Table of Contents

List of Images 1. The Origins of the Ethical Movement to 1926 2. Unbelief and Humanism: The Popular Mood of British Society 3. Challenging the State, 1896-1939 4. Humanism as an International Movement, 1896-1952 5. Union and Consolidation of the British Movement, 1939-1969 6. Movement and Thought: The Development of Humanist Thought, c.1890-c.1960 7. Humanism and the New Morality, 1955-1980 8. Humanism and British Culture, 1963-2021 9. The British Humanist Association and its Mission to Britain, 1963-2021 10. Britain and the World: The International Humanist and Ethical Union since 1952 11. Humanism and the Progressive Future Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

The history of organised humanism in the UK from 1860 to the present, based around the British Humanist Association and its forerunners.

About the Author

Callum G. Brown is Professor of Late Modern European History at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is author of The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation 1800-2000 (2nd edition 2009), Religion and the Demographic Revolution (2012) and Becoming Atheist: Humanism and the Secular West (Bloomsbury, 2017). David Nash is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is one of three Editors of the journal, Cultural and Social History. David Nash is the author of several books, including Christian Ideals in British Society (2013) and Blasphemy in the Christian World (2007). Charlie Lynch is Research Associate at Ulster University, UK. He gained his PhD in 2019 and has published articles on the 1960s sexual revolution.

Reviews

This important book is highly recommended for providing a clear and scholarly study of the uneven development of Humanism from its Victorian precursors to its maturity as the most influential alternative to religions as the basis for a liberal and morally progressive society in the present age.
*Edward Royle, Emeritus Professor in History, University of York Country, United Kingdom*