This article was originally published in the May 2022 issue of the Sociological Review. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in the nature of belief: how we arrive at the positions we hold most dear, how we justify our own beliefs, and how those beliefs are constructed. We all like to […]
Every day seems to bring more news of a mass shooting–Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and Ames. That’s in just the last two weeks, and it just mentions the incidents that make “breaking news”. Again and again, lives are tragically cut short in these mass shootings, almost always in places—hospitals, schools, grocery stores, workplaces, entertainment venues, places
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The first part of the title of this article is based on the sub-title of one of the first articles on paranormal belief that I ever wrote, some three decades ago (French, 1992). Within parapsychology, the term sheep refers to believers in the paranormal, whereas sceptics are referred to as goats. This terminology is based
Register now for the upcoming 81st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association (AHA). The Conference will be entirely virtual again this year, so you can join us from your very own home, or even set up a watch party with your friends, family, or local group. When you attend, you’ll see two days of
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Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Mike JayKent, England My name is Mike. I am a humanist. However, I’d be lying if I denied that my journey to
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In this book, John McWhorter argues that woke ideology has become a “religion” whose followers, the “Elect,” are failing in their efforts to reduce racism and are actually harming Black Americans. In the excerpt that follows, he offers an alternative approach.—The Editors Chapter 5: BEYOND “DISMANTLING STRUCTURES”: SAVING BLACK AMERICA FOR REAL IF YOU HAVE
Native American repatriations—the removal of human remains and artifacts from museums and universities and their subsequent reburial—may proceed faster in 2022 than in any preceding year. Yet repatriation hinders science because human remains and artifacts are used to reconstruct the past, which in turn helps us understand our common human experience. Factors that impact repatriation
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The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior “righteous indignation”—this is the height of psychological luxury, the most
Waking from Wokism: Inoculating Ourselves against a Mind Virus,Nicole Scott,Free Inquiry Read More »
The 1619 Project The publication of The 1619 Project is a good place to start for understanding the controversy over critical race theory and woke liberalism. The project started as an effort on the part of a group of African American writers for The New York Times to focus on the role that slavery has
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