PPT-Humanism and Religion

Implications of a humanist perspective for the study of religion The more excited I get the more possibilities I see in terms of topics and resources the more worried I get How does Humanism fit . PHILIP KITCHER. DEWEY AND JAMES REVISITED. JAMES’ CENTRAL PROBLEM: RECONCILING SCIENCE AND RELIGION. FOR DEWEY THIS IS . ONE. PROBLEM.. ONE TASK ARISING WITHIN THE PROJECT OF DEVELOPING A LIBERAL, DEMOCRATIC WORLD-VIEW. Two. Fundamental . Aspects. . of. the Personal Worldview . Artur Nilsson. Lund University, Sweden. The 13th . European. Congress . of. . Psychology. , . July. . 12th. , 2013, Stockholm, Sweden. Renaissance Humanism. The term "Renaissance" means "re-birth" and refers to Europe's "cultural rebirth" in approximately 1350-1550.. Cultural and artistic developments that began in Italy in the late 1300s, and then spread to Northern Europe in the late 1400s and early 1500s.. See Chapter 12 Sections 2 and 3 (p. 382-384 and 389-390. Italian Renaissance Humanism . A key intellectual movement of the Renaissance was humanism. . Humanism was based on the study of the classics, the literary works of ancient Greece & Rome such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history. . The European World. Religion: Now & Then. NOW. Voluntary. Private. Individual. THEN. Mandatory. Public. Shared. Peter Marshall: ‘where faith met community’. Corporate souls, members of the body of Christ which had visible expression in local structures.. Florence. Humanism. Salutati. Man is responsible for his good or bad deeds. God does not control a man’s will or morality. It is better to benefit others by living an active public life than to live as a monk, which does not benefit anyone other than the monk. What is a Worldview made up of?. There is a conflict of Worldviews across the Globe. Every worldview is made up of. Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, Biology, . Pyschology. , Sociology, Law, Politics, Economics and History. Understanding Differing Belief Systems. Religions vary from country to country, city to city, and village to village. Yet, in Canada we live in a multicultural society where religion means many different things to many different people all in one place. Since differing belief systems and worldviews are quite diverse, understanding this diversity is essential for Western culture. Understanding where other’s gain their own comprehension, by sharing thoughts, values, and spirituality with others will help guide each of us into accepting that we are all unique individuals with the same goal yet differing beliefs.. 1. RELIGION and NON-RELIGION. 2. Students learn about:. The religious dimension of human history. New religious expression. Non-religious worldviews. The difference between religious and non-religious worldviews. By Andrew Edmondson. To believe or not to believe?. Our worldview, religious or otherwise, partly depends on what we believe about death.. Whatever our beliefs, happiness is our common goal, in this life or the next.. kakkori. & . rauno. . huttunen. Question. on . humanism. The question ‘what is human being?’, is the basic question of . philosophy. . It is also . the basic . question of the science of . 1450-1750.   "both sides of human consciousness - the side turned to the world and that turned inward - lay, as it were, beneath a common veil, dreaming or half awake. The veil was woven of faith, childlike prejudices, and illusion; seen through it, world and history appeared in strange hues; man recognized himself only as a member of a race, a nation, a party, a corporation, a family, or in some other general category. It was in Italy that this veil first melted into thin air, and awakened an objective perception and treatment of the state and all things of this world in general; but by its side, and with full power, there also arose the subjective; man becomes a self-aware individual and recognizes himself as such.“. To understand how humanists make moral decisions.. To begin to evaluate humanist ethics.. Learning Objectives. Has anyone ever heard of Humanism before? . What is it?. Starter. https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/. Potentials . for. an initiative. 1) . What‘s. . the. . issue. ?. 2) A Vienna . profile. : Digital . Humanism. . 3) Vienna . Manifesto. on Digital . Humanism. Computer scientists join the criticism of digitalization that has largely come from...