Humanists are women and men of this century, of this time. They recognize the achievements of humanism throughout history, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their "defining statement of World Humanism." Though they explicitly state that the statement "is not a creed," it is -- and it serves ...

What came to be known in the last century as “humanism” was, in reality, nothing new. It actually has an ancient lineage. Indeed, since the human race first appeared, there have basically been only ...

On April 12, the psychologist Steven Pinker and the psychobiologist Bertha Madras announced in the Boston Globe the formation of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard (CAFH), a faculty-led ...

A s student enrollments, state funding, and public support for our disciplines decline, scholars in the humanities cast about for new ways to justify our existence. We try to convince others, and ...

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 ...

Roosevelt Montás was born in a rural village in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States when he was eleven years old. He attended public schools in Queens, where he took classes in ...