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Useful books on Humanism:

The following books describe various aspects of Humanism.

bulletHelen Bennett: "Humanism, What's that? A book for curious kids," Prometheus Books, Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
bulletAntony Flew, "Atheistic Humanism (The Prometheus Lectures)," Prometheus Books; (1993). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
bulletA.C. Grayling, "Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a secular age," Oxford University Press; (2002). Read reviews or order this book
bulletAnthony Freeman, "God in us: A case for Christian Humanism," Imprint Academic; (2nd edition; 2001). Read reviews or order this book
bulletJim Herrick, "Humanism: an introduction." Read reviews or order this book
bulletRoger E. Greeley, "The Best of Humanism," Prometheus Books, (1988). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
bulletPaul W. Kurtz:
bullet"The Forbidden Fruit: The ethics of Humanism," Prometheus Books, (1988). Read reviews or order this book
bullet"The Humanist Alternative: Some Definitions of Humanism," Prometheus Books, (1979). Read reviews or order this book
bullet"Humanist Manifesto 2000: A call for a new planetary Humanism," Read reviews or order this book
bulletCorliss Lamont, "The Philosophy of Humanism." Humanist Press; (1997). Read reviews or order this book It is also available as a free PDF download at: http://www.corliss-lamont.org/ You may need software to read this file. It can be obtained free from:
bulletDale McGowan, "Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion," American Management Association (2007) Read reviews or order this book
bulletDavid Allen Williams, "A Celebration of Humanism and Freethought" Prometheus Books; (1995). Read reviews or order this book
bulletLewis Vaughn & Austin Dacey, "The case for Humanism: Introduction." Read reviews or order this book
bulletSherwin T. Wine, "Celebration : A Ceremonial and Philosophic Guide for Humanists and Humanistic Jews," Prometheus Books; (1988). Read reviews or order this book

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A guide for Humanist parents:

Dale McGowan, Ed., "Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion," American Management Association (2007). Read reviews or order this book

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Humanist resources on the Internet:

Many Humanists contribute to the Atheist, freethinker and secular WWW sites. Some uniquely Humanist resources are listed below:

Humanist Organizations:

bulletThe American Humanist Association has a home page at: http://www.americanhumanist.org/ It includes FAQ, a list of Presidents of the AHA, essays, songs, and a selection of procedures for special life occasions, such as child dedication, weddings, and funerals.
bulletHumanist Association of Canada has a home page at: http://www.humanists.ca  It includes a description of Humanism, news, board structure, services, history, etc.
bulletThe Council for Secular Humanism is another large group dedicated to humanism. See: http://www.secularhumanism.org/
bulletThe Council issued "A Secular Humanist Delaration" in 1980. See: http://www.secularhumanism.org/
bulletThe British Humanist Association has a home page at: http://www.humanism.org.uk/
bulletHumanists "presents Humanism for agnostics, atheists and enquirers. There is information about the Humanist ethical tradition, news, answers to questions, and jokes. See: http://www.humanists.freeserve.co.uk
bulletThe Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association is a British grop that "...promotes a rational humanist approach to homosexuality and to lesbian, gay and bisexual rights as human rights." See: http://www.galha.org/
bulletThe "International Humanist and Ethical Union" (IHEU) has a home page at: http://www.secularhumanism.org/
bulletThe Institute for Humanist Studies is at: http://www.humaniststudies.org/ They have information, news, a podcast, a grant program, etc.
bulletHumanists.net provides free web hosting to dozens of Humanist and related site. See: http://www.humanists.net/
bulletThe Continuum of Humanist Education (COHE) provides interactive courses in humanist thought on the web. Prices range from free to US $25.00 See: http://humanisteducation.com/
bulletThe "Movimiento Humanista Evolucionario Cubano: (Cuban Evolutionary Humanist Movement) has prepared a short essay titled "HUMANISM: Why, What, and What For, In 882 Words" It gives a very concise overview of Humanism. See: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/

Humanist Periodicals:

bulletThe Humanist Magazine is published by the American Humanist Association. See: http://www.thehumanist.org/
bulletFree Inquiry: a publication of the Council for Secular Humanism, at: http://www.secularhumanism.org/
bulletHumanist Perspectives (formerly Humanist in Canada): a publication of the Humanist Association of Canada. See: http://www.humanists.net/hic/
bulletThe New Humanist is a British publication publication. See: http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/

Periodicals of particular interest to Humanists:

bulletSkeptical Inquirer Magazine: a publication of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). See: http://www.csicop.org/si/
bulletSkeptic Magazine: a publication of The Skeptic Society. See: http://www.skeptic.com/

Individual's web sites:

bullet"The Internet universal religion: Cosmosofy," at: http://www.cosmosofy.org/
bulletEthical Humanism is an alternative to religious faith and offers humanist spirituality without religious dogma. See: http://www.humanistministry.com/ 
bulletFrederick Edwords, "What is Humanism?," at: http://www.jcn.com/
bulletWhat is the Humanist movement?, at: http://www.humanism.org/
bulletSecularity describes themselves as "a fun social community of ethical godless people." They have an Atheist dating service, interest groups, forums, and free personal websites. See: http://www.secularity.com/

See also our list of Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist and other web sites.

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Related essays on this web site:

bulletHumanistic Judaism
bulletUnitarian Universalism A large percentage of Unitarian Universalists (UUs) are Humanists.

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