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Voices Humanist marriages are far less likely to end in divorce - so why aren't they available to everyone? As new statistics reveal the longevity of humanist marriages in Scotland, the UK ...
Couples who marry in humanist ceremonies are three times less likely to get divorced compared to those who wed in other types of ceremonies, new data suggests. Humanist weddings are not legally ...
HUMANISM is essentially a non-religious belief system that says THIS life is the only life we have. Here’s everything you need to know about the Humanist philosophy and where it comes from\b… ...
As humanism has tried to define itself over the years, one of the biggest challenges has been to develop an “elevator pitch” – a quick explanation that effectively explains humanism to the ...
In art, the feverish, distraught age turned for a touchstone to the final great works of the aging Michelangelo. But as the Mannerist artists sensed the full impact of the world in crisis, they ...
Learn about life in a non-religious humanist community with facts, figures, quizzes, videos and interactive activities from BBC Bitesize Religious Studies. For children between the ages of 11 and 14.
The feature directorial debut of Ariane Louis-Seize, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person hinges on Sasha (Sara Montpetit), an adolescent blood-sucker whose parents cut off her ...
A beautifully restored 16th-century painting is now on public display in London. The tall, narrow altarpiece, called The Madonna and Child With Saints (1526-7), was created by Parmigianino, a ...
Britain's first legally recognised humanist wedding has taken place in Edinburgh, at the city's zoo. Karen Watts and Martin Reijns were united by a humanist celebrant after it was agreed that previous ...
The liberal humanism Zeitgeist, born in the Renaissance, codified by the Declaration of Independence, and that doubled human lifespans and put a man on the moon, is now at the end of its cycle.
Its character varies from artist to artist among his Mannerist contemporaries. Parmigianino gave his line a swoony, ribbony lift; Jacopo Pontormo infused it with the encephalographic jitters.