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Humanism: a Christian View
By John MacDiarmid John is a former Christian minister, attendee of a humanist "One Life" course, and occasional guest speaker at...

John MacDiarmid
Oct 31, 20232 min read


Bridging the Gap: Innovative Strategies for Attracting Hard-to-Reach Groups to Humanism
By Andreas Isenberg We asked Andreas to advise us on how to make humanist groups more attractive to young people, ethnic minorities, and...
Andreas Isenberg
Oct 31, 20234 min read


The Humanism of Star Trek: A Galactic Perspective
By Alessia Iannucci In this article, Alessia provides a succinct and persuasive introduction to the humanistic philosophy of the...

Alessia Ianucci
Oct 31, 20233 min read


A Rabbi’s Reflections on Humanism
By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain MBE In this short article, Jonathan expresses his admiration of humanism, based on the shared ethics of...
Jonathan Romain
Oct 31, 20233 min read


A Humanist of Substance: Barbara Wootton
By John Coss, Vice-chair of Stockport Humanists Continuing our series of profiles of humanists who are not as widely known as they should...

John Coss
Oct 31, 20235 min read


The Decline in Humanist Groups Explained: Book Review
By David Warden In this month's edition of Humanistically Speaking, we address some of our concerns about the apparent long-term decline...

David Warden
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Poet’s corner: ‘Patience’
By Alex Williams Humanism finds itself in something of a trap in terms of public image. On the one hand, tolerance for different beliefs...

Alexander Williams
Oct 31, 20231 min read


Editor’s Welcome
Humanists believe that education, along with relationships, friendships, meaningful work and so on, is one of the primary ways to be human.

David Warden
Sep 30, 20232 min read


Lynda Tilley - Obituary
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lynda Tilley who was our Africa correspondent. She was a joyful and vivacious...

Paul Ewans
Sep 30, 20233 min read


Woke News: Humanist Group Hosts Inter-Generational Dialogue
Following Humanistically Speaking's September edition dedicated to the theme of 'woke', Dorset Humanists staged an inter-generational...

David Warden
Sep 30, 202320 min read


Humanism and Education: 3rd Uganda Humanist Schools Conference
By Irumba Juma Siriwayo Juma is Managing Director of Katumba Parents Humanist Nursery and Primary School, Co-Director of New Hope...

Irumba Juma Siriwayo
Sep 30, 20234 min read


Outdated, Unpopular, and Ineffective: Time to Rethink Religious Education in the UK
By Jack Rivington Jack joined the National Secular Society in 2022 where he is a Campaigns Officer. Graduating from the University of...

Jack Rivington
Sep 30, 20234 min read


There’s never been a better time to become a Humanist speaker in schools
By Barry Newman Barry is a retired NHS intensive care consultant. He volunteers for Dorset Humanists, both on the committee and as a...

Barry Newman
Sep 30, 20234 min read


Generation Unlimited: The future is theirs but not if their optimism is destroyed by fear
Young adults today are known as ‘Generation Unlimited’. They are the largest generation in history to be educated - the future is theirs.

Anthony Lewis
Sep 30, 20236 min read


First Do No Harm: Teaching and Learning in Uganda
By Chris Smith Chris is a trustee of the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust. She is a retired teacher, and teacher of teachers. In this...

Chris Smith
Sep 30, 20235 min read


Pride, Hope, and a Shared Vision: Katumba Parents Humanist Primary School
By Irumba Juma Siriwayo Juma is Managing Director of Katumba Parents Humanist Nursery and Primary School, Co-Director of New Hope...

Irumba Juma Siriwayo
Sep 30, 20232 min read


Vocational training skills centre project proposal - can you help?
By Irumba Juma Siriwayo Juma is Managing Director of Katumba Parents Humanist Nursery and Primary School, Co-Director of New Hope...

Irumba Juma Siriwayo
Sep 30, 20233 min read


The Case for Humanist Schools in the UK
Initiated and edited by David Warden Many humanists in the UK and elsewhere help to support the wonderful humanist schools in Uganda. And...

David Warden
Sep 30, 20234 min read


The story behind Kids’ Kingdom: A secular humanist school for street kids in India
By David Warden Editor of Humanistically Speaking In this article, David tells the amazing story of the humanist sadhu Swami Manavatavadi...

David Warden
Sep 30, 20239 min read


The Harmful Effects of Capitalism on Education in India
By Mohit Palagiri Mohit is our talented young India correspondent. He is a keen student of global humanist history and democratic...

Mohit Palagiri
Sep 30, 20239 min read
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