How to Welcome Religious Guests At A Humanist Wedding
Summer is the season for weddings! Matthew Bulger, AHA legislative associate and new Humanist Celebrant, shares his recent experience of officiating a friend’s non-religious wedding and offers insight in making religious guests feel welcomed. I... Read More
Faitheist, Courage, and Keeping Up with the Johnsons’ Eleven Faith Traditions
Chris Stedman, who is the assistant humanist chaplain at Harvard University, intrigued me when we would meet at Harvard Humanist events. Stedman’s position as “Interfaith and Community Service Fellow” struck me as particularly curious for... Read More
Is There Room for Nontheists at Interfaith Services?
Almost as soon as the bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University began responding to the needs of their community by providing services customarily performed by chaplains.... Read More
Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet
It’s not enough to point out that our political system is saturated with money, including money from coal and oil and nukes and gas. Of course it is. And if we had direct democracy, polls... Read More
The Religiosity of Kanye West Humanism of Hip Hop, pt. 1
There is no arm of youthful rebellion more culturally visible than music. The popular narrative of the last half-century was of kids fighting the oppression of their elders by picking up instruments and exploring new... Read More
Brainstormin’: Faith is a False Friend
A few weeks ago, I found myself at the front of a sizeable auditorium, facing an audience full of faithful Christians. The organizers of the event—the Christian Veritas Forum—had flown in a charismatic MIT chemistry... Read More
Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013)
Roger Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana, Illinois. He was the only child of Annabel (a bookkeeper) and Walter Ebert (an electrician), who raised their son as a Roman Catholic. As a... Read More