His commitment to ethical and humanist philosophy was admired and revered by his community and most recently, among his friends and admirers at The Classic Residence in Teaneck.
Obviously, in an age of humanist commitment to "evangelical" reform, this opinion implied trust in the plain words of Scripture; but for Agrippa, it also meant trust in the authority of the works attributed to the "ancient theologians" (prisci theologi), Platonists, and Cabalists.
In Western tradition, humanists' moral commitment to compassion and critical thinking derives from two distinctive achievements of the first Christian humanists.
In fact, there is a marked consistency about Thomas's early career, and it seems that he successfully balanced his humanist interests with commitment to the law.
But that is the price of taking seriously that our fundamental commitment is to the God of the universe (or, for our secular spiritual members, a commitment to the highest ethical values of the humanist tradition) -- and hence our responsibility is to fight for the full picture of what we need in order to alleviate unnecessary human suffering!
Although he had lost the religious underpinning of the vocation that took him there, he retained the commitment to making the world a better place as a humanist.
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Rigbi was a distinguished scientist, humanist, and courageous civil rights activist with a lifelong commitment to peace between Jews and Arabs.
As Louis Black recently wrote, "Consistently political and outspokenly humanist, Sayles' body of work stands alone in the breadth of its commitment to working-class and minority communities and the often ignored historical constructs that helped shape the present.
As Chaz Ebert recently wrote, "Consistently political and outspokenly humanist, Sayles' body of work stands alone in the breadth of its commitment to working-class and minority communities and the often ignored historical constructs that helped shape the present.
Still, when it comes to the pastoral version of "boots on the ground" — a continuing presence in communities, a commitment to tactile rather than virtual engagement with people who are hurting — the example of Newtown shows how humanists continue to lag.
