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CONTENT FOR ISSUE 237
EDITORIAL: Applied Philosophy: Clear Thinking, Emotional Balance and Ethical Living / Simon Parcher
Philosophy is often imagined as an abstract discipline, removed from ordinary concerns and reserved for lecture halls, heavy books, or debates about ideas that seem far from daily life. Yet, philosophy is deeply practical.The Bible: Clearly Written by Boys / Karis Burkowski and David Fitzgerald
For those who take interest in biblical women, a closer look at their presence in the Bible provides interesting—if troubling—revelations.Canada’s Northern Spirit: Sovereignty, Unity, and the Strength of a Free People / Vivian J. Lundahl
Canada Rocks is a new country-rock song about Canadian sovereignty, unity, compassion, and resilience.From Attention to Attachment: How AI Chatbots are Affecting our Mental Health / Dr. Christopher DiCarlo
It listens to us. It seems to care about us. It offers us advice. To many, it becomes irresistible to avoid our attachment to it.Humanism and Evolution: Cosmos, Freedom and Hope / Glen T Martin
Human beings have evolved to be able to enjoy a wonderful, sensuous existence, with wonderful sights, tastes, sounds, smells and touches.Bangladesh Life Lessons / Michael Bedford
On a straight patch of road, a black van with mirrored windows suddenly passed at a very high speed, recklessly swerving back into the lane to avoid an ongoing truck.The Precipice of Collapse – Can humanity change its course? / Lorna Salzman
Why are countries blessed with civil liberties, a free press, the rule of law, equality, good education systems, scientific accomplishment and free enterprise so busy destroying the physical and biological foundations of human society?A King for Peace? / Trudy Govier
The Board of Peace was to be chaired by Donald J. Trump and its membership would be determined by his preferences and invitations.‘Magnificent Humanity’: Humanist Principles In A Papal Encyclical? — Human Dignity, AI, And Cooperation / Thomas Mengel
Its ethical principles — dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, the common good, the priority of the vulnerable — map closely onto the core commitments of the humanist tradition.Why Antisemitism? Antisemitism Versus Xenophobia. / Sophie Dulesh
Jews were exiled, persecuted, denigrated, forcibly converted, and critically important, made 'handy' scapegoats for anything that had gone wrong.Humanism in the Face of Fanatics: Will We Let Evil Win? / Hamed Chemli
Humanists haven't been silent when these conflicts unfolded grotesquely three years ago, and didn't just start getting interested in the situation in the Middle East since thenThe Poetry Corner: HP237, Michael Potter / Monique Montgomery
Michael Potter, our poet this issue, is one of our first readers to be featured in a long time.Book Review: Beyond Belief: A Former Fundamentalist Examines the Case for God by David C. Monkcom / Steve Ghikadis
Secular critiques of religion often adopt a confrontational tone, treating faith as something to be dismantled rather than understood. David Monckom's Beyond Belief: A Former Fundamentalist Examines the Case for God offers a markedly different approach.Book Review: Humanism: Canadian Perspectives by Humanist Canada / Thomas Mengel
Some books are best judged not only by the answers they provide but by the conversations they invite. Humanism: Canadian Perspectives is one of those booksReview: Rooted Through Darkness By Kate Sutherland / Esther Coalter
Kate Sutherland's Rooted Through Darkness is a thoughtful exploration of resilience, belonging, and the quiet forms of hope that emerge when we learn to move through darkness together.Book Review: The God Effect: How Suggestion And Ritual Shape Religion And Medicine Through Placebo Responses By Colin Brewer / Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
It was my pleasure to read Colin Brewer’s new book The God Effect on the invitation of his publisher. Dr. Brewer, who practised psychiatry for more than four decades, has a warm and personable writing style combined with a dry British sense of humour that makes his work a delightful...
