Articles by subject: humanism
- Happy birthday humanism (by Bill Cooke, March/April 2008 )
- For two centuries one word has symbolised the battle against extremism, says Bill Cooke
- Thinker: Simone de Beauvoir (by Toril Moi, March/April 2008 )
- The feminist icon was dedicated to freedom for all humanity, says Toril Moi
- The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (by Shirley Dent, March/April 2008 )
- Shirley Dent believes Rushdie is the ultimate humanist storyteller
- Spoil yourself (by Sally Feldman, January/February 2008 )
- Luxury may mean excess, vulgarity and obscene waste. But, argues Sally Feldman, it’s also a basic humanist instinct
- Holy communion (by Richard Norman, November/December 2007 )
- New wave atheism is aggressively antagonistic to religion. But, argues Richard Norman, it’s more fruitful to find common ground
- Editorial: The A Word (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2007 )
- When it comes to being cultish and dogmatic, religion is still the brand leader
- Ring master (by Owen Hatherley, November/December 2007 )
- High flying, visual acrobatics, visceral shocks – Russia’s greatest director used the tricks of the circus to captivate the crowds. Owen Hatherley takes a seat in Eisenstein’s big top
- Only joking (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2007 )
- Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
- God slot (by David Hendy, September/October 2007 )
- Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom
- Clouded judgement (by Sally Feldman, July/August 2007 )
- Its not just the flickering flames, the calm and cool that humanists are giving up, argues Sally Feldman. It's a precious part of themselves
- Free from crooked things (by Karen Connelly, May/June 2007 )
- Buddhism is fatalistic, deeply misogynist and riven with superstition. And yet, argues Karen Connelly, it also inspires resistance to tyranny and the fight for freedom
- Cosy concrete (by Owen Hatherley, May/June 2007 )
- Alvar Aalto's organic modernism may be seductive. But, warns Owen Hatherley, it can also lead to the banal
- Naughty but nice (by Nina Power, March/April 2007 )
- Contemporary pornography is a hideous distortion of the joys of sex. Yet, argues Nina Power, it could all have been so different
- We're all humanists now (by Andrew Copson, January/February 2007 )
- A new opinion poll shows that the majority of British people trust science more than religion and do not base their morality on religious belief. Andrew Copson reports
- Letter from Busota (by Moses Kamya, January/February 2007 )
- New Humanist readers have raised £2,698 for the Mustard Seed school in Uganda. Headmaster Moses Kamya tells us what the money means
- Editorial: We feel good (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2007 )
- Secularism isn't on the wane, despite what you read in the media, says Caspar Melville
- Debating Humanism by Dolan Cummings (eds) (by Nick Cohen, November/December 2006 )
- Nick Cohen reads between the lines
- Editorial: Simply Human (by Caspar Melville, September/October 2006 )
- It may have come as something to a shock to Darwin's contemporaries to be told that we're really just animals.
- Down to Earth (by Brian Morris, September/October 2006 )
- Murray Bookchin, who died this summer, was the last of the great social ecologists. His ideas are more relevant than ever, says Brian Morris
- Design for living (by Hugh Pearman, March/April 2006 )
- Bauhaus architects wanted to build a more rational world. Hugh Pearman explores the links between humanism and the Modernist movement
- Projecting the human (by Andrew Tudor, March/April 2006 )
- Andrew Tudor searches for the soul of cinema
- Love thine enemy (by Bernard Crick, January/February 2006 )
- Rather than bicker with believers, we should join forces with them, says Bernard Crick
- Editorial: State of mind (by Caspar Melville, September/October 2005 )
- New editor Caspar Melville wishes New Humanist a happy 120th birthday
- Love thine enemy (by David Belden, November/December 2004 )
- Not long ago, humanists could feel that theirs was the way of the future. But now, Dave Belden argues, we will need to relearn how to make common cause with religious progressives
- Points of departure (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2004 )
- More and more people are choosing humanist funerals. But what if you're after something a little more exotic? Sally Feldman suggests a new marriage of the secular and the sacred
- Class Action (by Marilyn Mason, September/October 2004 )
- Marilyn Mason applauds the inclusion of humanism in the new Religious Education
- Anarchist with attitude: Laurie Taylor interviews Linda Smith (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2004 )
- Comedian Linda Smith, who died last year, was the president of the British Humanist Association. In this interview from 2004 she talks to Laurie Taylor about atheism, authority and her passion for pricking pomposity
- Diderot's triumph (by Haydn Mason, September/October 2004 )
- Haydn Mason consults the original humanist bible
- What kind of humanist are you? (by Editorial Staff, September/October 2004 )
- Join in our game of Poker Faces to find out. Your answers to the questions below will determine the value of your cards. Your hand will reveal who you are and what tricks you may have up your sleeve...
- Give us a sign (by Alan Brownjohn, July/August 2004 )
- Why shouldn't humanists have their own code for conveying solidarity, asks Alan Brownjohn
- Courage and Commitment (by Jim Herrick, July/August 2004 )
- Jim Herrick reports from Africas first humanist conference
- Good without God (by Jim Herrick, July/August 2004 )
- Jim Herrick reconciles the mystic and the rational
- Critical humanism (by AC Grayling, January/February 2004 )
- AC Grayling reviews Tzvetan Todorov
- Rationalism for all? (by Julian Baggini, January/February 2004 )
- Julian Baggini on a new book of rationalism
- Editorial (by Jim Herrick, Spring 2002 )
- Jim Herrick considers contemporary moral mazes and ethical enigmas...
- Outlooks on Enlightenment (by Simon Blackburn, Spring 2002 )
- Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University and a member of the Humanist Philosophers' Group, takes a look at the relative merits of relativism, scepticism and humanism
- Norwegian Nous (by Jim Herrick, Summer 2001 )
- Jim Herrick reports from Oslo on Norwegian humanism
- A Humanist Outlook (by Sir Hermann Bondi, Spring 2001 )
- RPA president Hermann Bondi looks for the common ground of humanity