Encyclopedia - Fellowship Of Reason: Encyclopedia - Fellowship Of Reason
The Fellowship of Reason is a moral community based in Atlanta. Its founder, Martin L. Cowen III, calls himself a "non-theist", and says ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eudaimonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Eudaimonia - Greek Philosophy
Socrates' philosophy, as it is represented in Plato's early dialogues, contains two related claims about eudaimonia. The first is the str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Humanism - Humanist Traditions
As originally conceived in the early 20th century, humanism rejected revealed knowledge, theism-based morality and the supernatural. Yet ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism: Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism
Religious humanism, is an integration of religious rituals with humanistic philosophy that centers on human needs, interests, and abiliti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secularism: Encyclopedia - Secularism
Secularism is commonly defined as the idea that religion should not interfere with or be integrated into the public affairs of a society....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moral Community: Encyclopedia - Moral Community
A moral community is a group of people drawn together by a common interest in living according to a particular moral philosophy. Moral co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Humanism - Revealed Religious Traditions
In the past, humanist versions of major religions, such as Christian humanism, Humanistic Judaism and Islamic humanism played an importan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secularism: Encyclopedia Ii - Secularism - Definition
As secularism is often used in different contexts, its precise definition can vary from place to place. In philosophy, secularism is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secularism: Encyclopedia Ii - Secularism - The Secular Ethic
Holyoake's 1896 publication English Secularism defines secularism thus: Secularism is a code of duty pertaining to this life, founded on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secularism: Encyclopedia Ii - Secularism - The Secular Society
In studies of religion, modern Western societies are generally recognized as secular. Generally, there is near-complete freedom of religi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Ray: Encyclopedia Ii - John Ray - Career
Ray's quiet college life closed when he found himself unable to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity 1661, and was obliged to give up his f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Excommunication: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Excommunication
Excommunication A religious sanction that removes an individual from the ritual and social community of the church when that member ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia - Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of god(s). That is, all who do not have such a belief - whether ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Types And Typologies Of Atheism
Many people have disagreed on how best to characterize atheism, and much of the literature on the subject is erroneous or confusing. Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Topics - List Of Lists
Ayyavazhi Religion - Bible stories - Biblical names - Born-again Christian laypeople - Buddhist terms and concepts - Cathedrals - Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Three Famous Atheists: Freud, Marx And Nietzsche
- - From the less analytic tradition, there are three major atheist thinkers. MacIntyre notes in "The Religious Significance of Atheism" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Criticisms Of Atheism
Atheists and atheism have received much criticism and opposition throughout human history, chiefly from theistic sources who consider lac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Three Famous Atheists: Freud Marx And Nietzsche
- - From the less analytic tradition, there are three major atheist thinkers. MacIntyre notes in "The Religious Significance of Atheism" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Reasons For Atheism
Although not all atheists claim to have a rational justification for their stance, a majority of explicit atheists do assert that their s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Atheism Studies And Statistics
As some governments have strongly promoted atheism, whilst others have strongly condemned it, atheism may be either over-reported or unde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Etymology
In early Ancient Greek, the adjective atheos (from privative a- + theos "god") meant "without gods" or "lack of belief in gods". The word...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - History
Although the actual term atheism originated in 16th Century France, ideas that would be recognized as atheistic today existed even before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Distribution Of Atheists
Though atheists are a minority group in most countries, they are relatively common in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Religion And Atheism
Atheism - Spiritual and religious atheism. Although atheistic beliefs are often accompanied by a total lack of supernatural beliefs, th...   » Read the article