# Humanism ## Humanism ![humanism](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-05/hero.png?itok=hbXliTCV) ## Essays [### Humanist History ](/humanist-history) Contemporary Humanism draws its lineage from a branching intellectual genealogy that includes South Asian atheists, classical philosophers, medieval Muslim scholars, and Enlightenment culture. Like their forebears, modern Humanists and atheists concern... [### Humanism as a Belief System ](/humanism-as-a-belief-system) Enlightenment principles and liberal religious movements shaped the Humanist worldview which prioritizes reason, scientific critique, civil freedoms, compassion, and pragmatic ethics. These non-religious guiding values form the center of a belief system... [### Humanism in America Today ](/humanism-in-america-today) Writers and public figures with large audiences have contributed to the increasing popularity of atheism and Humanism in the United States. Thousands of people attended the 2012 Reason Rally, demonstrating the rise of atheism as a political movement, yet... [### New Directions for Humanism ](/new-directions-for-humanism) Younger generations are creating new movements and trends within American Humanism. Among their efforts are legal challenges to religion in public spaces; networks of Humanist student groups at universities, colleges, and high schools; and large, secular... ## Glossary [### secular humanism ](/secular-humanism) [### Center for Inquiry ](/center-inquiry) [### Ethical Culture Movement, The ](/ethical-culture-movement) [### Secular Student Alliance ](/secular-student-alliance) [### Humanism ](/humanism-0) [### Rose, Ernestine ](/rose-ernestine) [### Dawkins, Richard ](/dawkins-richard) [### nonreligious; non-religous; non-belief; non-believers ](/nonreligious-non-religous-non-belief-non-believers) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/humanism-glossary-terms) ## Selected Publications Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169125&&&format=ris) ### 2023 Burge, Ryan. *[The Nones: Who They Are, Where They Came From, and Where They Are Going](/publication/nones-who-they-are-where-they-came-and-where-they-are-going)*. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2023. Burge, Ryan. *[The Nones: Who They Are, Where They Came From, and Where They Are Going](/publication/nones-who-they-are-where-they-came-and-where-they-are-going)*. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2023. ### 2018 Pinker, Steven. *[Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress](/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress)*. New York: Viking, 2018. Pinker, Steven. *[Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress](/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress)*. New York: Viking, 2018. ### 2015 Copson, Andrew, and A.C. Grayling, eds. *[The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism](/publication/wiley-blackwell-handbook-humanism)*. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. Copson, Andrew, and A.C. Grayling, eds. *[The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism](/publication/wiley-blackwell-handbook-humanism)*. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. [ See more publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications?f%5B0%5D=bibcite_reference_hwp_c_religioustradition%3A169125) ## Selected Links [### About.com: Agnosticism / Atheism ](https://atheism.about.com) [### American Atheists ](https://www.atheists.org) [### American Ethical Union ](https://www.aeu.org) [### American Humanist Association ](https://www.americanhumanist.org/) [### Atheist Alliance ](https://www.atheistalliance.org) [### BBC – Religion and Ethics – Atheism ](https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism) [ See more links arrow\_circle\_right ](/links?f%5B0%5D=hwp_c_religioustradition%3A169125) ### Explore Humanism in Greater Boston Humanism has a vital, and growing, presence in Greater Boston today. The first Humanist Chaplaincy, now known as “The Humanist Hub,” was established at Harvard University decades ago. Today, The Humanist Hub works with humanist, interfaith, and secular groups at Harvard and MIT and hosts public programming on ethical leadership and related topics. Humanists in Greater Boston connect through this “Hub,” as well as a variety of local groups, including the Concord Area Humanists and Greater Boston Humanists, both of which are affiliated with the national American Humanist Association. [ Learn More arrow\_circle\_right ](/humanism-in-boston) ![Map of Humanist Centers in Boston](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/pluralism/files/humanism_boston_map.jpg?itok=OKIyguna)