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A progressive secular society is one committed to the widening of scientific knowledge and humane feeling. It regards humanity as part of physical nature and opposes any appeal to supernatural agencies or explanations. In particular, human moral perspectives are human creations and the only basis for ethics. Secular values need re-affirming in the face of the resurgence of aggressive supernatural religious doctrines and practices. This book gives a set of 'secular thoughts for the day' – many only a page or two long – on topics as varied as Shakespeare and Comte, economics, science and social action.
Source: Ethical Record December 2008

Credit: David Murray

"The title of this collection of essays - Progressive Secular Society - could be the name of an organisation in a David Lodge novel: an amalgam of all the groups which constitute the culture of British humanism. This is entirely appropriate, as the text presents itself as, and is, the expression of the sensibility of modern secularism. As such it is remarkable for the way in which it displays the strengths and the evasions of this position,"

Source: Sofia, March 2009

Credit: Jennifer Jeynes

"I recommend this book - there is much for thoughtful readers to consider."

Source: Political Studies Review

Credit: Magdalena Zolkos

"An interesting prospect for contemplating secularism across insights drawn from the social and natural sciences."

Source: The Scientific and Medical Network, Winter 2008

"[The author] sets out the assumptions of secularism, and navigates skilfully within these, covering a wide range of issues... [I]t is refreshing to find someone writing so broadly and referring to Camus, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Weber and Montesquieu."
Paperback
- Publication Date: 01 June 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781845401320
- Extent: Main content page count : 128
- Code: 1845401328
- Dimensions: 13.4 x 20.5 x 0.8 cm
- Weight: 200 grams
- List Price: £8.95
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Progressive Secular Society
Subtitle: And other essays relevant to secularism
Author: Tom Rubens
Collection: Societas
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Societas

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