History of Humanism
- Main article: History of humanism
- Greek roots
- Democracy
- Free thinking
- Greek philosophy
- Renaissance humanism
- 1853 - Humanistic Religious Association formed in London
- 1900 to the 1930s – New Humanism developed by the American scholar Irving Babbitt and the scholar and journalist Paul Elmer More. It was an influential strand of conservative thought up to the 1930s.
- 1929 - First Humanist Society of New York
- 1930 - Humanism: A New Religion published
- 1933 - Humanist Manifesto published
- 1941 - American Humanist Association founded
- By region
- Humanism in Germany
- Humanism in France
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