And The War Was About Theology, Too - By Al Benson Jr. - Sierra Times.com Essay by Al Benson Jr. claiming that the leaders of War of Northern Aggression were Unitarians who in in fact were pursuing a religious warof secular humanism (ideological liberalism) against Christianity in America, using the South as their battleground. http://www.sierratimes.com/03/08/18/albenson.htm
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Religious Humanism What on Earth is religious humanism? David Boulton, editor of SOF magazine, introduced the Conference on Religious humanism with this overview. http://www.sofn.org.uk/Conferences/religious humanism.htm
Extractions: What on Earth is religious humanism? David Boulton, editor of SOF magazine, introduced the Conference on Religious Humanism with this overview. Our theme is "religious humanism". We might have thought of a catchier title - perhaps the line in our advertisements about religion acquiring a taste for secular intercourse. But "religious humanism" it is. So - what on Earth is it? Is it any more than an historical oddity, embedded in the dry bones of 19th-century "ethical societies", religions of humanity and socialist Sunday schools? Is it still alive and well in postmodernity, and if so, where is it hiding? Can it speak to our 21st-century condition? What is religious about it? What is humanist about it? And what can we do with it? Two years later, in 1993, Anthony Freeman published his book God in Us , a popular exposition of Sea of Faith thinking which he subtitled The Case for Christian Humanism . I have long suspected that what really scandalised the bishops and led them to cry "Crucify him! Crucify him!" was not Anthony's blunt refusal to pretend that he believed in a celestial Big Brother but his open use of the dreaded H-word. Humanism, to the noble army of mitres, is the antithesis of religion. Christian humanism is to them the ultimate oxymoron. The H-word on the title-page of a book by a licensed priest has, to Church fathers, much the same effect as the F-word would have on the masthead of the Mothers' Union journal.
Voice Of ReasonSecular Humanists Of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge group associated with the Council for Secular humanism. Articles, essays, editorials and other information on secular humanism. http://www.geocities.com/voiceofreasonbr/
Extractions: Erasmus lived and traveled in various places in Europe and became a great cosmopolitan man. His constitution was very sensitive, and he fled often from plagues and uncomfortable circumstances. He lived in the university city of Louvain, visited Renaissance Italy, spent several years in England, and resided for many years in the peaceful city of Basle. His first major work was a collection of classical quotations, Adagia.
Www.faithnet.org.uk Articles by Religious Education teacher exploring aspects of contemporary Christian humanism, theology, and philosophy at a level appropriate for Key Stages 3 and 4 and ALevel students. Includes some revision notes. http://www.faithnet.org.uk/
Extractions: Welcome to my website! This site is useful for all manner of religious studies student but contains an array of information for any interested reader. Although the site is largely text-based it is written in an accessible style and clarity of thought is of primary concern. This site is managed by a busy Religious Education teacher so pages are being written on an 'as-and-when' basis. New items will be added as time permits. I apologise if you cannot find what you are looking for this time. As far as possible this website explores religious, ethical and theological issues without prejudgements and bias. Where the author expresses his own opinion this is usually indicated in the text. If you have find my website useful please recommend it to others and sign my guest book. Thank you!
Nyhumanist Information about the New York City metro area Primary Ally affiliate of the Council for Secular humanism. http://www.nyhumanist.org
Why UU Humanism Requires Rejecting Our Humanity Why UU humanism Requires Rejecting Our Humanity. It is the contention of this essay that UU humanism necessarily requires the rejection of our humanity. http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/mine/humanism4.htm
Extractions: Why UU Humanism Requires Rejecting Our Humanity By David R. Burton This essay discusses humanist beliefs, the rise of humanism within Unitarianism, and why those beliefs require the rejection of our humanity. Introduction When we think about what it means to be human, about the things that differentiate us from inanimate objects or lower life-forms, we think about our capacity to reason, to exercise our freedom to make choices, our capacity to recognize right from wrong, our capacity to love and to create and appreciate beauty. It is these things that make us human. It is these things that constitute our humanity. It is the contention of this essay that UU humanism necessarily requires the rejection of our humanity. The humanism that is now such an integral part of Unitarian Universalism, the humanism that has marginalized Christian and other theist thinking within Unitarianism and Universalism, necessarily and logically requires the rejection of the proposition that there is such a thing as right and wrong, the denial of our ability to make choices, and necessitates the view that love and beauty are not real. It is only by embracing the reality of God that we may retain our humanity, our capacity for moral choices, for love and for the aesthetic appreciation of beauty. It is time for Unitarian Universalism to confront the fact that humanism is a moral and religious dead-end. It is time to rediscover instead the intellectual and theological roots of Unitarianism. For it is there, not the arid wasteland of humanism, that truth, insight and spiritual sustenance can be found. It is in a more traditional Unitarian understanding of our place in the Universe that we can find our humanity, not in so-called humanism. Only a God-centered Unitarianism allows us to find a fully modern religious understanding of mankind that retains our humanity.
KolChaim Information on the celebration of Jewish cultural and religious traditions focusing on humanism with nontheistic values. http://www.kolchaim.org
Society For Secular Humanists In Calgary - Home Page Calgarian Humanist site advocates the study and promotion of Secular humanism as an alternative to religious and other supernatural belief systems. http://www.calgaryhumanist.ca
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Jews For Morality On the sociomoral issues of the day. Concerning the kulturkampf of secular humanism against Judaeo-Christian requirements for human conduct, from the standpoint of traditional Judaism. http://www.jewsformorality.org
Civic Humanism OCT 1 2002. Civic humanism. The term civic humanism has gained wide circulation and influence since its reception into Englishlanguage historical writing. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/humanism-civic/
Extractions: OCT A variant of republicanism indicating active, participatory, patriotic citizenship as well as the ethos and educational ideal that goes with it. The term was coined in the context of the embattled Weimar Republic and its genesis is deeply marked by the traditions of German historical scholarship. It was first used by the historian Hans Baron to describe an upsurge of patriotic republicanism as a response to foreign aggression and despotism, informed by the revival of classical models in Renaissance Florence. This movement is also taken as a decisive turning point away from medieval ways and towards liberating modernity. No longer necessarily tied to the interpretation of particular historical periods the term became part of the vocabulary of communitarianism and more generally of ideological opposition to liberalism understood as acquisitive individualism. It remained nonetheless important for the value of civic humanism as a paradigm of politics and civil society that it not be considered a mere ideological abstraction but that it be believed to have roots in the lived experience of the English-speaking polities. Beyond this relatively circumscribed usage the concept has entered the language and is used rather loosely and mostly with positive connotations to refer to public-spirited citizenship with varying degrees of exactitude.
Mark Christian Jennings Personal site with papers and outlines on topics such as Jesus as a familyhating communist, Old Testament laws, humanism, the authenticity of scripture, and common Christian misconceptions. http://members.truevine.net/arminian@truevine.net/index.html
Extractions: Hello, My name is Mark Jennings. Shirley and I have been married for ten years and have two daughters, Samantha and Martina. I work for the Seattle Fire Department and am the driver of Engine 9 D-shift. I use to be a deacon and teacher at Rochester Life Assembly. I started this page so my views and class outlines could be publicly viewed and examined. I welcome input These are some of the papers I've written in the past few years for some college courses and also to answer skeptics. 1 Peter 3:15 And also except from letters to friends to better explain myself since I can be and have been controversial . This will be a building list as they are being converted to HTML which is a time consuming process. A friend of mine suggested, judging by listening to some of my teaching, that I may be a four-point Calvinist. (The way I see it, logically, you have to accept all five points if you are going to accept any of them) I wrestled with the free-will issue a few years ago and landed on the arminian side of the debate. (More accurately Molonist.) Man is indeed free, however, every event in history is planned by God He is absolutely soveriegn. Contradiction? From an existential (man-centered perspective,) yes. But I think it is reasonable to believe that God is omnipotent by means of His omniscience. This gives God complete soveriegnty and grants man freedom but this is a long story. Anyway, one of these years, I'll be writing another paper explaining why I think man can be fully free without threatening the absolute sovereignty and providence of God.
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Humanism (number of visitors since May 15 1996). A presentation of The Swedish Humanists. What is humanism? Who are the masters of humanism? http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/humanism/hum_eng.htm
Extractions: At the moment there are 3248 humanists in the world. (number of visitors since May 15 1996) A humanist is of the opinion that the people themselves have to solve our problems and can't put our fath to prayers or "divine interventions". Humanism is a view of life which does not count upon any supernational phenomenon or life after death. Less than 10 % of the Swedish people do have a christian belief. Over 60 per cent are - according to several scientific investigations - humanists.Thus, in our land that group is six times greater than the christian population. The humanist has the opinion that we humans are obliged to to resort to each other. If we think for our selves and respect other people, we can create a better world. This, of course, demands that we take coming generations into consideration. The tradition of ideas goes back to antique philosophers like Socrate and Seneca. Speculators like Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell have formulated a humanistic ethics. A Swede we should mention in the matter is Ingemar Hedenius. The UN declaration of human rights which is based upon the stoic Philosophy, is also a good basis for moral. How do humanists look upon religion?
Anthropology And Humanism | University Of California Press About Anthropology and humanism Anthropology and humanism, the journal of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, is the voice of humanistic science. http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/3a/ahu/
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Humanists Of Georgia Organization promoting humanism. Chapter information, membership, programs, and articles. http://www.geocities.com/gahumanists/
Extractions: Humanism affirms the inherent dignity and worth of every human being, and asserts that persons are responsible for the realization of their aspirations and that they have within themselves the power of achieving them. Humanism is free from any belief in the supernatural and is dedicated to the search for meaning and values for individuals on this earth through reliance on intelligence and the scientific method, democracy, and social sympathy. Humanism contends that human beings are a part of nature, that they have emerged as a result of continuous evolutionary process and that all their values religious, ethical, political and social have their source in human experience and are the product of their culture. The Humanists of Georgia is a membership organization dedicated to building a socially nurturing and intellectually stimulating Humanist community. The Humanists of Georgia strives to achieve its goals through public advocacy projects, social concerns programs, community outreach programs, and watchdog activities. Monthly Meetings HGA Chapter News ... Feature Articles and Whatnot New!
Extractions: This site is a growing exploration of the increasing overlap between the values of modern humanism and the current trend in liberal Christian belief and practice toward naturalist, utilitarian Christianity. It is not affiliated with any church or organization; rather it is part of a research project into the evolution of modern Christianity by one hopeful Christian. Christian Humanism, as discussed on this website, generally denotes an ethical, relational spirituality drawing heavily from the richly vast Christian traditions and commonly emphasizing broader definitions of and experiences of "God", while incorporating many progressive values of the modern forms of humanism. Christian humanism integrates the humanistic principles of science and reason, advancement of the common good, morality grounded in human experience, equality for all classes of people, and focus on this natural world, with the Christian gospel of liberty, personal and communal transformation, care of the poor and those in need, celebration of the "sacred" within the "secular", support in community of others along the journey, and above all, boundless love. It is Christianity as an ongoing work by and for humankind; it is humanism enriched with the best of Christian heritage.
Can Science Prove That Prayer Works? Skeptical article by anthropologist and biblical scholar Hector Avalos. Council for Secular humanism quarterly magazine. http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/avalos_17_3.html
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