Table of Contents

Introduction
Anthony B. Pinn

PART I: Geographies

1. Humanism in East Asia
Chun-chieh Huang

2. Humanism in Africa
D. A. Masolo

3. Humanism in the Middle East
Khurram Hussain

4. Humanism in the Americas
Carol Wayne White

5. Humanism in Europe
Stefan Schröder

Part II: Intellectual Histories

6. Humanism in the Medieval World
John R. Shook

7. Humanism and the Renaissance
John Monfasani

8. Humanism and the Enlightenment
J. Brent Crosson

9. Humanism and the Modern Age
Corey D. B. Walker

Part III: Organization

10. Humanism Against Religion
David Kline

11. Humanism as a Religious Orientation?
William Hart

12. Humanism and Its Critics
Slavica Jakeli'c

Part IV: Cultural Production

13. Humanism and Literature
Miriam Strube

14. Humanism and Film
Sheila J. Nayar

15. Humanism and Music
Christopher M. Driscoll

16. Humanism and Humor
David Feltmate

17. Humanism and the Visual Arts
J. Sage Elwell

18. Humanism and Sport
Eric Bain-Selbo

Part V: The Public Arena

19. The Politics of Humanism
Joseph O. Baker

20. Humanism and Political Identity
Juhem Navarro-Rivera

21. Humanism and Higher Education
Jeffrey J. Kripal

Part VI: Social Issues

22. Humanism and the Human
Joseph Winters

23. Humanism and Environmentalism
Dan McKanan

24. Humanism and Gender
Monica R. Miller

25. Humanism and Race
Christopher Cameron

26. Humanism, Sex, and Sexuality
Abby Hafer

27. Humanism and Class
Sikivu Hutchinson

Part VII: Private Life

28. The Practice of Humanism
James Croft

29. Humanism and the Conceptualization of Value and Well-Being
Philip Butler

30. Humanism and Aging
Peter Derkx and Hanne Laceulle

Part VIII: Future Prospects

31. The Changing Demographics of Humanism
Yazmin A. Garcia Trejo

32. Humanism and Technology
Cor van der Weele and Henk van den Belt

33. Can Humanism be the Social Norm?
Sharon D. Welch

About the Author

Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion at Rice University, where he is also the inaugural director of the Center for African and African American Studies as well as founding director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning. His books include, Embodiment and the New Shape of Black Theological Thought (2010); The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist
Theology (2012); (co-edited with Katie Cannon) The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology (2014); Humanism: Essays in Race, Religion, and Cultural Production (2015); and the novel The New Disciples (2015). Pinn is also director
of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies. His awards include the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association Humanist of the Year (2017), and the Harvard University Humanist Chaplaincy 'Humanist of the Year' (2006).

Reviews

The authors of the Oxford Handbook of Humanism manage not only to make a contribution that is relevant for the world of science, but also to invite the reader to engage in introspection and analysis in a highly complex and productive way.
*Iuliu-Marius Morariu, Recensiones*