Secular Humanism is increasingly influential in politics, ethics and morals, as well as education. There are several core documents that state the philosophy of secular humanism. The Humanist Manifesto I completed in 1933 was signed by 34 influential people including Anton J. Carlson, John Dewey, John H. Dietrich, R. Lester Mondale, Charles Francis Potter, Curtis W. Reese, and Edwin H. Wilson. In 1973 the Humanist Manifesto II was introduced and in 1980 it was succeeded by the Secular Humanist Declaration There are a number of notable areas of belief that characterize Secular Humanism. These are outlined below along with examples of public figures implementing those beliefs in a public manner. Several examples show the voting behavior of Congressman Sander Levin, representing Michigan's 12th congressional district (which is where I live) in the U.S. Congress.

11. Newhumanist.com This site is dedicated to humanism and humanist thought, essays, music and poetry. It also contains The Cuba Advocate Online. site is dedicated to the study of humanism, a philosophy that affirms http://www.newhumanist.com/

newhumanist.com Welcome. This site is dedicated to the study of Humanism, a philosophy that affirms the dignity of each individual and supports maximum individual freedom within the framework of social and planetary responsibility. Click on the pictures below to check out the site. The "War on Terrorism" Mass Media Criticism The Cuba Advocate Online News Briefs and Action Alerts Manifest Destiny Compilation Progressive Links Youth Essays Humor Music Poetry Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 webmaster. If the concept of humanism, participatory democracy and social justice offends you, you may exit by clicking here

12. SHA Home The journal of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. Includes tables of contents for recent issues and contact information. http://www.smcm.edu/sha/shapubs.htm

Home SHA Journal Anthropology and Humanism the journal of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, is the voice of humanistic science. In this capacity, AH accepts articles from anthropologists who concern themselves with the central question of the discipline: what it is to be human. Believing that such an issue must be addressed both holistically and by the whole discipline, AH welcomes contributions from all major fields of anthropology. Also, the journal welcomes articles from scholars in other disciplines, in the humanities as well as in the sciences. CONTACTS Editorial Office Information for Contributors, Call for Manuscripts Ordering Information JOURNAL ISSUES Current issue: Volume 28, Number 2, December 2003 Journal Archives (From 1977) Editorial Office Edith Turner , Editor Department of Anthropology Brooks Hall 303 Charlottesville, VA 22903 fax 804/924-1350 Information for Contributors, Call for Manuscripts The editorial board of Anthropology and Humanism is actively seeking submissions for the upcoming issues of the journal. Please send us papers at your earliest convenience, or forward this message to anyone you feel might be interested. CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION: SUBMIT MANUSCRIPTS TO: Address manuscripts and related correspondence to Edith Turner , Editor, Anthropology and Humanism

13. Existentialism Is A Humanism, Jean-Paul Sarte 1946 JeanPaul Sarte 1946. Existentialism is a humanism. One may understand by humanism a theory which upholds man as the end — in-itself and as the supreme value. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm

Jean-Paul Sarte 1946 Existentialism is a Humanism Written: Lecture given in 1946 Source: Existentialism from Dostoyevsky to Sartre , ed. Walter Kaufman, Meridian Publishing Company, 1989; First Published: World Publishing Company in 1956; Translator: Philip Mairet; HTML Markup: Andy Blunden My purpose here is to offer a defence of existentialism against several reproaches that have been laid against it. First, it has been reproached as an invitation to people to dwell in quietism of despair. For if every way to a solution is barred, one would have to regard any action in this world as entirely ineffective, and one would arrive finally at a contemplative philosophy. Moreover, since contemplation is a luxury, this would be only another bourgeois philosophy. This is, especially, the reproach made by the Communists. cogito From the Christian side, we are reproached as people who deny the reality and seriousness of human affairs. For since we ignore the commandments of God and all values prescribed as eternal, nothing remains but what is strictly voluntary. Everyone can do what he likes, and will be incapable, from such a point of view, of condemning either the point of view or the action of anyone else. La Terre The question is only complicated because there are two kinds of existentialists. There are, on the one hand, the Christians, amongst whom I shall name Jaspers and Gabriel Marcel, both professed Catholics; and on the other the existential atheists, amongst whom we must place Heidegger as well as the French existentialists and myself. What they have in common is simply the fact that they believe that

14. Humanism, Meanings Of Life, Worldviews humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews. Last revision 23 October 2002. This is humanism Meaning Frame and Worldview. This project http://www.xs4all.nl/~pderkx/hmlwv.html

Humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews Last revision: 23 October 2002 This is a research project of the University for Humanistics (Universiteit voor Humanistiek) at Utrecht in the Netherlands. The other two related projects of the university are concerned with humanization, counseling, care and postmodernity and with the practice and theory of qualitative research in connection with humanist studies. The research in Humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews (in Dutch: `Humanisme, Zingeving, Levensbeschouwing') is focussed on European humanism in connection with meanings of life. Special attention is given to humanist worldviews as meaning frames. Meanings of life are investigated with regard to processes, frames, possibilities and problems. This constitutes a large field within which many pointed investigations are possible. The investigations are grouped into two sub-projects, which show some overlap . The sub-projects deal with humanism: meaning frame and worldview and with meanings of life You are welcome to contact us.

15. Annotated Webliography Of Humanism ANNOTATED WEBLIOGRAPHY OF humanism. Last revision 29 October 2003. This is a collection of websites related to humanism. It http://www.xs4all.nl/~pderkx/humwebliography.html

ANNOTATED WEBLIOGRAPHY OF HUMANISM Last revision: 29 October 2003 This is a collection of websites related to humanism. It is an ANNOTATED and SELECTIVE list. The selection and annotation reflect my considered personal judgment. Hardly any evaluative comments are given, but inclusion of a site in this webliography of humanism means that I think it is a good site, worth visiting. Notes are given in the language used by the website concerned, mostly in the form of quotations taken from that site. When notes are given in more languages, it means that the site is (partly) available in those languages. Many of the websites listed here properly belong to more than one of the categories used. Rather than repeating sites, I have decided to mention each website only once. Most of the sites in this webliography contain links to other relevant pages on the web. The site-addresses listed here are checked at least every six months. They have been checked on 29 October 2003. The organization and the contents of this page, of course, heavily depend on the way the concept of "humanism" is used. To get a better understanding of what you find here, you can read an explication of what is meant by the word "humanism" . This explication refers to the research program Humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews

16. Spiritual Humanism Spiritual humanism allows everyone to fuse their individual religious practices onto the foundation of scientific humanist inquiry. http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/

You can become an ordained member of the Spiritual Humanist clergy for FREE right now! As a legally ordained clergy member you can legally perform religious ceremonies and rituals like weddings, funerals, benedictions, etc. As Spiritual Humanists we believe that every person has innate right to make a spiritual connection to the rest of the cosmos. Our premise is simple: We can solve the problems of society using a religion based on reason. We cannot abandon ancient traditions and practices but we can adapt them to our new understanding of the universe. Religion must be able to adapt to new knowledge about the universe without rejecting the deep spiritual connections to human history and the natural world that we are a part of. All humans have an inalienable right and duty to practice their own religious traditions. Spiritual Humanism allows everyone to fuse their individual religious practices onto the foundation of scientific humanist inquiry. We accept people from any religious background and recognize the validity of all peaceful religious practices and behaviors as being helpful and necessary in developing the spiritual nature of humanity. If you agree that Religion must be based on Reason, you can be ordained right now for free, and be still able to practice your own religious traditions by simply clicking the button below:

17. British Humanist Association Quick Nav humanism, Further Reading A short course on humanism This course is suitable for individuals and groups who would like to further study humanism. http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309

18. Contacts - Centre For Psychotherapeutic Studies A philosophical look at theoretical antihumanism. http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/N-Q/psysc/staff/sihomer/human.html

MAPPING THE TERRAIN OF THEORETICAL ANTI-HUMANISM by Sean Homer In the recent publication of his 1992 Welleck Lecture Series, The Seeds of Time per se . Hopefully, what will become clear from the exposition that follows is that both positions are more complex, and indeed more contradictory, than they generally credit the other side with being. Why Theoretical Anti-Humanism? The case against humanism, as I understand it, revolves around two central issues: those of essentialism and morality. In other words, the belief in the humanist premise that there is an essential or universal essence of "man," and that this essence is an attribute of all individuals, or, what we would call "human nature". The corollary of this conception of a universal human nature is that it can form the basis for moral judgements and actions. However, it is not so much the emphasis upon the effectivity of moral action that differentiates humanists from anti-humanists but rather, as Kate Soper argues in Humanism and Anti-Humanism , the defence of moral action as a form of "truth" in itself, in its own right.2 These dual aspects of essentialism and morality are what Althusser criticises as the "humanist type structure," and for the rigorously scientistic Althusser any form of argument that rests upon ethical or moral criteria precludes genuine theoretical analysis and understanding. At a less theoretical level, the endorsement of humanism was seen as analogous to the privileging of a particular conception of the subject, usually the white, heterosexual, male subject. Theoretical anti-humanism's political cutting edge was the rejection of a singular, universal conception of the subject and the attempt to open up spaces for the articulation and acknowledgement of different forms of subjectivity.

19. Humanist In Canada Resource about Canadian humanism. http://humanists.net/hic/

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20. Humanism (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture) Images and descriptions of items relating to humanism from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana; part of the Library of Congress' Rome Reborn The Vatican Library Renaissance Culture exhibit The http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/humanism.html

The Library of Congress Exhibitions HOME Exhibition Sections: Introduction The Vatican Library Archaeology Humanism ... Credits HUMANISM The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style. They developed a new, rigorous kind of classical scholarship, with which they corrected and tried to understand the works of the Greeks and Romans, which seemed so vital to them. Seeking the Wisdom of the Ancients Scholarship Challenges Tradition Linguistic Correctness Confronting the Original Texts Seeking the Wisdom of the Ancients Costanzo Felici, Historia de coniuratione Catilinae (History of the Catilinarian Conspiracy) In Latin Dedication copy for Leo X Early sixteenth century Pius II (Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini), Commentaries In Latin Autograph Fifteenth century Although humanists had thronged the papal court since the beginning of the century, Pius II was the first real humanist to sit in the chair of Peter. Born in Siena as Enea Silvio Piccolomini, he acquired a reputation as a diplomat, belletrist, and womanizer, and was crowned poet laureate by the Emperor Frederick in 1442. After serving the emperor and the anti-Roman Council of Basel, Piccolomini joined the Roman camp in 1446. He became a cardinal in 1456 and in 1458 was elected pope. As pope, the only work of scholarship he was able to continue was his "Commentaries," a remarkably frank autobiography in which he put his passions and prejudices on full view. In the passage shown here, Pius expresses his bitter contempt for the French, who had been unwilling to join his crusade against the Great Turk.

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