Sentences with phrase «include humanist»

Some common methods I employ include humanist, emotionally focused therapy (EFT), mindfulness based stress reduction, cognitive behavioral, and narrative therapy approaches.

Almost six out of seven English SACREs now include a humanist.

The vast majority of SACREs in England and Wales now include a humanist alongside religious representatives, but some, like the Vale of Glamorgan, still refuse membership to humanists, or else only admit humanists as co-opted members without voting rights.

But despite the rise in the number of non-religious personnel, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which coordinates the national service of remembrance, still refuses to include Humanist representatives at the ceremony, and have twice rejected the BHA and UKAFHA's request for representation.

I am not prepared to say the religious communities, among whom I would include the humanist communities, are not capable even today of providing the religious superstructure and infrastructure that would renew our republic.

I accept Rorty's defense of the value of literature as a means of sensitizing us to the predicaments of life, but would expand upon it by reiterating my original call for a truly interdisciplinary conversation, one that includes humanists and scientists, theoreticians and practitioners, students and educators.

Long standing opponents of faith schools include Humanists UK and National Secular Society.

All the usual contemporary justifications for the subject of RE in the school curriculum — its contribution to social cohesion and mutual understanding, its presentation of a range of answers to questions of meaning and purpose, and its role in the search for personal identity and values — can best be served by including humanist perspectives and non-religious students.

The Accord Coalition was launched in 2008 and brings together religious and non-religious organisations (including Humanist UK) who want state funded schools to be made open and suitable to all, regardless of people or their family's religious or non-religious beliefs.

Not exact matches

Such services are not truly interfaith nowadays unless they include Catholics and Jews, Muslims and Sikhs, and perhaps a secular humanist, too.

The campaign features violent or sexist quotes from holy books, contrasted with more compassionate quotes from humanist thinkers, including physicist Albert Einstein.

Humanists UK have highlighted how several MPs, including the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds, have received money from the Catholic Bishops» Conference in return for intern placements.

42.2 % no religious affiliation, including agnostic, atheist, Humanist, Darwinism, and «no religion» 19.0 % Catholic 17.4 % Protestant 6.9 % Buddhist 4.4 % other Christian, not identified elsewhere 2.8 % Sikh 1.8 % Jewish 1.7 % Muslim 1.7 % Christian Orthodox 1.4 % Hindu 0.5 % other religions, including Aboriginal spirituality, Pagan, Wicca, Unity, New Thought, Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafarian, New Age, Gnostic, Satanist 0.3 % Bahá «í, Eckankar, Jains, Shinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian and Eastern religions not identified elsewhere

Several themes stand out in Mayernik's accounts of these cities: the persistence of a humanist sensibility grounded in sacred order (including what can only be regarded as a sacramental sense of the relationships among the human body, the city, and the cosmos); the role of memory in the life of traditional cities; the relationship between memory and artistic action; and the city as the physical embodiment of shared aspirations rather than «reality.»

For since human beings would be the judges of which tenets are included and which are excluded we find ourselves back again in the closed humanist world which denies supernatural revelation.

Radical Protestantism included many humanists, whose approach was largely but by no means purely intellectual.

Humanists UK have highlighted how several MPs, including the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds, have... More

Other Peers expressing their support included Lord Harrison and Baroness Meacher, who highlighted how humanist marriage would merely extend the existing legal provisions awarded to Jewish and Quaker weddings to non-religious groups like the British Humanist Association, and Lord Garel - Jones who reiterated «that there is now overwhelming evidence that humanist marriages fulfil the Government's new families test and that they support strong and stable marriageshumanist marriage would merely extend the existing legal provisions awarded to Jewish and Quaker weddings to non-religious groups like the British Humanist Association, and Lord Garel - Jones who reiterated «that there is now overwhelming evidence that humanist marriages fulfil the Government's new families test and that they support strong and stable marriagesHumanist Association, and Lord Garel - Jones who reiterated «that there is now overwhelming evidence that humanist marriages fulfil the Government's new families test and that they support strong and stable marriageshumanist marriages fulfil the Government's new families test and that they support strong and stable marriages.»

Campaigners including the British Humanist Association (BHA) have argued that this restriction is a violation of Northern Irish women's rights, and places additional undue barriers on their access to legal sexual and reproductive services and with costs on average at # 900, has a disproportionate effect on poorer women.

Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Famous people to have had Humanists UK funerals include Terry Pratchett, Doris Lessing, Victoria Wood, Linda Smith, Warren Mitchell, Cynthia Payne, Ronnie Barker, Bob Monkhouse, Claire Rayner, and John Noakes.

The British Humanist Association believes that all young people should be free to explore the full range of beliefs and values in Britain, including Humanism, and that school should be a place for them to explore these issues for themselves.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has been added as a respondent to a legal case between the Department for Education (DfE) and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over whether the DfE must publish a list of all proposed Free Schools, including their religious character.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Raskin's PAC contributions, totaling $ 45,000, include permissible funds from fellow state legislators, $ 10,000 from the Center for Humanist Activism, and $ 10,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Concerns about the Education Bill's potential to increase further religious discrimination in schools were raised during its «second reading» in the House of Lords yesterday by Labour, Conservative and Crossbench peers including Christians, Hindus and humanists.

Humanists UK works for an end to irrelevant religious discrimination in publicly funded posts such as general pastoral support jobs in hospitals and elsewhere, which are often unfairly reserved only for religious people or people of certain religions, and for equal treatment of the non-religious according to need in the limited number of settings where belief - specific services are legitimately provided, including hospitals.

They include religious and non-religious leaders representing Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and humanist organisations, the general secretaries of three education trade unions, and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum.

Opening last night's debate, Lord Harrison, argued «that the BBC has failed the humanist community in Britain both in the spirit and in the letter of the Communications Act 2003, which requires the BBC to schedule programmes on religion and other beliefs, including humanism... The truth is that religious public broadcasting is growing while Anglicanism contracts.»

Just this week, for example, Facebook reports that Humanists UK's engagement has been over four times that of the Church of England's (see also links included below).

The meeting included speeches from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, NSS President Terry Sanderson, European Humanist Federation President and British Humanist Association Trustee David Pollock and NSS Executive Director Keith Porteous Wood.

Humanists and other secularists — including religious people who believe in a secular state — have long campaigned for an end to «religious privilege» and «religious discrimination»; at the same time, many Muslims have claimed that there is a prevalent «Islamophobia» in society; recently, representatives of some Christian churches are claiming that Christians are being «marginalised» as a consequence of «aggressive secularism» excluding them from public life.

On Tuesday, the British Humanist Association (BHA) made its final written submission in an ongoing Information Tribunal case over whether the Government must publish a list of all groups which have proposed to set up Free Schools — including their name, location and religion.

We believe that this will go a long way in preventing the illegitimate shutting down of debate and activities on campus which has affected many universities in recent years, including several Humanist Students societies.

Humanists UK is a strong exponent of the right to free speech, including the criticism of religious and non-religious beliefs.

Supporters of the campaign include the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Well - known humanists in the period included Baroness Blackstone, Nick Brown, Frank Dobson, Michael Foot, Lord Peston, Ken Livingstone, and many other MPs and peers.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

The British Humanist Association works independently and with others, including progressive religious groups, to campaign for measures to prevent religious schools and organisations providing services to discriminate in ways which would be unlawful for other organisations.

However as a humanist I think that the GCSE RS course does not include my views and the views of many other atheists and humanists wanting to study religion and we feel excluded by the lack of education about our beliefs.

For instance, in 2015 we pointed out that the introduction of the first female Bishop still meant that they represent a tiny proportion of the population; we also helped young humanists speak out from within the Lords chamber on the need to strengthen our democracy, including getting rid of the Bishops.

Legal reforms on assisted dying are urgently needed, including to distinguish between cases of «mercy killing» and murder, the British Humanist Association (BHA) has said today.

There's lots of support: the LibDems, Labour Party and Greens all included legalising humanist marriage in their 2015 manifestoes, and a 2014 formal consultation on the issue was largely positive.

Humanists often speak in schools as members of multi-belief panels, and our Dialogue Officer is involved in a wide range of interactions with people of faith, including events such as:

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has expressed regret at the approvals, which include the first ever state - funded special needs and alternative provision «faith» schools.

The lineup of opposition groups includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

NRC is an interdisciplinary environment which includes medics, scientists, engineering researchers and humanists.

Resource includes: - Same - sex marriage (traditional views)- Christian views - Roman Catholic views - Humanist views Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.

Includes: - What do Humanists believe?

Resource Includes: - Key Concepts - Core Questions - Human Right - Social Justice - Amnesty International - Campaigning for Human Rights - Humanist Attitudes to Human Rights and Social Justice - Christian Attitudes to Human Rights and Social Justice - Christian Aid - Salvation Army - Liberation Theology - Censorship - Freedom of Religious Expression - Religious Extremism - Abortion Extremism - Prejudice and Discrimination - Religious Discrimination - Humanist Attitudes to Prejudice and Discrimination - Christian Attitudes to Prejudice and Discrimination - Martin Luther King Jr - Poverty and Wealth - Relative Poverty / Absolute Poverty - Fair Trade - Christian Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty - Helping those in Poverty - Humanist Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.