The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain

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Beschreibung

Humanists have been a major force in British life since the turn of the 20th century. Here, leading historians of religious non-belief Callum Brown, David Nash, and Charlie Lynch examine how humanist organisations brought ethical reform and rationalism to the nation as it faced the moral issues of the modern world. This book provides a long overdue account of this dynamic group.

Developing through the Ethical Union (1896), the Rationalist Press Association (1899), the British Humanist Association (1963) and Humanists UK (2017), Humanists sought to reduce religious privilege but increase humanitarian compassion and human rights.

After pioneering legislation on blasphemy laws, dignity in dying and abortion rights, they went on to help design new laws on gay marriage, and sex and moral education. Internationally, they endeavoured to end war and world hunger. And with Humanist marriages and celebration of life through Humanist funerals, national ritual and culture have recently been transformed.

Based on extensive archival and oral-history research, this is the definitive history of Humanists as an ethical force in modern Britain.

Über den Autor

Callum G. Brown, David Nash and Charlie Lynch

Zusammenfassung

Written by world-leading scholars in the field

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Images
1. The Origins of the Ethical Movement to 1926
2. Unbelief and Humanism: The Popular Mood of British Society
3. Challenging the State, 1896-1939
4. Humanism as an International Movement, 1896-1952
5. Union and Consolidation of the British Movement, 1939-1969
6. Movement and Thought: The Development of Humanist Thought, c.1890-c.1960
7. Humanism and the New Morality, 1955-1980
8. Humanism and British Culture, 1963-2021
9. The British Humanist Association and its Mission to Britain, 1963-2021
10. Britain and the World: The International Humanist and Ethical Union since 1952
11. Humanism and the Progressive Future
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781350136601
ISBN-10:	1350136603
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Brown, Callum G Nash, David Lynch, Charlie
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Maße:	232 x 160 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Callum G Brown (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.01.2023
Gewicht:	0,553 kg