In 1967 the Rationalist Press Association and the Ethical Union combine their humanist work in the British Humanist Association, with A. J. Ayer as its first president. The association, now Humanists UK, becomes Britain's national humanist body, campaigning on education, ceremonies, and the place of religion in law.
Tagged: Secular Humanism
The Event
- Date
- 1967 (exact)
- Era
- The Secular Turn; Standard periodization of secular humanist history
- Location
- London; today London, England
- Traditions
- Secular Humanism
- Streams
- Secular Humanism
- Key figures
- A. J. Ayer
Primary Sources
- The founding documents of the British Humanist Association, London, 1967.
Secondary Sources
- Kurtz, Paul, ed. Humanist Manifestos I and II. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1973.
- Lamont, Corliss. The Philosophy of Humanism. New York: Humanist Press, eighth edition, 1997.
- Walter, Nicolas. Humanism: What's in the Word. London: Rationalist Press Association, 1997.
Provenance: HIST-1392; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-30.
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