Category: North America
Scott Jacobsen interviews Cynthia Todd Quam (President and founder of 'End of the Line Humanists', and writer and poet) on all things humanism.
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Ian Bushfield is the Executive Director of the British Columbia Humanist Association. In this interview he talks about humanism is Canada and its challenges
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Rev. Dr. Paul Knupp, Jr. is the Co-Founder & President of the Humanist Society of Iowa. He is a Chaplain for the American Humanist Association and trained in theology and psychological dynamics. Here we discuss some of his work and background and thinking.
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Emily Newman is the Communications Coordinator at the American Ethical Union and a member of the Americas Working Group for IHEYO. Here is some of her story and views.
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Hugh Taft-Morales is the leader of the Philadelphia Ethical Society and the Baltimore Ethical Society. So he is deeply rooted in the ethical culture and the ethical humanist movement, by and large, as a leader and a member, and a scholar. He describes his experiences and work in this in-depth interview.
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become a humanist? The story I usually tell is that I stopped believing in a soul the more I read about human cognition in college (I was a psych major). But that over-emphasises the intellect, a habit we atheists are prone to. I also saw how religion was failing […]
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[Previously published in Humanist Voices] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let’s delve a little bit into your background to provide a foundation for the conversation. Do you have a family background or only a personal background? A family background, my mom loves to tell the story about how she grew up in Lima, Peru and at the […]
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What makes a good humanist? A good human! In all seriousness, I believe a good humanist is someone that cares for and helps people, and seeks to better the world we live in as a whole. Where do you most differ from mainstream humanism in its definition, aims, and activism, if at […]
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Scott Jacobsen interviews James Croft who is the leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis.
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"Empathy, reason, and the ability to learn from experiences are all necessary to work with others. Religious dogma...was created to control others."
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