In response to recent attacks on a fundamental, Constitutional principle at the heart of American democracy, the separation of church and state, our Society has organized this speaker series.Read More
atheism
Book Review of ‘A-Theism: Believe It or Not’
In the year before his death in 2017, retired literature professor Richard Lettis compiled many of his thoughts on atheism, as well as the convictions of philosophers, poets, and scientists, living and dead, on the topic. The result is “A-Theism: Believe It or Not.”Read More
What Can You Believe If You Don’t Believe in God?
By Michael Werner I grew up in an area so Catholic that I had never met anyone or didn’t even know anyone who wasn’t Catholic. One day a Protestant family […]
Reflections on “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?”
Friends, Michael Werner, past President of the American Humanist Association, gave a moving talk today entitled, “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?” which is also the title of […]
Speaking of Ethics: Living a Humanist Life
Author: Joseph Chuman (CreateSpace, North Charleston, S.C., 2014) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn On the cover of Joseph Chuman’s Speaking of Ethics, a silhouetted male figure holds a bullhorn in his […]
Mortality
Author: Christopher Hitchens (2012, Twelve, Hachette Book Group) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Christopher Hitchens took on death much the same way he took on life—with an unsparing, combative […]
