Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...

Humanism used to be a good subject for parlor and dinner table discussions. Few people knew what it actually was or ‘ where literary Humanism left off and religious Humanism began. Nor did Humanism’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve already read most of the Bible, you might want to mix things up a bit by reading A.C. Grayling’s version called “The ...

I feel like Kramnick … falls prey to a lure, which is this emphasis on “knowledge” and “knowing,” as opposed to other categories that are pretty fundamental and inextricable to our method: evaluation, ...

I’m not referring to the vital work you do to keep your university running by teaching classes, advising students and supporting faculty research. But in the academic sector, where the humanities are ...

Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...

Near the start of her account of humanism, Sarah Bakewell draws an important distinction. Anti-humanists, she writes, despise the material world and seek either to escape it using religion or remake ...

If you’ve already read most of the Bible, you might want to mix things up a bit by reading A.C. Grayling’s version called “The Good Book: A Humanist Bible.” Grayling, a British academic, edited an ...