Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...

Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...

A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their "defining statement of World Humanism." Though they explicitly state that the statement "is not a creed," it is -- and it serves ...

"There's just plenty of ways for us to pursue goodness and truth." Americans are becoming increasingly secular, with nearly 30% of adults reporting they are not affiliated with any specific religion, ...

A NATIONALITY is — well, what ? No one really knows. The scholars, of course, dispute ABOUT it endlessly. What makes a nation? How can you identify it? What factors comprise it? My own guess, ...

What is conservatism? That is a good question, one that has been answered in many ways: a defense of the status quo, or of tradition; gradualism in politics; a preference for order over change; an ...

WORDS which are spelled with a capital letter are peculiarly dangerous to thought. One commonly uses them to designate a complex of ideas which has never been adequately analyzed, and their meaning ...