Outline of Humanism - History of Humanism

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