# Secular Humanism · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/secular-humanism/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 124 Secular Humanism Ethical Culture; organised humanism 1876 / 1933 CE – present · Non-Theistic / Philosophical · Living · US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, India VIII. POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY — 1945 – PRESENT ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1876 CE New York Society for Ethical Culture founded. - 1896 CE The Ethical Union; Ethical Culture builds schools, settlement houses and one of the first free kindergartens in New York. - 1933 CE Humanist Manifesto I. - 1952 CE The International Humanist and Ethical Union founded in Amsterdam. - 1961 CE Torcaso v. Watkins — the US Supreme Court strikes down a religious test for public office and, in a footnote, lists secular humanism among religions that do not teach belief in God. The footnote has been argued over ever since by both sides. - 1973, 2003 CE Manifestos II and III. - 1970s–present Humanist celebrancy grows rapidly in the UK, Scotland, Norway and the Netherlands. - 2010–2013 CE Sunday Assembly founded in London and spreads to dozens of cities; the model proves harder to sustain than expected, which is itself instructive about what congregations do. - 2014 CE Humanist chaplaincy formally recognised at Harvard; a humanist becomes the university's chief chaplain in 2021. - 2019–present Humanists UK litigation on assisted dying and on compulsory religious education; humanist marriages remain unrecognised in England and Wales despite Scottish and Northern Irish recognition. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door