Essays about: "secular humanism"

Found 2 essays containing the words secular humanism.

  1. 1. The Discourse of Religion in Swedish Secular Humanism. A Discursive study of religion and the secular in the Swedish Humanist Association

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : David Westerberg; [2015-06-29]
    Keywords : atheism; secular humanism; The Swedish Secular Humanist Association; Humanisterna; identity; discourse of religion; discourse analysis; classification;

    Abstract : This study combines the two scholarly fields of studying atheism and secular humanism and the discursive approach of studying the uses of the category “religion” in socio-political interests. As an empirical case, the study looks at The Swedish Humanist Association, Humanisterna, with examples from some of the videos on their official website, as well as examples of articles from debates between the chairman of Humanisterna and critics of the association. READ MORE

  3. 2. Paradise Overcome A Secular Interpretation of Paradise Lost

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Pauliina Arvidsson; [2014-02-07]
    Keywords : engelska; John Milton; Paradise Lost; epic poetry; secularization; secular humanism; liberal humanism;

    Abstract : P.B. Shelley wrote that John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost “contains within itself a philosophical refutation of that system of which, by a strange and natural antithesis, it has been a chief popular support” (394). READ MORE