... to call attention to the danger of the other extreme: the danger, a very real one, of religion without humanism."In contemporary terms, this counterpart thesis sounds like a jeremiad against ... appreciation for the poets, Eliot takes his argument, not toward an apology for Christian humanism, but toward an appreciation of the benefits for Christianity of an aggressively anti-Christian secular mind:I ...

Nigel Warburton interviews Andrew Copson on the meaning of humanism: Nigel: There is some confusion about what 'Humanism' means. What do you understand by the term? Andrew: I think the Oxford Companion to the Mind has it right when it calls Humanism 'a morally concerned style of intellectual atheism openly avowed by only a small minority of individuals (for example, those who are members of the

... in which I try to tackle that very question. Here it is:There is some common moral ground between Christianity and Humanism. On certain issues, including the search for peace and an end to world poverty, members of churches and ... eye to eye.Where we differ is our starting point for moral decision making. Humanism is an approach to life based on humanity and reason. We believe that moral values are ...

Here is a short but provocative article on TS Eliot and the relationship between religion and humanism. While I am sure my friends in SHAFT will disagree, I don't think humanism can survive without religion.  But what is interesting here is Eliot's claim that religion cannot survive without humanism.   (On the first claim, of course in [...]

"Education is the most powerful ally of humanism, and every American public school is a school of humanism. What can the theistic Sunday schools, meeting for an hour once a week, and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teaching?"~ Charles Potter

... times since. At its heart is an interesting story of dystopian, anti-heroic humanism that resonates loudly in some ways with C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Burgess' ... Alex and his droogs use. It was fun to listen to and I'm always open to good dystopian humanism.One of the other things that I'm always open to is good absurdist humor a la the Coen Brothers. However, one ...