Sentence examples for humanism from inspiring English sources

It may sound trite, but I choose to identify with humanism, which is a values system, rather than feminism, which is a political system.

Andrew Copson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, said: "While we welcome the more inclusive nature of some aspects of the revised qualifications, we are bitterly disappointed that humanism is to be largely excluded.

A DfE spokesman said: "The new GCSE content requires students to have an understanding of the beliefs, teachings and practices of two religions, but still allows them to spend up to 50% of the course studying philosophy and ethics, which can include studying other non-religious beliefs such as humanism, alongside the core study of major world religions".

I originally joined the Green party because of environmental reasons but I am increasingly with them for their humanism, care of the vulnerable in society, and they are the only party saying we should increase taxes and spend more in the public secotr - I 100% agree.

This is the sorry state our humanism has reached.

Not his happily middle-class family life, though Liberal-Labour politics had filtered through from his father, and non-conformist piety (altered by him to humanism) from his mother.

What they seem to proclaim is not a distinct civilisation, but a worthy successor to ancient Rome, that later became a worthy precursor to the Renaissance.Stress is laid on the commonality of subject-matter between pagan art and that of the early Christians; we are told that "progressive" (sic) forms of Byzantine art foreshadowed Renaissance humanism.

Radiating humanism and painterly skill, Balla raises a coffee cup to his lips.

The pope's counterproposal is a kind of Christian humanism, which insists that no problem affecting mankind can find a solution without considering the practical consequences for ordinary people, and without discerning the will of God.It is in those terms that Mr Ivereigh sets out to explain the pope's seemingly conflicted positions on homosexuality and marriage.

Add up "founding values" such as humanism, social responsibility and the so-called "social market economy", and critics will sneer at a wishy-washy centrism.

As one of the fathers of European humanism, he gave his name to a university in his native Rotterdam, to a programme that helps young Europeans study abroad and to a controversial way of pronouncing Greek.All this makes Erasmus a fitting name for this new blog, on religion and public policy.