{"product_id":"humanizing-a-brief-guide-to-humanism-for-the-interested-but-non-committal-9798302679031","title":"Humanizing: A Brief Guide to Humanism for the Interested but Non-committal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Scott Robinson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Atheism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI grew up in a Fundamentalist Christian home in the US Midwest. And in that singular era, in such a household, concepts like humanism were not only unwelcome, they were anathema. Verboten. 'Evil, ' even; secular humanism, the Fundamentalist community insisted throughout my youth, was opposed to the church. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that's not what I saw in humanism. I saw I was a place where gender and skin color made no difference; where there was no poverty, and copious opportunity; where \"knowing one's place\" meant nothing, because everyone was in the same place. I saw equality, reason, integrity, fairness, opportunity, community - ideals the New Testament conveyed, but which the church didn't truly aspire to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt took me a while to break away from my religious roots, but I have now lived many years among people with a very different vision of what saving humanity really means. I've invested deeply, and the essays herein will hopefully communicate some of the values and vision I've absorbed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45563859239063,"sku":"9798302679031","price":889.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798302679031.webp?v=1768599663","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/humanizing-a-brief-guide-to-humanism-for-the-interested-but-non-committal-9798302679031","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}