Category - humanism

'Secular Sunday Schools' to be launched in US

agency reporter — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:29:58 +0100

The Kochhar Humanist Education Center (KHEC), which was launched yesterday by the American Humanist Association, is to develop a curriculum for the humanist equivalent of Sunday schools. This will include programs in ethics geared to serve the children of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers.

Learning the many faces of humanism

Mark Vernon — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:48:58 +0100

Humanism is a philosophy and approach to life that has Christian, atheist, deist and theist roots, says Mark Vernon. So when it is taught in schools, what kind of approach will be adopted?

Religion and Society research programme

Simon Barrow — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:50:53 +0000

A major five year research programme on faith and society is underway, and has a valuable new website.

Christian think tank calls for non-religious inclusion in Thought for the Day, The O Project, 21 April 2007

Press Office — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:22:08 +0100

Report on Ekklesia's call on the BBC to end its policy of not allowing non-religious contributors in it’s morning reflection slot ‘Thought for the Day.’

Including humanists and secularists in Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 20th April 2007

Press Office — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:56:34 +0100

Ekklesia's director Jonathan Bartley suggests that those beyond the major world religio