Trofimova Z.P. The Problems of Religion and Humanism On the Pages of the American 'Religious Humanism' Journal

Abstract: In her article Trofimova examines the problems of humanim and religion on the pages of the American 'Religious Humanism' Journal. In her research Trofimova focuses on the 1970 - 1980s of the XXth century because it was the time when liberal religious views of different theologists and secular philosophers of the late XIXth - early XXth centuries revived and were revised. Those views covered such issues as the essence and nature of religion, human and the meaning of his existence, the relationship between humanism and religion, the place of religion in the changing world and so on. This article is the first one in the academic literature to analyze the main philosophical and theological theoretical issues raised by theologists with different views and beliefs on the pages of the journal. The articles published in the journal reflect the two tendencies in the development of religious-humanistic theories: the attempt to create a 'new' religion of the humanity that would interwine religious concepts and humanistic ideas, on the one hand, and the commitment to traditional religious beliefs. The results of the analysis of the ideas of modern religious humanists demonstrate the heterogeneity of philosophical and religious movements in the USA. 

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