Religious Humanism

Atheist Students Find Their Place In The Interfaith Movement

Chris Stedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secular Student Alliance, Atheism, Humanism, Interfaith Youth Core, Campus Interfaith Work, American Pluralism, Interfaith Leadership Institute, Atheist Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Humanism, Interfaith Dialogue, Religion News
Chris Stedman

When I first started doing interfaith work, I didn't see many other nonreligious people involved. Now, we're impossible to miss.

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Killing off Rational Judaism: The Maimonidean Controversy

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Emotion, Sephardic, Religious Humanism, Judaism, Jewish Law, Torah, Mishneh Torah, Ashkenazi, Maimonides, Sephardi, Sephardi Ashkenazi, Religion News
David Shasha

If Humanism is to be restored to Judaism, the Maimonidean Controversy must be addressed and resolved in a definitive manner.

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Moses Maimonides: Arab Jew, Religious Humanist

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Moses, Arabic, Jewish, Islam and Judiasm, Muslim, Ibn Rushd, Religious Humanism, Jew, Moses Maimonides, Pagan, Judiasm, Toledo, Visionary, Humanism, Spain, Religion, Religion News
David Shasha

The figure of Moses Maimonides (ca. 1138-1204), perhaps the greatest post-Talmudic rabbi, exemplifies the complications and pitfalls involved in the Arabic articulation of Judaism.

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When a Tombstone Reads 'Light of the World'

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charity, Judaism LGBT Rights, Judaism, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Religious Right, Humanity, Good Deeds, Religious Humanism, The Inner Life, Faith, The Rebbe, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The Rebbe replaced religious judgment with an impassioned humanity. His message became a mantra: give charity, pray daily, offer hospitality, and love every stranger as oneself. He gave faith back its heart.

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