In last week’s column, I briefly mentioned “The Break” that occurred sometime during the course of the First World War. By break, as coined by British poet David Jones, it’s meant a bold line of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Secular humanists and evangelical Christians who concur on virtually nothing else agree that Christianity and humanism are incompatible. But they’re mistaken. Christianity is humanism in its purest ...

The invention of the telescope was more important than that of the steam engine, the transistor, the internet, or artificial intelligence. The telescope changed humankind’s understanding of the world.

Near the end of his wondrous tapestry of Jacques Maritain, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Simone Weil, Alan Jacobs quotes an extended passage from Eliot written during World War II. Eliot ...

As a secular humanist, I am often told that I do not have the appropriate moral fiber necessary to understand today's complex moral issues. I am astounded by the complexity of the Christian moral ...

Few people realize it, but secular humanism – the progressive crusade to improve life for all – may be the chief driving force of western civilization. Humanism means helping people, and secular means ...