IHS NewsThis past Sunday the Democrats unveiled their 2008 convention with an “Interfaith Gathering of Clergy.” I am a Humanist: a proud, active member of the community of millions of Americans who believe in being good without God. So you might think I regarded this as some pernicious “intrusion of religion into the […]
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Humanist members led by Prof. Meg Bowman portray three Humanists, Unitarians, Feminists, and Pioneer women discussing their trials and tribulations: Canada’s first woman doctor, Emily Stowe; author, lecturer and socialist, Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and Britain’s reformer, Frances Power Cobbe who exposed domestic violence and wrote Wife Torture in England. Plus: Discouragement, a short conversation between […]
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Michael McOmber, biodiesel activist from Carmel, CA, will coordinate this program on biodiesel, supporting AHA’s efforts to increase involvement in getting the documentary film Fields of Fuel into theaters this fall as part of the Humanist environmental concern. We will examine why AHA became a partner and fiscal sponsor of this film, produced by AHA […]
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We are most aware of the act that we are thinking when we are doing objective thinking, when the principles of mathematics are most important. In addition, cognitive psychology has been able to identify some other thinking that occurs at a much less conscious level within the human mind. Peter Bishop, Ph.D., H.C., H.A., has […]
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We have completed the funding required for the Access Northern Ghana Computer School! As soon as all the supplies are in place and working, the school will open its doors in the city of Tamale. The purpose of the school is to bring computer literacy in a part of Tamale where it has not been […]
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Les Kaye will explore the basis of human suffering from the Buddhist perspective and the experience of suffering in our daily lives. We will discuss how Buddhism and Zen practice enables individuals to respond creatively and with equanimity in a world of anxiety, disappointment, and loss. Mr. Kaye started Zen practice in 1966, was ordained […]
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