| 单词 | humanist |
| 例句 | The revival of Galen was part of the humanist obsession with all things Greek. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because Dad was a secular humanist, and Babou was religiously predisposed to dislike him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But in the universities, as opposed to the schoolrooms, humanist scholarship was not the central concern. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Very much a man of his time, Copernicus was strongly influenced by the humanist movement in Italy and studied the classics associated with that movement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Brahms’s humanist requiem is particularly appropriate to honor those still suffering, since it focuses on the living, unlike the traditional Requiem Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy, which opens with prayers for the dead. Music in Review: Music in Review: St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys 2012-11-11T23:08:21Z As a secular humanist I think “prayers” tend to reflect the better angels of our nature. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Here’s what you can do with your ‘thoughts and prayers’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The problem is starkly exposed when he goes on to insist that Muslims in particular "must adjust to a society dominated by Christian and secular humanist values". The British Dream by David Goodhart – review 2013-04-03T10:04:20Z You’re not in a humanist world where man is central, the crown of creation. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “She was a true humanist who was always exploring new ideas in her work and giving other artists a safe harbor to do the same in theirs,” architect Frank Gehry tells reporter Deborah Vankin. Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Now a grandfather, he has aged easily into the role of global-citizen humanist, lecturing on the role of artists and culture in a fraying society. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The Sunday Assembly hosts humanist sermons on topics like the value of gratitude, or the importance of wonder. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z This is a coming-of-age film, a road film, an adventure film, a dizzying naturalist film and above all a humanist film. The 10 greatest second world war films you haven't seen 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z And it is such a strong humanist message in his work. Special Report: Fashion: Gaultier's Talking Heads Astound 2011-06-17T11:01:16Z “Critical and satirical yet always humanist, Almodóvar’s work is free of judgment or moralizing,” he explains. ‘Gay Directors, Gay Films?’ review: Onscreen depiction of sexuality 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Who is going to sign on to the cause of organizing these major institutions around the nurturing and protection of a small, rarefied group of humanists who have been freed from performing any particular function? Two Views of the Tumult on American Campuses 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “We try to promote social, humanist values in the programming far beyond art,” Ms. Bondil continues. Special Report: Fashion: Gone Global: Fashion as Art? 2011-07-04T18:13:03Z "As a humanist I believe each person as a citizen has an exclusive right to the final freedom – the choice of when and how to exit life," he told the BMJ. Call to let doctors help terminally ill patients die 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z A humanist scholar and teacher, born about 1450 in an obscure village south of Rome, Aldo was studying in the city when the first printing presses arrived. In Venice, the Power of the Press on Display 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Later, Bellow, widely hailed in Anglo-American circles as a great humanist, also endorsed a bogus book that claimed that the Palestinians did not exist. Mo Yan, Salman Rushdie and censorship 2012-12-13T13:30:04Z And Yoder’s basic premise—that hating/judgment is easy and love is hard—is the basic humanist impulse that really resonates with me. Chris Broussard doesn’t matter 2013-05-02T16:55:00Z Call me a pessimist or call me a humanist, but I don’t see human nature fundamentally changing anytime soon. What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z For Bakewell, hopefulness, connection and good cheer are central to all humanist enterprise. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z He’s a humanist and also very much a data guy. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Ellison’s intended caption for the photo reads like a bit of harsh humanist existentialism: Ralph Ellison and Gordon Parks’s Joint Harlem Vision 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z As a result “How the Classics Made Shakespeare” stands as a model of sensitively marshaled humanist learning and thoughtful appreciation. Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z He was an intellect, free thinker, vegetarian and a humanist who supported himself designing weapons of war. Leonardo da Vinci gets 'Batman' treatment on Starz 2013-03-25T16:01:04Z The show’s organizers and many scholars see the Modulor as a humanist expression that helped form the basis of human-scale architecture. Le Corbusier’s Architecture and His Politics Are Revisited 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z This is the first stop on the eight-city tour, and anyone who cares about the art of sculpture should pay them a visit, for each is a small masterpiece of stone carving and humanist realism. Last Chance: ?Mourners,? Many Faces of Grief, at Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-12T21:46:00Z He had a good spirit and heart, and he was a humanist, so he always had a very broad-minded view. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z This last weekend Smith was on the big screen in "The Cobbler," the new body-switching dramedy from the humanist director Tom McCarthy. Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man gets serious about a career in Hollywood 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z "Suddenly a humanist film that talks about freedom in the middle of a civil war was immersed in its own civil war," De la Rosa told the newspaper El País. British director cuts his ties with Spanish civil war film 2013-06-09T07:30:01Z “He has embraced a definition of architect to include researcher, inventor, form-finder, engineer, builder, teacher, collaborator, environmentalist, humanist, and creator of memorable buildings and spaces,” the jury said in its citation. Frei Otto, German Architect, Wins Pritzker Prize Posthumously 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Her humanist belief in the social function of art is a fulfillment of what Noguchi envisioned as a “making and ownership of art … beyond personal possession — a common and free experience.” Ann Gillen: Sculpting in Plain Sight 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z My father is a university professor, a scientist skeptical of what he calls my “humanist love of place.” ‘The Island Always Brings You Back’: Finding a Caribbean Home 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Critics have praised the movie for its combination of broad humor and a humanist message, and its ability to poke mild fun at a physical disability. ?Intouchables? Is a Magnet for French Moviegoers 2011-12-07T16:27:43Z “There is little chance that this right-wing fantasy will change things where decades of humanist films have failed,” the review said. News Analysis: Warner Brothers and Its Decades of Violent Films 2012-07-25T22:32:24Z Many funeral directors, in fact, along with many vicars, and humanist celebrants, and others involved in funerals, refuse to put a price tag on the death of our young. Undercover Undertaker shows dignity in death is a cultural concern 2012-06-26T16:44:32Z His beliefs could quite plausibly be those of a secular humanist. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z He was a humanist who had a vision of creating a new world from the ashes of what France and even Europe had become at that point, in the late 1500s or early 1600s. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The American Border (Not That One) 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z The humanist values celebrated in the series were being lost or forgotten. The man who brought humanist values — and ‘Civilisation’ — to a mass market 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z His role is to awaken Svetla’s latent tenderness, to expose the intolerance of the people around her, and to help Hristov deliver a timely humanist message. ‘Fear’ Review: Stranger in a Strange Land 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z This Princeton professor is our leading authority on classical and humanist scholarship in early modern Europe. Review | My nightstand runneth over: A proud nerd recommends new intellectual and cultural histories 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z During the middle part of the 20th century, humanist scholarship in many disciplines modeled itself on the sciences, rejecting anything that smacked of the personal, subjective and essayistic. This librarian loves ancient manuscripts and wants you to love them, too 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z His book continues his war on digital utopianism and his assertion of humanist and individualistic values in a hive-mind world. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z To borrow an astrology metaphor from his own millennial cohort, Mayor Pete functions as the left’s rising sign: he is the fresh-faced humanist, how Democrats want to be seen. The Coming-of-Age Tale That Inspired Mayor Pete to Learn Norwegian 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The humanist perspective extended to the film’s villain as well. Jon Stewart, now a feature film director with ‘Rosewater,’ contemplates what’s next Like the crew on the starship Enterprise, humanists are exploring a new frontier of the scholarly universe: space. Humanities 2.0: With Digital Mapmaking, Scholars See History 2011-07-26T13:43:41Z Playing was a popular subject at the time in humanist circles, and games were regarded, as they often still are, as an extension of classroom learning. Perspective | Kids used to make up their own games. Now the games play them. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Photograph: Private archive So it quite rightly goes: a library celebrating the life and work of novelist and humanist Kurt Vonnegut is set to open in Indianapolis this autumn. Kurt Vonnegut memorial library to open in Indianapolis 2010-08-19T13:22:00Z Murray’s deadpan dialogue thrives in finance’s theater of the absurd, but his humanist touch lifts The Mark and the Void into something unexpectedly moving, a paean to personal relations amid spreadsheets and speculation. Top 10 Fiction Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He has begun to rework the humanist reality — beginning, as artists do, with creativity. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Williams Unlike the library, the school is fairly modest and straightforward, aligned with the humanist values of the Ethical Culture Society, which I find very beautiful. Carnegie Hall and the Jewels of Midtown: Stroll the History 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Debbie Goddard. Goddard is director of the campus and community outreach department at Center for Inquiry , an international organization that fosters a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The Man of Sorrows fell out of fashion in the mid-17th century as humanist empiricism eclipsed orthodox faith as the driving force of European collective imagination. Art Review: The Enduring Power of an Icon 2011-03-31T21:48:50Z It is Dr. Fauci “as a humanist,” Mr. Hoffman says, that he hopes viewers will remember. Dr. Fauci, Movie Star 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z "Angelina is a wonderful person and it is a great honor for me to work with such a superb actress and humanist," Marjanovic said. Bosnian actress nabs lead role in Jolie's movie 2010-09-23T16:17:00Z In both his staging and selections, Mr. Swinston said, he hoped to show “that Cunningham was a humanist at heart.” Robert Swinston, a Merce Cunningham Disciple, Brings His Troupe to New York for a Debut 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The blending of gender imagery is common in rock and pop, but the central value of equality, even between performers and audience has made humanist gender relations the ideal in indie. Ask the indie professor: Are gender stereotypes still present in indie music? 2010-09-01T11:59:00Z I wouldn’t call it hopeful, but I would say that Mr. Sissako, for all his warranted pessimism, affirms a humanist faith that is one of the cornerstones of modern cinema. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z What historians and other humanists do best is tell stories, Mr. Shryock said. ?Deep History? Takes Humanity Back to Its Origins 2011-09-26T22:30:59Z I’d been studying the Qur’an with a Muslim scholar, writing a book about where my own secular humanist beliefs converged and diverged from his religious ones. Why I never tried to find out who murdered my father 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z In it, he helpfully summed up the humanist ethos of the show. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Finale: The Ones Who Live 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Only those still trapped in the humanist fallacy that man is the crown of creation, with dominion over all, will see the situation otherwise. From Innovation to Provocation, China’s Artists on a Global Path 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Instead of always considering the diplomatic message, she thought it would be interesting to think about the humanist message. Dressing Michelle, Then and Now 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z In practical terms, this would mean doing as the humanists have done since the building of the library of Alexandria, more or less. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z As a humanist who arrived at Stanford as a relative innocent in 2008, Daub brings a Tocqueville-like perspective to what passes for philosophy in the Valley. ‘What Tech Calls Thinking’ Might Really Be Something Else 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “I would say that I’m both a feminist and a humanist. I believe in equality, I always have. So, the idea that this behaviour has been occurring…” She sighs. Toni Collette: ‘I don’t like horror films – I’m too petrified’ 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z I won awards and recognition from organizations of “freethinkers” and humanists. Barbara Ehrenreich: My search for truth as a non-believer 2014-04-12T12:15:00Z In a society rife with theories and practices that flatten and shrink and chill the human subject, the humanist is the dissenter. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z I've enjoyed teaching your literature over the years, and the warmth and expansiveness of your humanist imagination is a treasure during these times of massive uncertainty in the Caribbean. Edwidge Danticat: Dawn After the Tempests 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Considine described “Tyrannosaur,” which opens on Friday, as a kind of humanist manifesto. Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z I’m not suggesting that the Pantheon came from Stonehenge, but rather that the circle is a humanist form we understand. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But empirical research added important new details to the humanist’s rough outline. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z The plot may hinge on Ahmed’s actions and motivations, but the film’s real drama revolves around a central moral and political conflict, between religious extremism and a humanist ethos that is more behavioral than doctrinal. ‘Young Ahmed’ Review: Fighting for the Soul of a Teenage Militant 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Though separated by some 600 years, both are keen stylists, eager comedians and dyed-in-the-worsted-wool humanists with a consuming interest in the varieties of emotion and experience. Review: In ‘The Wife of Willesden,’ a Literary Marriage Falters 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Still, Jünger himself deserves to be honored as a serious, if morally and politically complicated, European humanist. Review | A fascinating look inside the journal of a controversial German war hero 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The hotheaded humanist doctor and the rigorously analytical first officer are always at odds, and yet their contrasting methods and styles turn out to be complementary. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z That they don’t quite succeed is testament to the strength of Labaki’s humanist convictions and also to her instincts as a storyteller. ‘Capernaum’ Review: A Heartbreaking and Defiant Look at a Boy’s Life in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z This excess of sensibility is what made Hamlet such an icon for the Romantics, but it's also the reason he has become a literary emblem for humanists despite his frequent lapses into nihilistic sentiment. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z And he finds a life-affirming humanist sensibility in a writer celebrated for black humor. Books of The Times: Charles J. Shields?s ?And So It Goes,? on Vonnegut - Review 2011-11-02T23:41:53Z It’s a fitting choice for a humanist Hollywood reboot of paradise. ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘The Good Place’ Took Us to Hell and Back 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z When I heard the words humanist, environmentalist, feminist, educated, and equal or civil rights, I’d get irritated, suspicious and angry. How I escaped being a right-wing extremist 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Those competing impulses — what Schrader called his “sacred past and profane present” — suffuse “First Reformed,” but never at the expense of such humanist values as life, death, spiritual discipline and, just maybe, redemption. ‘First Reformed’ will shock you. Thank God for that. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The show is considered, thorough, unabashedly cross-cultural and profoundly humanist, which in these depressed days of digital-identity essentialism comes as a breath of fresh air. The African Artist-Writer Who Mapped New Worlds 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The proposed arts cuts are not an austerity measure; they’re a know-nothing strategy of dominance to undercut humanists, researchers, writers, artists, a thinking public. The N.E.A. Really Isn’t “Welfare for Rich, Liberal Élites” 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “And Their Children After Them” adheres more closely to Pottecher’s humanist ideal. This Theater Brings Nature Right Into the Drama 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “He was part of a line of great Japanese humanist directors and writers,” said Susan J. Napier, a professor of Japanese studies at Tufts University and the author of several books on anime. Satoshi Kon, Anime Filmmaker, Dies at 46 2010-08-26T05:53:00Z Jim is a humanist chaplain who dies suddenly while his wife, Jane, a pediatric surgeon, is flying back to New York from Paris. Reviews: New Books From Anne Roiphe, Nickolas Butler and More 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “And because he is a humanist, there is a universality in all of his writings.” Is August Wilson the 'Shakespeare of our time'? Cast and crew of 'Ma Rainey' say you can hear it 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Even some humanists who admire Mr. Chwe’s work suggest that when it comes to appreciating Austen, social scientists may be the clueless ones. Michael Chwe, Author, Sees Jane Austen as Game Theorist 2013-04-22T22:06:09Z The comedy is more surreal, humanist, talking about life and how we get on, and haircuts and anything I want to talk about. "If they shout at me, I'll shout back": Eddie Izzard talks comedy, transphobia and taking a stand 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z As is true throughout the university, the humanities and humanists are in a minority across university leadership in all major decision-making roles. We don’t need to “rethink college” — we need to rethink the arguments against it 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z His roots are strongly based in the soil of his country, but he was a great humanist, trying to unite cultures. Andras Schiff to Focus on Bartok in Carnegie Hall Series 2011-09-18T01:15:07Z But Tubal-Cain is also something of a humanist, or at least a proponent of the idea that humanity, for all its cravenness and corruption, might be worth saving. Movie Review: Russell Crowe Confronts Life’s Nasty Weather in ‘Noah’ 2014-03-27T18:05:40Z A 1527 Hans Holbein’s portrait of the humanist and author Sir Thomas More — one of the Frick’s most famous paintings — will be the subject of the first installment. Books From the Frick to Offer Authors’ Views on Major Works 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z He is a clear-eyed Dutch skeptic and humanist who surfs the alarmingly narrow arteries that separate life from death, wisdom from belief, the known from the unknown. Why Andriessen's daring and difficult 'Theatre of the World' will stand the test of time 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The period-appropriate British movies that find their way to the Empire’s screens are “Gregory’s Girl” and “Chariots of Fire,” and Mendes borrows some of their sweet, gentle humor and heartfelt humanist charm. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Anyone with a heart will be stirred by the generous, critical, humanist spirit shared by the kids in front of the camera and the grown-ups on the other side. ‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z We might then put these great works in a new category, no longer relics of a sacred past, but harbingers of a new, humanist future. Perspective | What Mona Lisa with her feet up says about art after coronavirus 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z And of course Gore occasionally said things that gave humanists pause. Gore Vidal's greatest quotes: leave your tributes here 2012-08-01T09:07:24Z As a good humanist, Frederick also took an interest in the ancient world. Cranach and His Time ? review 2011-03-08T13:59:01Z A cosmopolitan program is neither Utopian nor humanist and finally seems less geared toward how to make art than toward what it means to be an artist. Surprises abound in the illuminating 'Leap Before You Look' at UCLA's Hammer Museum 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Dawkins rightly points out that society wouldn’t tolerate the notion of atheist, humanist, or agnostic four-year-olds and that you shouldn’t teach children what to think but how to think. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z For Travis the humanist, that translated as a refusal to recognize the inhumanity of the walkers, something you think would’ve sunk in after he watched Nick run over Calvin a few times without killing him. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: The Cavalry's Arrived 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z “When I heard it for the first time, I thought it had an important humanist quality,” Ms. Gore told The Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 2010. Lesley Gore, Teenage Voice of Heartbreak, Dies at 68 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Critics deride it as a North Korean-style personality deification, while proponents say the course promotes humanist values and ideals espoused by Chavez that both Venezuela and a materialistic wider world badly need. 'Hugo Chavez studies': Venezuela's latest academic trend 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z And the American Humanist Association has provided a fine tribute to the author, its honorary president, saying that his "progressive and humanist values ... moved the culture in a positive direction". Gore Vidal's greatest quotes: leave your tributes here 2012-08-01T09:07:24Z As a rule, Rodrigues isn’t a showy director: He is a humanist at heart, preoccupied with empathy and the ways in which today’s world undermines it. Tiago Rodrigues’s Theater of Compassion 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z His humanist manifesto is designed not as guidance for the perplexed, but as a demonstration that religious believers have no business staking a claim to the moral high ground. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z So you went out there to bring back the material to make these gritty, hysterical, humanist films. They don’t make them like Ralph Bakshi anymore: “Now, animators don’t have ideas. They just like to move things around” 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Those visions illuminate the way to her humanist return to nature. An Exuberant Satire of the Culture of Swipe 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z “He was very known for his unapologetically exuberantly humanist statements.” Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ is a passion project both personal and professional 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The Miss Universe kerfuffle proves it’s time to call foul on this double standard and lodge once again a proud, not just feminist, but humanist protest against the anachronism of the beauty pageant. It’s time to call foul on the cruelty of beauty pageants: Trump may not own the Miss Universe pageant anymore, but his dehumanizing worldview permeates all beauty pageants 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z As a secular humanist, I'd paradoxically be very happy with any one of a number of bittersweet hymns. Music is a vital strand of our social fabric 2012-08-02T19:00:00Z Perhaps he wanted to invoke the kind of humanist milieu that educated Romans enjoyed. Art Review: ‘Antico,’ at the Frick Collection 2012-05-31T22:20:33Z Grayling is happy to rush in where Russell feared to tread, and if you want to learn how to be a good humanist, then The God Argument might be the place to start. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z Teresa Graham, a humanist celebrant, is to officiate. He Saw a Future Right Away. She Did, Too (Post Lasik Surgery). 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Traveling as a humanist restores our identity and independence, and helps us resist the overwhelming forces of globalism. It’s time for a new approach to travel 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The most interesting and imaginative of the emperors, Akbar was a free-thinking humanist who strove for the reconciliation of the different peoples and sects of his empire. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z I would argue that we need a new travel guide that acknowledges the sweeping interconnectedness of globalism, but balances this with a humanist mindset. It’s time for a new approach to travel 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Today she describes herself as an atheist, while granting there are a lot of Christian values in her new book - values she is more at home calling "humanist." Author Lionel Shriver takes on US health system 2010-06-03T12:31:00Z Shakespeare allows Shylock to express the progressive sentiment that Jews are people before confiscating his property and forcing him to convert to Christianity, therefore Merchant is actually a humanist text? Shakespeare, universal? No, it's cultural imperialism 2012-05-21T13:00:03Z But for all the skill, it's mainly an evening of academic interest: it's extraordinary to see the most humanist of directors commanding a tinkling, anxiety-causing, mechanistic drama. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z Part backward looking and part revision and update for the constantly moving present, it embodies and thickens Kruger’s refracting of the language of advertising and propaganda through an anticapitalist, humanist lens. Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It was, essentially, a humanist show—a drama about acuity, vitality, and resilience in the face of indifference, which was represented by the law. "The Good Wife" and the Good Life 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The opera, seen by some as a humanist masterpiece and by others as anti-Semitic, depicts the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish man on a cruise with his wife aboard the Achille Lauro. New York's Met Opera braces for 'Death of Klinghoffer' protests 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The only woman among the humanists, Ms. Weiss bridled at that label, because she considered her street photography to be just one part of her oeuvre. Sabine Weiss, Last of the ‘Humanist’ Street Photographers, Dies at 97 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Her response: “I am a humanist, I am for nice, easy balance.” Meryl Streep on feminist question: 'I'm a humanist' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z We can come together to celebrate important life passages: for non-religious people who want to get married, for example, we can offer a humanist celebrant to solemnize the wedding. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z In her thank-you speech she called herself a "feminist" and a "humanist". From the Big Issue: Annie Lennox gets festive 2010-12-17T11:22:03Z While some artists treat art as an opportunity for moralizing, morality belongs on Kulendran Thomas’s list of humanist fictions, along with democracy, creativity and individuality. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z A humanist, he communicated the themes of the form through identifiable characters, most often flamboyantly female. Obituaries: Kazuo Ohno, a Founder of Japanese Butoh, Dies at 103 2010-06-02T03:25:00Z The musician's wicker coffin, seen here leaving the church following a short humanist service, was adorned with a single red rose. Singer Lynsey de Paul laid to rest 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Streep, who portrays Pankhurst in the film, disappointed bloggers by saying in the Time Out interview, when asked if she was a feminist: “I am a humanist, I am for nice, easy balance.” Meryl Streep and co-stars attract backlash over Suffragette T-shirt slogan 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The passionate humanist liberal Hirschfeld almost never lent his name or fame even to urgent good causes. Always Leave Them Smiling: The Art of Al Hirschfeld 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Vaughan Williams, on the other hand, was a humanist, agnostic radical. Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z “We were convinced that it would be better for our kids not to have an education than to be educated to become humanists or atheists and to reject God,” Garrison says. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Ultimately, these three books — along with the Nietzsche and Kierkegaard — should be read as humanist manifestos. Review | What the ‘Resistance Library’ shows us about America’s struggles today 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z “He’s a spectacular visionary but he’s also a humanist,” says Quinn. Fall Preview: Bong Joon Ho and ‘Parasite’ are coming for you 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z I did not see Chekhov as either a religious or spiritual writer, but rather as the most profound humanist. They Know Russian. I Know Plays. Would That Translate? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z I feel it will, but for capitalist reasons rather than humanist ones. My hopes for peace 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z Renowned architect Richard Rogers considers the Tuscan town of Pienza, now a world heritage site, as the first great attempt at a humanist urban design. Is Instagram changing the way we design the world? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Linklater has called the film “a spiritual sequel” to “Dazed and Confused,” and the film wears its humanist sympathies on its letterman jacket. Where the boys are: Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!” and what women’s comedies can learn from the art of the bromance 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Based on the events of its penultimate episode, I would say it identifies, like most Americans, as spiritual, or perhaps aggressively humanist. How "Supernatural" reflects the American spirit and the monstrous darkness lurking underneath 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Kalanithi began as a doctor; in these pages, he becomes a humanist. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Directed toward his own class — an urbane, well-educated, culturally cosmopolitan gentry — his lyrics define what might be called the Manhattan sensibility: humanist, proudly intellectual, psychologically sophisticated, hyper-articulate, liberal, Jewish and disenchanted. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Perhaps no assessment of Lévi-Strauss was ever as far off the mark as that of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who eulogized him as a “tireless humanist” when he died. Books of The Times: A French Thinker Who Crossed Continents and Cultures 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Systemic injustices remain in the blurry background of these sentimental, humanist portraits. ‘Five Years North’ Review: Opposite Sides of Immigration 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z I like the young Polish directors; I like the humanist nature of Polish cinema. Foreign cinema is expanding our horizons 2011-03-31T22:00:03Z The warmth of the film can feel like a political stance, an assertion of humanist ethical values that has a subtle but radical power. ‘Cane River’ Review: A Lost Treasure of Independent Cinema 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z This humanist, optimist picture has something in common with Robert Guédiguian and Ken Loach, and it's another great success for the endlessly creative and productive Winterbottom. Everyday – review 2013-01-17T21:40:01Z A Renaissance humanist but also a disciple of the sin-obsessed Savonarola, he abandoned art as corruptingly worldly after taking holy orders, then picked it up again, using it as a vehicle for spiritual exploration. Art Review: ‘Dürer to de Kooning,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-10-11T23:02:45Z Hopefully the show feels like it comes from sort of a humanist point of view. "Only Murders in the Building" boss on the killer, who's back next season and a case for rewatching 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Instead, she calls herself a non-theist and humanist, and has said, “I believe there is nothing beyond matter and energy.” Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z “I’m not an active feminist, I’m an active humanist,” he said. Hugh Hefner’s Best Interview Moments 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It was a night of trippy humanist credos given human heft once more. BET Experience 2014: Outkast speaks again at Staples Center 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z If you think that moral choices should be grounded in "the responsible use of reason" and "human experience in the real world" then you are already a humanist, though you may not know it. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z Best of all, as a humanist you will be frightfully jolly about sex: you will consider it a "deeply valuable thing", provided, of course, that it is practised in a fair-minded, hygienic and respectful manner. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z The director prefers a humanist, scholarly approach, and will focus on his subject's ethical teachings. Basic Instinct director plans film about Jesus 2010-04-13T12:18:00Z Douglas is a blunt instrument, a fiction forged with humanist ideals and a degree of poetic fancy. ‘The Shadow of Violence’ Review: Behold, the Bad Man (Again) 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z After that, we narrow liberal humanists needed a stiff drink. This week's arts diary 2011-08-16T21:01:02Z For a while, glib sociology and facile plotting take a back seat to sharp, low-key humanist comedy. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Larraín invites us to believe that history is on the side of the poets and the humanists, and that art will make fools of politicians and policemen. Review: ‘Neruda’ Pursues the Poet as Fugitive 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The Unstoppable Secular Students The Secular Student Alliance is essentially a support network for the autonomous atheist, agnostic, and humanist student groups that choose to be its affiliates. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z Under these circumstances, the five-legged hybrid of piano and pianist reduces a time-tested humanist war horse to a shadow of its former self, which was the artists’ intention. Art Review: I Just Popped Out to Play Beethoven 2010-12-09T23:57:00Z Even now, the humanist precepts espoused by the early Modernists tend to inform daily life in a place where until not long ago bathers seldom bothered with clothes. The Calming Quiet of Outer Cape Cod 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z As encouraging as this data is for secular humanists, the actual numbers may be significantly higher, as columnist Tina Dupuy observes. Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline 2014-03-25T11:50:00Z And structurally, "Sudden Death" isn't normative: a short screenplay and the author's emails are interspersed with short entries from obscure sporting dictionaries and excerpts from humanist classics. Aztec and European empires collide in the strange and bloody 'Sudden Death' by Álvaro Enrigue 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Petrarch was one of several Italian humanists ushering in the Renaissance. ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished This benevolence is an expression of the Dardennes’ stubborn humanist faith, and also of their commitment to the battered and resilient ideals of European social democracy. ‘Young Ahmed’ Review: Fighting for the Soul of a Teenage Militant 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Unlike Haneke's stern lecture, however, this is a humanist work, more interested in the fragile ambiguities of character than the clean lines of didacticism. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-06T23:05:13Z This is the Kurt Vonnegut I want to remember, the generous novelist who viewed writers as kin, the wry humanist who believed we all must be kind, the active citizen who imagined a better world. 'And So It Goes': Kurt Vonnegut, disenchanted genius 2011-11-18T23:12:32Z In a sense, Spielberg has been a humanist working in a “post-human” world ever since, his embrace of technology and special effects disrupting and threatening the fragile human identities his films would hope to extol. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The reconsideration of Nietzsche began as early as 1950 with Walter Kaufmann’s influential “Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist,” which portrayed him as a German humanist in the tradition of Goethe and Schiller. Two New Books Confront Nietzsche and His Ideas 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z I would describe them as being humanist books as well as humorous ones. David Nobbs 2010-09-18T23:04:00Z The work in the first section, “Promise,” suggests a nation’s vaunted humanist ideals and abuse of those ideals. Breonna Taylor Show Points Art Museums to a Faster Track 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z And Rosler believes the dramatist's main ally in undermining the racist Wagner is Wagner himself: the humanist Wagner who inhabits the deep structure of the music. What's Wagner's secret? Love, actually 2013-04-25T16:00:01Z But what’s notable on this collection is her humanist bent, evident on tracks like “Humano,” one of last year’s great Latin pop songs, as well as a pair of new Spanish interpretations of English-language songs. Playlist: Songs for the Feet, And Even the Heart 2010-10-08T15:49:00Z Founded in the 19th century, ethical culture movements attempt to apply secular and humanist values to real-world problems using sociological approaches similar to those effectively employed by organized religions. Feeling blue in deep-red America: Advice for progressives in Trumpland 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z If you want to be a good feminist and a good humanist, your job is not to make people angry and upset all the time; your job is to proceed with compassion. Amanda Palmer: ‘I’m scared of being alone, but fear doesn’t help’ 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z "When contemporary humanists invoke the idea of progress they are mixing together two different myths: a Socratic myth of reason and a Christian myth of salvation." The Silence of Animals by John Gray – review 2013-02-15T10:20:01Z But if it is a modest display, it is one with a compelling humanist undercurrent that defines both Mr. Struth and the Met. ‘Thomas Struth: Photographs’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z We would be so enormously powerful if it were a humanist movement”. Meryl Streep isn't a feminist after all – so what on earth is she? 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Still, the correction of taste, or of bad scholarship, remains an essential aspect of the humanist’s calling, and Tanselle doesn’t shirk it. Paper, books and the art of collecting 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The “Toy Story” cycle is a humanist epic about inanimate objects. ‘Soul’ Review: Pixar’s New Feature Gets Musical, and Metaphysical 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z I knew this kind of passion from the music, but this was the first time I ever saw this same fervour in defence of humanist principles by a "classical" composer. If Michael Tippett were alive, he would still be challenging us today 2013-02-28T17:05:35Z Brown’s deep religious and humanist convictions, operating on his unquiet mind, force themselves out in an irresistible fervor, and Hawke puts it across with passion and without winking condescension. ‘The Good Lord Bird’ Review: The Necessity of John Brown 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s refreshing to witness an otherwise invincible cultural cohort get a reality check about film’s humanist fundamentals from a respected elder. Perspective | Scorsese is right about Marvel. Except when he’s wrong. 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Alan Ball must send a clear message of humanist intent to set us rolling in a positive direction for season four. "True Blood" finale: The big showdown 2010-09-13T12:30:00Z “We do a lot of interfaith activities if they align with our humanist values, but the one thing we never compromise on is our right and responsibility to criticize bad ideas,” says Miller at ISSA. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z "This initiative, as well as paying tribute to him seeks to ensure future generations know who this great Colombian, humanist, literary man and democrat was," he said. Colombia to print Garcia Marquez banknotes in tribute to writer 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In Ms. Carbone’s view, the traditionalism of art in the ’20s was not a conservative reaction to European Modernism but a humanist response to baleful developments like industrialization, bureaucratization and consumerism. Art Review: ?Youth and Beauty? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-11-03T14:00:00Z A collection of nine stories that reflect the ideal of science fiction — metaphysical or scientific speculation united with humanist emotion. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The city where Johannes Gutenberg invented the moveable-type printing press also promotes humanist values and a sense of community at the Christmas market. A beacon of Christmas tradition in Strasbourg, France 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z He was also a humanist, driven by a desire to change the world, which is what he intended to do in Shantiniketan. Footsteps: Where a Poet’s Vision Lives on in India 2013-02-01T18:07:13Z That Bertolucci, who died Monday, couched an essentially humanist critique within a movie consumed with romantic desire was also very much in keeping with an oeuvre that proved as confounding as it was essential. Perspective | More than anyone, Bernardo Bertolucci exemplified the pain and pleasure of the male gaze 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Renaissance humanists found in Jerome a man of erudition and wide learning, largely overlooking the combative ways he employed that knowledge. Perspective | In real life, Jerome was a combative intellectual. Artists made him lovable. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The anti-authoritarian spirit of comedy that flows through Lubitsch and Chaplin to Brooks and his heirs is twisted away from its humanist roots. When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Deep down, and now on the outside, Killer Mike is a righteous humanist. Albums From Jerry Lee Lewis and Daniel Lanois 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z “In terms of dramatic structure, I don’t really buy the humanist verities anymore,” he said. George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year 2013-01-06T19:57:18Z “We really encourage interfaith activities,” says Sarah Kaiser, field organizer at the Center For Inquiry, an international organization that promotes “science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.” Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z This profoundly humanist brand of portraiture went international. Martin Luther broke Europe in two, and Albrecht Dürer painted it back together 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It needs to responsibly select the “right” books for the canon, where right usually means humanist, pretty squarely in the bourgeois mainstream, and with a soupçon of intelligence. Lydia Millet: “If men’s cruel tyranny over women is the matter at hand, there’s a bored disinterest of the liberal literary establishment” 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z And more than that: an intimate, humanist epic. ‘Mr. Bachmann and His Class’ Review: Learning From the Best 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z "She was a great humanist photographer who was at the forefront of a new kind of photographic art." Diane Arbus: humanist or voyeur? 2011-07-26T10:56:29Z It’s when Downsizing attempts to go warmly humanist on us that it becomes sorely unstuck. High-concept satire Downsizing is dwarfed by its white saviour narrative 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Still, the lyrics he contributes to EL VY succeed for the same reason they do in The National: they’re relatable, self-aware and humanist. Matt Berninger has always been funny: “I actually think The National’s stuff has more humor than people pay attention to” 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Beginning with the sentencing portion of Galileo’s trial, it moves in reverse chronology, showing the scientist’s attempts to make his work palatable, through dialogues and metaphors that Mr. Glass outfits with flashes of humanist optimism. The Best of Philip Glass’s (Many) Operas After ‘Akhnaten’ 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z McCarthy offers close reads of them all, but Morrison’s moral and social criticism and the Black humanist tradition in which she wrote are the underpinning of this collection. To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Yet through essays by humanists, artists and scientists she shows how objects are of central importance to thought and emotion. Prized Souvenirs, Found for Free 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Probably because I was taught, incorrectly, that Bierce’s story was a humanist tale about the sadness of war, it never occurred to me that the story might be, in some sense, tasteless. The Unsettling Arrival of Speculative 9/11 Fiction 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “He and I talked about how I was the intellectual and he was the humanist,” Mr. Berlinger said in an interview on Monday. Bruce Sinofsky, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 58 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z "Peace on Earth," with its rows of Delftware-like plates and vases on an elaborate three-shelved wooden mantelpiece, tips its hat to Dutch humanist utopianism. New at the Henry Art Gallery: Jeffry Mitchell, Laurie Anderson and more 2012-11-20T21:29:03Z Some historians and other humanists treat the modern era as if it suddenly popped out of a chicken, “like an unfertilized egg,” Mr. Smail said. ?Deep History? Takes Humanity Back to Its Origins 2011-09-26T22:30:59Z It’s a delicate, naturalistic film that might not be as accessible as Winter’s Bone but again proves that Granik is a measured and empathetic humanist. No cape required: your guide to the best alternative films this summer 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z I’m more of a humanist, but I respect the scientific approach and recognize that science is key to solving our planet’s most urgent problems. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The Italian director and actor Vittorio De Sica is best known internationally for the searing, poignant, humanist pictures he made in the late 1940s and early ’50s. Review: From Vittorio De Sica, the Comic Anxieties of la Dolce Vita 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Gone is the humanist "communion" between people and things: "Things are things, and man is only man." In theory: Towards a New Novel 2010-05-13T15:17:00Z Parr, twice widowed before Henry married her, was a Reformation humanist intellectual, shrewd and self-contained where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard had been headstrong. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z But most of this movie, which is almost entirely in English, is taken up with tone-deaf humanist tales. ‘Berlin, I Love You’ Review: Many Stories, Not Much Feeling 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z They wanted a distributor who got Mr. Leigh, as Mr. Channing-Williams put it, and would know how to sell the filmmaker’s intimate, bristly, humanist work to the American art-house audience. Bingham Ray, Light of October Films and Daring Cinema 2012-02-03T19:51:30Z Figures such as Catena and Campagnola emerge here as links between Giorgione and the connoisseurs among Venice’s humanist elite who became his patrons. Review: An Enigmatic Renaissance Master 2010-02-19T12:10:00Z It’s a thrillingly told, life-affirming David versus Goliath war flick that remains, even as it takes in the vast violent tragedies that occur, visibly humanist. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Kulendran Thomas’s big idea is to rebut the precious, humanist, nation-state-upholding concepts of creativity and individuality by making the most pretentiously mindless art possible. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Folk music, hymn tunes, visionary literature, Renaissance polyphony and cutting-edge orchestration fused in a potent summoning of the humanist New Jerusalem. Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z The only reasonably cheerful people appear to be a tweedy liberal humanist and the school's discreetly gay co-principal. Quartermaine's Terms – review 2013-01-30T01:07:38Z Raymonda was too much like the best Jewish intellectuals in the diaspora, humanists fighting for rights and equality and basic dignity. Border walls aren't about security — they're about preventing empathy 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “Portraits mirror the human person, and Botticelli in this case represents this humanist poet and warrior with an incredible force of expression that is moving,” Orsi said. Spain gets last word on London sale of Botticelli painting 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z She said ‘I’m not a feminist, I’m a humanist.'” It’s OK to say the F-word: Sarah Jessica Parker should read Obama’s “this is what a feminist looks like” essay 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z He was also a type of humanist philosopher. Stan Lee has departed our universe, having “surpassed his wildest dreams” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z That last part is tricky with Limón’s work, since the lofty tone and explicitly humanist themes can all too easily seem like an antiquated sermon. Review: The Limón Dance Company Navigates the Present 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Selldorf: Because I think he’s deeply connected to a tradition of building — a profoundly humanist attitude between architecture and urban communities. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z When she started out, in the late 1940s, no one called Ms. Weiss and her cohort “humanists”; that term came later, when historians in the 1970s began to elevate their work to canonical status. Sabine Weiss, Last of the ‘Humanist’ Street Photographers, Dies at 97 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z As a humanist you will like "human rights", and dislike "war, injustice, and poverty", but you will allow everyone to choose their own "values and goals" just as you have chosen your own. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z For instance, there’s Ethical Culture, a humanist movement founded in the 1870s by the reformer Felix Adler, focusing on “deeds, not creeds.” Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z Nearly all of them contain some element of moral exhortation and celebration, teaching and preaching about the ethical values that humanists practice. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z After curators and historians began to embrace the humanist school in the 1970s, Ms. Weiss found more time, and grant money, to pursue her own interests. Sabine Weiss, Last of the ‘Humanist’ Street Photographers, Dies at 97 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z What starts as a mordant satire ends in a warm glow of humanist sentiment. The Heretic - review 2011-02-11T00:20:01Z I am proud to describe myself as a humanist. David Nobbs 2010-09-18T23:04:00Z "I regard human beings as a trivial accident, which would be regrettable if it were not so unimportant," he said, and he would never consent to being called a humanist. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z "If I were to label myself I'd say that I'm a humanist," she says after some thought. Pasadena Playhouse's 'Pygmalion' is more a rethinking than a revival 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A humanist association raised $60,000 for a scholarship for her. RI prayer banner case student to get Playboy award 2013-05-07T22:01:14Z He was also, despite his fascination with the future, an old-fashioned humanist in lot of ways. In our paranoid Tea Party age, the benevolent alien Overlords of “Childhood’s End” are a tough sell 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Massing widens the lens wondrously, bringing in Erasmus, the great humanist foe of Luther, and showing how their rivalry set the course for much of Western civilization. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Talking animals present a challenge to our humanist bearings, which is what Plutarch was getting at with his yapping pig Gryllus in his essay "On the Use of Reason by 'Irrational' Animals". It's a dog's life 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z I felt I was standing next to a kind of human aperture — someone who understood all the physics, all the capacity of digital picture-taking, but with the soul of a humanist. Photographer captures curious power of common items 2012-01-13T18:22:42Z At his best, Haldane was a heroic example of the scientist as activist, humanist and idealist. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z International tribunals can be a harsh reminder that injustice and unfairness are not incompatible with humanist intentions. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Plantin was interested in philosophy and religion and his house became a centre for humanist thought, discussion and debate. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z Increasingly indifferent to politics, Truffaut continues a journey into humanist cinema. Two in the Wave ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:31Z In the picture he is honouring a Renaissance humanist – a scholar of classical antiquity – for his brilliance. Oh, the power of papal portraiture 2013-03-12T15:28:35Z Where Peckinpah was borderline nihilistic, Lurie is unabashedly humanist, simultaneously celebrating and mourning the primal savagery we all harbor within us — a savagery that has been lulled into dormancy by civilization. 'Straw Dogs': Remake crackles with tension 2011-09-15T19:20:10Z Even today, she said, overtly nonreligious humanists are sometimes viewed with suspicion, and seen as too aggressive, too negative. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z This was an era of global exploration, colonial conquest, humanist curiosity and scientific advances. Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Although we now think of him as a religious painter par excellence, Cima’s illustrations of pagan legends also reveal his knowledge of the literary humanist scholarship of the age. Ode to Cima From Conegliano 2010-04-09T13:55:00Z Descending into the living room from the airy foyer, lower ceilings were intended to be calming and invite people to sit, a concept Ms. Olafsdottir said was part of Aalto’s “humanist” approach to architecture. Preserving a Finnish Design Masterpiece in France 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z And it extends to the philosophy that infuses the show, created by Gene Roddenberry, who was raised a Southern Baptist but came to consider himself a humanist, according to his authorized biography. To Boldly Explore the Jewish Roots of ‘Star Trek’ 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z And when we turn to try and understand that, I don’t really think the humanist verities are quite enough. George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year 2013-01-06T19:57:18Z Even the Protestant Rembrandt felt a special affinity for Jerome, not as a Catholic saint, but as a humanist. Perspective | In real life, Jerome was a combative intellectual. Artists made him lovable. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z EB: I don't see myself as feminist, I see myself as humanist. Erykah Badu 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist' 2010-03-24T11:48:00Z The best works reflect Gossart’s dedication to physical truth and balance, ignited in Rome but elevated to a humanist plane. Art Review: Rediscovering an Earthy Master 2010-10-07T21:50:00Z Hypatia, a humanist and an intellectual, finds herself threatened from all sides. | 'Agora': Rachel Weisz in a Tale of Ancient Egypt 2010-05-27T22:24:00Z Like his hero Bertrand Russell, he wants to be a moralist as well as an atheist, and he likes to call himself a "humanist", though he must know that humanism is a rather dodgy brand. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z It is a fundamental component of being a humanist. It’s time for a new approach to travel 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He is, in a sense, less a literary critic than an extraordinarily well-rounded humanist, unapologetic in his belief that “reading should be a pleasure.” Michael Dirda’s ‘Browsings’ offers meditations on the life of the mind 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z His life and work exhibited a voracious and passionate care for European and humanist culture, especially music, which he valued – though not without a certain regret – even above poetry. Peter Porter obituary 2010-04-23T16:54:00Z Mr. Heyman said that the film’s “incredibly humanist message” reflected the times but was not new. In ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ a Jazz Age World of Fancy and, Yes, Fear 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaplan, who in 2012 was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France, sees Rembrandt in particular as a kind of humanist ambassador. Billionaire’s Spending Spree Creates ‘Lending Library for Old Masters’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z “All lives have equal worth and there are no double standards for those of us with universal and humanist values,” he said. French President Macron opens Gaza aid conference with appeal to Israel to protect civilians 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The group’s website describes Shellenberger as an “environmental guru,” “climate guru,” “North America’s leading public intellectual on clean energy,” and “high priest” of the environmental humanist movement. How pro-fossil fuel groups helped sway the public against offshore wind in New Jersey 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Since Bala was prosecuted by the Kano state government, the humanist association — which has several hundred members — has gone underground, struggling with threats to members who no longer hold meetings, Leo said. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Since Bala was prosecuted by the Kano state government, the humanist association — which has several hundred members — has gone underground, struggling with unprecedented threats to members who no longer hold meetings, Leo said. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z One of my ideas was to place a figure from the Age of Enlightenment, a humanist, in a sort of psychic disequilibrium. The National Book Awards' translated-lit longlist is here. Of course David Diop is on it 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The debate on the presence of bishops in the House of Lord was led by Mr Sheppard who chairs a parliamentary humanist group. Wrong for bishops to get automatic House of Lords seat, says MP 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z They are forever standing on the battlements of Christendom or Western Civilization, resisting nobly but perhaps futilely the onslaught of barbarians, heretics and secular humanists. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Bala, once a Muslim, was seen as an influential member of the humanist community; most of the nonbelievers who spoke to the AP credited him as an inspiration. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Once a Muslim, Bala was seen as an influential member of the humanist community; most of the nonbelievers who spoke to the AP credited him as a source of inspiration. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z They raised young men, often nobles or rich members of the non-noble classes, with both an excellent humanist education and a fierce devotion to the Church. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Italian humanists were often devout Christians, and their study of ancient authors did not lead them to reject the teachings of the Catholic Church. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Before the arrival of Byzantine scholars and their copies of Plato and Aristotle, Italian humanists had focused primarily on the study of rhetoric and ethics. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In prison, Bala remains resolute as a humanist despite his experiences since April 2020 when he was arrested, though he worries about the safety of his family and the humanists he leads in Nigeria. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Some humanists are explicitly interested in alternatives to religion; others, like Leonardo da Vinci, are important to the humanist project because of their avid attention to the glories of man. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z While the process took many decades, both humanist scholarship and education on the one hand and classically-inspired art and architecture on the other spread beyond Italy over the course of the fifteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The goal of learning was to awaken an inner sense of piety, and northern Renaissance humanists such as Desiderius Erasmus encouraged people to use Christian teachings as a guide to daily life. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Ficino’s ideas fit well with the humanist perception of human beings as special creatures and worthy of study. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In April 2020, he shared a post noting that he and other humanists in northern Nigeria “claim that there is no God.” An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Bakewell is not blind to the failings of humanists, who can be racist, sexist or just more generally stupid. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z To the Greek humanists, human beings were not put on the earth to suffer by cruel gods, but instead carried within the spark of godlike creativity. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Northern Ireland secularists recently won the right to state recognition of nonreligious wedding ceremonies led by humanist celebrants. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z First, his concept of “virtue” influenced the humanists’ idea of human excellence. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Humanly Possible” is a sweeping new survey of the humanist tradition. Your Thursday Briefing: How Modi Wields Power 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But often enough, Bakewell believes, humanists have acted with courage and integrity, in societies that have often believed that only Christians can be trusted. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z While most male humanists supported education for girls, they insisted that it was to be very different than that offered to boys. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The David is considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance and a symbol of humanist values. Italian art experts astonished by David statue uproar in Florida 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The show would leave a lasting impact on her choice of style and themes, which were sometimes described as intimate or humanist by her fans and sentimental by her detractors. Ans Westra, 86, Dies; Her Photos Captured a Changing New Zealand 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “In the end,” he said, “everyone joined him in defending the European ideal — humanist and democratic — of cooperation between peoples to avoid reliving the sufferings of the past.” Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “It all seems gently foggy,” Bakewell writes at the outset, “and yet I do believe that there is such a thing as a coherent, shared humanist tradition.” Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Royal governments also turned to officials drawn from the towns and cities, men whose education came to resemble that of the humanist schools and tutors of Italy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Synopsis: Iranian films have won fans and awards across the globe for decades, though the country’s realist and humanist movies and documentaries remain little known in the United States. These upcoming Washington film festivals showcase stories from around the world 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z And the subject of her guest lecture — humanist economics and the hopeful spirit — feels increasingly painful to present. Review | A failing academic tries to retain her optimism in ‘The Guest Lecture’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z An additional 20 members were listed as having unknown affiliations, while Rep. Jared Huffman, California Democrat, listed himself as a humanist. Christian affiliation dominates roster of 118th Congress; majority is Protestant 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Bakewell’s treatment of the contemporary humanist movement is cursory and inadequate. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Reichert was developing what she called a “humanist Marxist” ideal. Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 76 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Currently, the most prominent humanist in Congress is Rep. Jared Huffman, a California Democrat who founded the Congressional Freethought Caucus to keep religion out of government and promote public policy based on reason and science. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Octavia was a humanist with a strong moral conscience and conviction of what was right. A close friend and road-trip buddy learned a lot from Octavia Butler 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “Strangers to Ourselves” forces questions about treatment from a humanist mind frame, eliciting compassion not only for these people, but for ourselves. To get to the root of mental illness, Rachel Aviv went to the patients 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z She overlooks the weird infighting and persistent misogyny that have characterized contemporary humanist associations in the United States. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Bernuth, 74, never left her Pleasant Hill, Ore., farm, but she found a lifeline in Drew Johnson, 43, whom she had met at a local meeting for humanists before Covid hit. How Family and Friends Helped Get Me Through the Pandemic 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The Freethought Caucus currently has 16 members, though most do not identify as atheists or humanists. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The killings in the bucolic and largely agricultural province have convulsed a country that likes to portray itself as a humanist role model for the world. Six Members of One Family Are Among the Victims of Canada Mass Stabbing 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Ben Bohane, an Australian friend and fellow photojournalist, described Page as one of the world’s great war photographers as well as a “real humanist.” Vietnam War photographer Tim Page dies in Australia at 78 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The United States is increasingly irreligious, but until we relearn — on social media, in our politics, in person — that Erasmian courtesy, we shall not deserve to call ourselves humanists. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z "For thousands of couples it is hugely frustrating that something as uncontroversial as legal recognition for humanist marriages has been delayed for almost a decade," he said. Wedding laws need biggest shake-up since 19th century - report 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The increasing ranks of atheists and humanists in elected office coincide with a rapid decline in religious observance in the U.S. in recent decades. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z “A 10-year-old child is much more of a humanist than the typical Russian citizen,” he said. Putin Aims to Shape a New Generation of Supporters — Through Schools 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The GOP lawmakers contend the grant “prioritizes atheists and humanists above all other potential recipients” and violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Republican lawmakers slam Biden administration grant to protect atheists overseas 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Secular humanists note Jefferson’s own religious skepticism and fit his words and worldview within 18th century Enlightenment thinking, emphasizing human reason over faith. The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’ 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z The plans would also give equal status to religious marriage and non-religious belief marriage, like humanist unions. Marrirage reform: Minimum legal age set to rise to 18 in NI 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Millar said the goal of electing more atheists and humanists is to help grow secularism in government. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Yet if his May book, “The High Sierra: A Love Story,” is any indication, it may be most appropriate to think of Robinson as a humanist. Sci-fi master Kim Stanley Robinson on the Sierra and why humans might just ‘squeak by’ 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In their ideal America, our "secular humanist" society based on science and reason will be destroyed. Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Though their schedule had be changed slightly, the couple's humanist ceremony went ahead smoothly. Islanders save lost luggage couple's wedding 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Figures released in 2019 showed a significant rise in the demand for humanist wedding ceremonies since the landmark ruling. Marrirage reform: Minimum legal age set to rise to 18 in NI 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Candidates who identify as atheists or humanists tend to be liberal, but that’s not always the case. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z In a profession long dominated in the U.S. by Christian clergy, Buddhists are leading an ever more diverse field that includes Muslim, Hindu, Wiccan and even secular humanist chaplains. Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z It meant credible threats of violence from conspiracy theorists who believed they were called by God to murder abortion providers, Muslims and "secular humanists." Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z "But it wasn't Muslims who did that. It wasn't Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, Jews or Native American spiritualists." Military was told to purge "extremists" after Jan. 6 — so it went after a Black Muslim officer 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z His goal, he said in victory, was a “humanist” France, but also an “entrepreneurial” one, a France of “work and creativity” but also “a more just society.” Emmanuel Macron, Victorious, Searches for Reinvention 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “Atheists and humanists come in all ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and political orientations,” Mr. Millar said. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Walking out to the tune of the E.U. anthem, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” Macron on Sunday night claimed the election as a win for “an ambitious humanist project.” France’s Macron wins presidency, holding off Le Pen’s far-right threat to upend Europe and relations with Russia 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z "She wasn't pinned down to one belief, she was a humanist more than anything. She related to young people and that kept her going," he added. Iby Knill: Leeds Holocaust survivor dies aged 98 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Enormously influential, it offered a guide to a new, humanist form of moral urbanity rooted in classical education. Perspective | This dashing self-portrait by Rembrandt is one of his greatest “I don’t think Shakespeare knew a lot about Jewish people, but he was a humanist. He knew how to write the shape of a human being and give them a life.” Jewish diversity is becoming an ever more vibrant issue onstage 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “The majority of atheist and humanist communities are more left of center but they can also be from all political persuasions.” America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The Renaissance ideal of human dignity inspired some northern humanists to develop plans for social reform based on Judeo-Christian values. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Tsushima did not consider herself a feminist but rather a humanist. Review: What a 1980 Japanese novel about a single mom foresaw about pandemic loneliness 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Through these efforts, Mann comes across as one of the most prolific and impactful “militant humanists” working against Hitler’s regime from abroad. Review | How Thomas Mann escaped to America and waged a moral battle against Hitler 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z For Dr. Cahn — a humanist and humanitarian who held, in addition to his law degree, a doctorate in English from Yale University — the law was a tool most nobly used on behalf of the poor. Edgar Cahn, champion of legal services for the poor, dies at 86 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The number of people who identify as atheists or humanists is increasing among members of state legislatures and in Congress, according to the Center for Freethought Equality, an advocacy group that supports the trend. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z In the 1500s, Christian humanists like Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More added their voices to the chorus of criticism. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The UK government's failure to legally recognise humanist marriages in England and Wales is "discriminatory", MPs have argued, as they called for marriage reform. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “This is a humanist book about our contact and care for each other,” said Urrea. Sex writing as literary parlor game? Why 27 writers decided to bare (almost) all 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Pioneering photographer Sabine Weiss, who was the last surviving member of France's celebrated humanist school, has died aged 97 at her home in Paris. Sabine Weiss: Legend of street photography dies at 97 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The recent midterm elections marked strong gains for atheists and humanists, the latter of which believes human beings evolved naturally, rather than being created by God. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Also, humanists popularized the study of subjects common to classical education, such as history, literature, and philosophy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Currently, humanist couples need to have a civil marriage with a registrar to gain legal recognition. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “It’s about you and me. Our needs. I think our architecture is humanist, is spiritual.” Richard Rogers, high-tech modernist who won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, dies at 88 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Erasmus, a Dutch humanist of the Renaissance best known for his ironic essay "In Praise of Folly," would have been appalled at such a grotesque misappropriation of his name. A Nationalist International? Thanks to German taxpayers, the far right gets a global think tank 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Before the 2016 election, just five elected officials serving in state legislatures identified as humanists or atheists. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z However, humanists suggested that a person might enjoy life without offending God. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a personal speech, Labour MP Rachel Hopkins, who described herself as a humanist, said it was "discriminatory that humanist weddings are still not recognised". Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In the Alps, on both sides of the border, the approach is essentially humanist and humanitarian, grounded in local traditions of not leaving people alone against the elements. Freezing in the Alps, migrants find warm hearts and comfort 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z To counter the social isolation, Africa’s nones have begun connecting on social media and building support communities, with active online humanist groups in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, among others. Nonbelievers across Africa risk freedom and family support 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Most humanist or atheist candidates won state house seats, but Rep.-elect Eric Sorenson, Illinois Democrat, also scored a win for the group in Congress. America’s atheists and humanists increasingly joining the ranks of lawmakers in state capitals 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Italian humanists were very interested in reviving classical languages and classical texts. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of the debate on Thursday, 53 MPs and peers signed a joint letter urging the UK government to immediately legally recognise humanist marriages in England and Wales. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Their goal was to be humanist and open in telling a story that decidedly isn’t theirs. Could be 'The Worst Person in the World' isn't the movie you think it is 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In the 1960s, opponents of sex education argued that courses designed by “secular humanists” would turn children against their parents and into pleasure-seeking, long-haired protest marchers. Perspective | School culture wars stirred up voters for a reason: Classrooms really did change 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Kirkhart also spoke to atheist and humanist groups in Canada, Germany, France, Nigeria, India and Cameroon. Bobbie Kirkhart, the matriarch of atheism in L.A., dies at 78 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z When the Italian humanist ideas reached the north, people used them to examine the traditional teachings of the Church. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter calls on the government to give humanists "the same freedom of choice to marry in line with their beliefs as their religious counterparts". Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Then there was Erasmus, the great Dutch humanist philosopher with whom Tudor England was obsessed. Review: Hans Holbein struts his stuff at the Getty Museum 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z And while there are certainly exceptions, professors in physics and chemistry are less likely than humanists or social scientists to venture into controversial political territory and find their academic freedom under attack. Opinion | The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The moves by The Satanic Temple, headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, align with those of other humanist and atheist groups that have opposed the anti-abortion laws in Texas and Mississippi. Satanist group tees up efforts to blunt abortion laws in Texas, Ohio 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The northern humanists were critical of the failure of the Christian Church to inspire people to live a Christian life. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Campaign group Humanists UK says more than 1,000 couples a year are having humanist wedding ceremonies, which can be conducted anywhere, including outdoors. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Epstein was raised Jewish but identifies instead as a humanist – an approach to life "based on reason and … common humanity," according to the American Humanist website. Harvard appoints 'athiest' as president of university chaplains - not everyone is happy 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He previously ran a congregation of Boston-area humanists and atheists who met in Harvard Square for weekly services that centered on secular sermons. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In a candidate questionnaire during his state senate run last year, Christmann described himself as a “hardworking, Blue-Collar, lifelong New Yorker” and a “no nonsense humanist” who wanted “what is best for the little guy.” Plumber turned political candidate busted in Capitol riot 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The humanists promoted the education of women and founded schools attended by both boys and girls. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter from MPs says the UK government has had the power to recognise humanist marriages since the 2013 Marriage Act took effect but has not yet acted. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z It also represents an attempt to erase religious liberals, progressives and radicals from the public sphere, by pretending that only "secular humanists" can possibly oppose what they are doing. The Christian nationalist assault on democracy goes stealth — but the pushback is working 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Kumar, who served as the president of a Harvard humanist graduate student group that Mr. Epstein advised. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaunda, a teetotaling former schoolteacher and avid ballroom dancer, espoused what he called a humanist political philosophy, which mixed socialism with soaring rhetoric about the importance of community. Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian president and African liberation symbol, dies at 97 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Instead of trying to make classical texts agree with Christian teaching as medieval scholars had, humanists studied them to understand ancient Greek values. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But successive governments have decided review marriage law more generally before making a decision on recognising humanist ceremonies. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Kline, 33 who said she’s the mother of 10-year-old triplets, said “we are a secular humanist household” when asked about her family’s faith affiliation. ‘Jesus’ banner yanked from Fort Sill’s main gate, Military Religious Freedom Foundation says 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z And for some members of Harvard’s humanist and atheist community, exploring humanism has brought with it a richer understanding of faith. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z But for a film that seeks to be so humanist, there’s only one truly human character in it. Review: Billy Crystal neglects the other characters in the well-meaning 'Here Today' 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Writer-director Chen, along with the two leads, delicately navigates this story, and the result is something deeply humanist and nuanced rather than sensational, though the rainy milieu adds drama to the proceedings. Review: A teacher. A student. 'Wet Season' delicately lets the story unfold 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z "We see no reason for humanists to wait any longer," the letter says. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Bahrani went on to direct a series of emotionally detailed, deeply humanist films including “Man Push Cart,” “Goodbye Solo” and “99 Homes.” How 'The White Tiger' became a surprise hit on Netflix 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Nickerson then shared a Buddhist parable that she had learned from the humanist club, which her grandmother later passed on to her Bible study group. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “Regrettably, Richard Dawkins has over the past several years accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values,” the association said. Richard Dawkins loses ‘Humanist of the Year’ award after comparing trans people to Rachel Dolezal 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s worth noting that the most famous doctor in Covid-era America is a committed humanist. Opinion | Medical School Needs a Dose of the Humanities 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Opening the debate, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt said the requirement for a separate civil ceremony placed a financial and emotional burden on humanist couples. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Also, some 2,000 artists, teaching artists, and scientists/humanists in Massachusetts who responded to the surveys reported losing more than $30 million in personal income. Pandemic costs Massachusetts culturual institutions dearly 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z She started attending meetings of the humanist group and discovered in Mr. Epstein a form of mentorship that felt almost like having a secular rabbi, she said. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z When Ishiguro told the audience at his Nobel lecture that he’d always taken the unstoppable advance of humanist values for granted, he may have been exercising a certain degree of modesty. Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z What about the charge — partly vindicated, I admit, by the small number of radical postmodernists in our ranks — that humanists in academia downplay “empiricism and evidence,” as The Lancet put it? Opinion | Medical School Needs a Dose of the Humanities 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He said legislation to grant humanist weddings legal recognition could be easily passed by parliament. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z He’s a humanist, he’s decent, and he was acknowledging that death isn’t a moment for rejoicing or gloating — that the only thing served by that is our own debasement. Opinion | Must We Dance on Rush Limbaugh’s Grave? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z There is a sense of moral synergy on the left, among not only progressive Christians but also humanists, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and the spectrum of faith traditions, he said. In Biden’s Catholic Faith, an Ascendant Liberal Christianity 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The humanist congregation I belong to provides emotional comfort, celebrations of life events and a nucleus for community action on behalf of the social good. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Winners and losers all around 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Though its causative factors were admittedly painful, I’m not certain removing such a profoundly humanist classic as “To Kill A Mockingbird” from a curriculum benefits either our students or our society as a whole. Feedback: What teachers say about a school district's book ban threat 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Labour MP Nia Griffith asked why humanists should "have to feel that they are second-class citizens, that their celebration does not count." Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In addition, he said, Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in 34 countries and it is reportedly difficult or illegal to run a humanist organization in over 30 countries. UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z In addition, he said, Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in 34 countries and it is reportedly difficult or illegal to run a humanist organization in over 30 countries. UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The only thing Richard Just left out of his very balanced essay on the intersection of religion and politics was an interview with a secular humanist leader or atheist organization. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Winners and losers all around 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z In this world, miracles are real, Satan, allied with liberal secular humanists and the deep state, along with Muslims, immigrants, feminists, intellectuals, artists and a host of other internal enemies, is seeking to destroy America. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z She referenced a High Court ruling in July 2020., which saw six humanist couples claim they were discriminated against because the law treats them differently from those with religious beliefs. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Goya navigated the tempestuous shoals around being a court painter and an independent humanist during the brutal period of Spain’s Imperial unraveling. The 10 best coffee table books for the art museum obsessed 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Still, the original stained glass windows are surprisingly humanist, with images of figures like Aristotle and Louis Pasteur as well as Jesus. New Spirits Rise in Old, Repurposed Churches 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z To do this, they need the input of humanists and social scientists who understand how language actually works. How Speech-Recognition Software Discriminates against Minority Voices 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z He was a humanist who idealistically made ecumenicalism the spiritual and societal center of his life. Mendelssohn: Ah, youth! The sheer pleasure of music that gives us hope 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z "Legislation to allow humanist marriages now would pre-empt the Law Commission's report, which is expected to provide a framework that could allow for humanist weddings," Mr Pursglove said. Humanist marriage: MPs call for legal recognition of ceremonies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In an age that doesn’t have time to read Florentine humanist commentaries on Plato, we can only express our wonder at the Renaissance greats through a price tag. The $80m Botticelli: could its auction trigger a Covid-rescue fire sale? 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z A “humanist,” really — which is really just an atheist by a different word. Anthony Fauci, the great ‘humanist,’ sets U.S. sailing on globalist, anti-freedom course 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z If it sounds more humanist than “central bank,” the underpinnings nonetheless are deeply practical. Powell's white-collar world led to Fed pivot for blue-collar jobs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z He’s brilliant at conveying disorientation and disillusionment while still retaining a core of unwavering decency — a quality suited to the humanist inclinations of his most frequent director of late, Steven Spielberg. Review: Mark Rylance brings nuance to the stolid anti-colonialist epic 'Waiting for the Barbarians' 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “We knew him as a quintessential regionalist and a leader in development economics. He was also a humanist with a deep commitment to social justice.” Former Barbados PM, Caribbean statesman Owen Arthur dies 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He then sought through “humanist realism” to unite the many ways of making modern music as a model for uniting us as people. Listen to Rzewski's 'People United' and hear protest music that stirs the soul 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s a grand project, brilliantly executed and deeply humanist. David Mitchell's expanding universe swallows up the ’60s 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z López Obrador departs from Trump’s example in this way at least: He frequently claims to be a “humanist” and talks publicly about his administration’s respect for human rights. Op-Ed: Mexico's president and Trump have this in common: They both trample human rights 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z In Scotland and Northern Ireland, the law is different and humanist ceremonies are legally recognised. Court bid to legally recognise humanist weddings 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Adele Chaplin, who works as a celebrant for humanist funerals across the UK, said it was not just an issue of numbers, but also of human contact because of the rules on social distancing. 'I feel like it wasn't a proper funeral' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Her dreams of humanist reform fall into the meat grinder of a society so patriarchal, women aren’t allowed to be formally educated. A wave of complex young female central characters powers the TV season 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Siena also imbued its artists with a rare and humanist curiosity that, even in their depictions of religious scenes, involved them in meditations on human psychology and ideas. Hisham Matar on how the Black Death changed art forever 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Wonderful humanist insights abound in this nine-hour series in which the heroes lose. Calendar Feedback: Theater after the Pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z "Marriage laws need to reflect the make-up of modern-day society, including the growing numbers of humanists, which is why we think this case is so important," they said. Court bid to legally recognise humanist weddings 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z His later books included “Portrait of a Jew,” “The Liberation of a Jew” and “Jews and Arabs,” in which he sought to claim a Jewish cultural and humanist identity, separate from religious faith. Albert Memmi, Tunisian-born author of searching books about identity, dies at 99 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z “The real threat to the church ... is in the global dictatorship of purportedly humanist ideologies,” he said. Ex-pope Benedict XVI accuses opponents of wanting to silence him 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z I always saw him as a sort of Mark Twain figure A humorist but mainly a humanist. John Prine, US folk and country songwriter, dies aged 73 due to Covid-19 complications 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Lorraine Barnett, a humanist celebrant of 11 years, is calling for a ban. Call to ban funerals during coronavirus crisis 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The statement called Penderecki a “Great Pole, an outstanding creator and a humanist” who was one of the world’s best appreciated Polish composers. Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, known for monumental works, dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z In a statement emailed to The Associated Press, the Ludwig van Beethoven Association called Penderecki as “Great Pole, an outstanding creator and a humanist” who was one of the world’s best appreciated Polish composers. Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z These include the great Max Ophuls, who moved the camera “as if life depended on it” and the underrated World War II era humanist Jean Grémillon. Review: Bertrand Tavernier's 'Journeys Through French Cinema' is one you won't want to end 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Evangelicals think their private internal language is somehow going to convince secular humanists that a given policy should be enacted because the Bible says it's true. Trump and the Christians: Evangelical historian John Fea on decoding the great paradox 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Siddiqui, a Muslim whose family is from Pakistan, said the group now includes Sikhs, Hindus, pagans and humanists, as well as followers of America’s largest faiths. More US firms are boosting faith-based support for employees 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z For his humanism, courage, and the breadth and completeness of his humanist vision. John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Colleges and universities must train not only engineers, scientists, humanists and business leaders but also citizens. Opinion | It’s colleges’ job to train citizens. Higher education isn’t rising to the challenge. 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z As a brilliant scientist and humanist, he understood that life was precious and pain a necessary consequence; however, pain and the loss of cognitive control at the end of life is not humane. Rant & Rave: A helpful shopper with an eye for antique art looks out at Goodwill 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z “The medal is not about Trump. The medal is about America, and about our government honoring artists and humanists as something that is important to our country.” Trump Awards the First Arts and Humanities Medals of His Presidency 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z For many Czechs, the liberal and humanist values espoused by ex-president Vaclav Havel, who died in 2011, are now highly toxic. Velvet Revolution: Prague's ghosts of communism 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The humanists and social scientists at these universities should help create an intercollegiate athletics ethos that isn’t tied to an out-of-date notion of amateurism. Opinion: The Pac-12 should defy the NCAA and embrace California's law letting student-athletes earn dollars 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z As the literary critic Leo Spitzer once wrote, “the humanist believes in the power of the human mind of investigating the human mind.” How Mere Humans Manage to Comprehend the Vastness of the Universe 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “Portraits mirror the human person, and Botticelli in this case represents this humanist poet and warrior with an incredible force of expression that is moving,” Orsi said. Spain gets last word on London sale of Botticelli painting 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z In June, the Supreme Court in a 7-to-2 ruling upheld the cross display and rejected the humanists’ argument that the monument represented a religious endorsement. The Supreme Court said the Peace Cross can stay. How did these students rule? 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “I see Brian, through his work, as a great kind of humanist, who is engaging on quite an emotional level with people,” Maidment says. 'It has created a sense of hostility': how Kaws made the art world pay attention 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But in Paris, the true modernity and extremity of his art needed no humanist veneer. Death on a toilet: the shocking Paris show that almost sank Francis Bacon 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z On Monday, he told his ministers that the government needed to tackle the issue of immigration head-on, warning: “By claiming to be humanist, sometimes we are too laxist.” French police clear ‘security hazard’ migrant camp 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z AR: Yeah, like one style is more romanticized, humanist, surreal stuff, and then another one is I’m making 3D brush strokes to create the form and mold. How Team Rolfes uses motion capture suits to create wild interactive experiences 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In Scotland the number of humanist ceremonies reached 5,702 in 2018, more than the Church of Scotland and the Catholic Church combined. Non-religious weddings rise in Northern Ireland 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z It reverses last year’s decision by a district judge, who sided with the atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists who sued. Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z These voters are naturally attracted to the GOP when they hear party leaders’ sneering references to affirmative action, entitlements and secular humanists. Review | A ‘grand bargain’ that secured the South for the GOP 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z They seem, at times, to be applying old, humanist techniques to a culture obsessed with the future. The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z In an interview at his Capitol Hill office, he characterized himself as “non-religious, humanist, spiritual albeit without any particular dogma. I’m a spiritual drifter. ‘Seeker’ would be a perfectly good word, too.” ‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z In Northern Ireland, humanist ceremonies remain a small percentage of all marriages. Non-religious weddings rise in Northern Ireland 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z "So, they're out there swimming in an ocean of their own ego -- their opinions, their secular humanist concepts." Pastor John Hagee: Secularizing of America will lead to 'heartache and chaos' 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z She took to calling herself a “humanist,” abandoning the religion of her childhood. A transgender soldier who fought to wear the Army uniform wonders if it still fits 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z And the number who I would describe as idealist — there's a bit of that in every kid, and that's what you're reaching for, the humanist, the citizen — have always been driven by tremendous pressure. Billionaires can't fix college: Jim Sleeper on the real crisis in higher education 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “I thought: What can we do at our level to open these kids up to humanist ideas, to the idea of Europe?” the teacher, Mathieu Le Parquois, told me. What Is Europe? Freedom, Slavery, Austerity or Nothing at All 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland and Scotland are the only parts of the UK where humanist ceremonies are legally recognised. Non-religious weddings rise in Northern Ireland 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z So a candidate who doesn’t mind calling himself a “socialist” refuses to say that he is a secular humanist — if, in fact, that’s what he is. Opinion | It’s time for us to have an unapologetic atheist in the Oval Office 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z He vowed a “profound reorientation of the philosophy I believe in — more human, more humanist.” A Chastened Macron Says ‘I Can Do Better’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Their attempt to uphold the humanist ideal may have been hypocritical and weak, but it was not so devoted to the markets. Billionaires can't fix college: Jim Sleeper on the real crisis in higher education 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Gold’s best work to date was produced in collaboration with the fascinating humanist playwright Annie Baker. Sam Gold’s Self-Serving Vision of “King Lear” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Humanist weddings are non-religious ceremonies which are conducted by a humanist celebrant. Non-religious weddings rise in Northern Ireland 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z “Liberty, diversity, creativity, the rigour and openness are founding values of the Sorbonne University, which is profoundly humanist and anti-racist,” it wrote. Greek tragedy prompts 'blackface' racism row at Sorbonne 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z There is no doubt that the future will be interdisciplinary and that humanists should play a major role in shaping it. The Humanities and the Future 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z So instead of having liberal education develop citizens or humanists, it becomes a careerist, consumerist transaction: I pay and take on debt, so I’d better get a "good" job. Billionaires can't fix college: Jim Sleeper on the real crisis in higher education 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Everyone here is petty, self-interested and mean — under the circumstances, who wouldn’t be? — but the movie’s consoling, deeply humanist insight is that they remain people worth knowing. Review: ‘An Elephant Sitting Still,’ Hu Bo’s first and last feature, is a haunting dispatch from northern China 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Part of this Christian totalitarian mindset is that secular humanists are deemed to be incapable of understanding the "Kingdom of God." Chris Hedges: Democrats may well lose to Trump again, and Bernie Sanders is "naive" 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In other words, the group aims to both humanize technologists and technologize humanists. Top Universities Join to Push ‘Public Interest Technology’ 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z A humanist wedding is a non-religious ceremony to mark a marriage between two people. Humanists 'less likely to divorce' 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The naked body might be, for example, a locus of scholarly humanist enquiry, its depiction requiring a mastery of anatomy and an examination of real naked models. Skin in the game: do we need to take down nudes – or look at them harder? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The bill seeks to prevent the state from endorsing any policy in line with what it calls the “LGBT secular humanist religion.” Kansas lawmaker apologizes after LGBTQ daughter decries bill 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z But some at Saturday’s protests said they were part of a humanist movement aimed at improving the lives of everyone in the country. French police fire tear gas as latest 'yellow vest' protests turn... 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z In The Four Horsemen, the incompatibility of Islam and secular humanist values comes up in one of the few moments of group dispute. Sam Harris, the new atheist with a spiritual side 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Northern Ireland legally recognised humanist weddings last year after a Court of Appeal ruling said it would breach human rights not to do so. Humanists 'less likely to divorce' 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “The Bellwether” suffers from intense self-importance; and too much of the film consists of the heroine defending her life and rebutting her torturer with familiar feminist/humanist talking-points. Reviews: ‘Yucatán’ sets sail on Netflix; Alex Reid powers ‘The Bellwether’ and more 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z They stand to sing humanist hymns dedicated to peace and love that the two also wrote. A Canadian Preacher Who Doesn’t Believe in God 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “It’s a very humanist movement and we’re doing this for everyone. So if right now they’re fed up, then too bad for them.” French police fire tear gas as latest 'yellow vest' protests turn... 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The former officer, who is now a humanist celebrant, was keen to do something to mark the 100th anniversary and made the SPF aware of the story. Murdered policeman remembered 100 years on 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z "It may be that humanists are older or richer than most, either of which would account for their apparently lower divorce rates," he told Radio 4's Sunday programme. Humanists 'less likely to divorce' 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Hariharan, a party member, bonding with him over books by Pablo Neruda and humanist writers. Her Visit to a Men-Only Temple Went Smoothly. Then the Riots Started. 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Surely, that ethos of exchange and inquiry is the true humanist inheritance of Leonardo – and not this demeaning tussle as to whether Paris or Rome really own his genius. Leonardo was a man of the Renaissance, not narrow nationhood | Tristram Hunt 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z And, of course, there’s a beautiful humanist element to the show. Why De Blasio Loves ‘The Simpsons’ (and Where He’d Take Homer in New York City) 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z As a secular humanist, I trust in the empirical facts of the natural world, not the leap-of-faith beliefs of the unknowable supernatural world that most religions adhere to. Opinion | D.C.’s end-of-life law is humane 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Tuchman says one of his father’s biggest regrets was the loss of the “humanist factor” in medicine. Peter Tuchman: rollercoaster ride is written on Wall St's most famous face 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z As a secular humanist, I very much appreciated Michael Gerson’s Dec. 14 op-ed, “Secularism without humanism” — except for one thing: He falsely equated secularism with consumerism. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Voyager 2, the Harvard-Yale game, and funny, sad and bad cartoons 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z As the Renaissance humanist Petrarch put it, people go forth to behold “the mighty surge of the sea ... the inexhaustible ocean, and the paths of the stars”. Explorers at sea: centuries of science afloat 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The cynic in me says Cohen is just acting, but the humanist in me sees a man beaten down and going the only way to true redemption...the truth will set you free. Opinion | Michael Cohen Got Wise. Will America? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z As the show nears what may be its endgame, it’s making an inevitable transition from dark comedy to humanist tragedy. The 20 best TV series of 2018 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z As humanists, we rely on expert knowledge of historical practices of writing, printing, publishing, and collecting to understand how text shapes human culture and vice versa. The Mail 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Secular humanists don’t believe in god and instead look to each other to live our lives in a way that benefits other people and Earth. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Voyager 2, the Harvard-Yale game, and funny, sad and bad cartoons 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z An American liberal, for example, might say the lesson is universal humanist values — the kind of values that many of us assumed, mistakenly, were permanently ascendant in the world after the war. Opinion | What Happens When a Holocaust Memorial Plays Host to Autocrats 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z If I, as a humanist, wanted to raise an issue with the Supreme Court, it would be the issue of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Opinion | The Bladensburg Peace Cross is not offensive to this humanist 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “It became really clear to us that, in addition to having a great research library for humanists, we have a bio-archive,” Michael Witmore, the library’s director, told me. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z In America, humanists have the freedom to publicly commemorate the end of life without reference to God. No reason to bulldoze the Bladensburg Peace Cross 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Jean Mohr, 93, a Swiss photographer who brought a humanist’s eye to refugee camps, the Palestinian territories and places of distress all over the world, died Nov. 3 in Geneva. This week’s passages 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z What happens if the justices side with the humanist group? Bladensburg Peace Cross is Veterans Day, World War I reminder 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z We are humanists but are not offended by the statue. Opinion | The Bladensburg Peace Cross is not offensive to this humanist 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “We're both incredible humanists who at times dip into tragedy and drama but also always in the realm of beauty.” LACMA's Art + Film Gala blurs boundaries between the museum world and Hollywood - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The court ruled in favor of the American Humanist Association, a group that calls itself “the leading progressive voice in America on behalf of humanists, atheists, agnostics and freethinkers,” as well as three local residents. U.S. top court takes up religious dispute over Maryland cross 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z It is not just the rising intolerance of the “immigrant” outsider that he fears, but also the erosion of other liberal, humanist values. Mark Gatiss: ‘The League of Gentlemen was a premonition of Brexit’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z And in California, would blushing brides be forbidden from using the Army’s Presidio Chapel, lest humanists or atheists be offended? Bladensburg Peace Cross is Veterans Day, World War I reminder 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z His latest is a warm and prickly humanist triumph that features no movie stars, disperses its attention across a large ensemble and feels meticulously handcrafted in every respect. Review: Patrick Wang's 'A Bread Factory' is a richly absorbing portrait of a community theater at a crossroads - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Later on, evolutionary humanists and monists replaced God’s order with “scientific” anthropologies, then constructed racial hierarchies and put white Europeans on top. Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “One thing we always want is humanists,” Mr. Fitzsimmons said, adding that there were “fewer and fewer” of them. Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z To the thousands of nonbelievers who attend atheist, humanist and secular events across the country, Silverman was a kind of rock star, with frequent appearances on cable television news and at rallies on the Mall. Leading atheist, accused of sexual misconduct, speaks out 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And who, for heaven’s sake, would side with humanist and atheist litigants who do not understand the phrase “free exercise?” Bladensburg Peace Cross is Veterans Day, World War I reminder 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Hustwit got unprecedented access to Rams, exploring the man behind the mythology, a humanist designer with a surprisingly wry sense of humor and plenty of biting opinions on the state of the world. Dieter Rams is the Godfather of Design 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But, rather than food, I want to say that it’s Italy’s humanist tradition, knowing how to spend time together. Roberto Saviano: ‘I saw my first corpse in secondary school. It didn’t shock me’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z |
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