Fred Edwords
Fred Edwords, a former executive director of the American Humanist Association and immediate past editor of the Humanist, is now retired and devoting time to writing and speaking on humanism and volunteering in the secular movement.
Posts by Fred Edwords
Faith and Faithlessness by Generation: The Decline and Rise are Real
WE'RE REACHING THE END of the alphabet—and the end of a religious statistical oddity in the United States. Generation Z, more so than the... Read More
Unsanitized Buddhism and Humanitarian Crises
For decades many humanists have felt a special kinship with the religion of Buddhism. Humanist Paul Chiariello sums it up most emphatically on his... Read More
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
BOOK BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI BASIC BOOKS, 2017 262 PP.; $27.00 A glance at Amazon.com reveals no less than thirty-two books published in 2017 applying... Read More
Take a Selfie with the Bible at Washington’s Newest Attraction
It looms three blocks south of the National Mall in Washington, DC, and features 3,100 items displayed in 430,000 square feet of floor space,... Read More
Disaster Relief: Can Humanism Fill the Gap?
Humanists are good at handling abstract philosophical questions, such as responding to the “god of the gaps” argument (that wherever there’s a gap in... Read More
How Clarence Darrow Came Again to Dayton
Christian conservatives, despite their threats of protest, vandalism, and even violence, turned out to be a no-show. The hour-long ceremony the morning of July... Read More
Why Religious Education Is Needed in Public Schools
On June 12 the National Council for the Social Studies became the first national education organization in the United States to put into its... Read More