Everyday Humanism

Dale McGowan is editor and co-author of Raising Freethinkers (2009), Parenting Beyond Belief (2007) and the anthology Voices of Unbelief . He currently serves as founding executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a non-profit organization focusing, encouraging, and demonstrating humanist generosity and volunteerism. In 2008, he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year. Anthony B. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities at Rice University and the Director of Research at the Institute for Humanist Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author or editor of twenty-six books including, African American Humanist Principles (2004) and By These Hands: A Documentary History of African American Humanism (2001). In 1999 he received the African American Humanist Award from the Council for Secular Humanism, and in 2006 he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year.

• Introduction SECTION I: BEING A HUMANIST 1. Humanism and the Problem of Fear Dale McGowan 2. Humanism and the Problem of Being Human Jennifer Michael Hecht, Columbia University 3. Humanism and Healthy Living Susan Rose and Katrina Scott, independent scholars, USA SECTION II: THE HUMANIST IN RELATIONSHIP 4. Coexistence Chris Stedman, Harvard University 5. The Expression of Love Anne Klaeysen, Columbia University 6. My Neighbor's Keeper? Humanism and Charity Anthony Pinn 7. Humanism's Obligation to the Next Generation Bob Bhaerman, independent scholar, USA 8. Humanism and Online Social Networking Jamila Bey, independent scholar, USA SECTION III: DOING HUMANISM 9. Community Greg Epstein, Harvard University 10. Humanist Ethics in Everyday Life Nigel Warburton, Open University, UK 11. An Ecological Turn Henk Manschot and Caroline Suransky, University of Humanistics, Netherlands 12. Politics and Political Life Andrew Copson, British Humanist Association 13. Political Involvement in a Troubled World Alan Tacca, journalist, Uganda