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Humanists Add Peer Review Journal:
Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism

For Immediate Release - Contact: Roy Speckhardt (202) 238-9088
rspeckhardt@americanhumanist.org - www.americanhumanist.org

(Washington, DC, February 22, 2005) The American Humanist Association just added Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, an annual peer-reviewed journal, to its growing list of publications. “As the organization that defines Humanism for America, having a scholarly journal is a long overdue achievement,” said AHA executive director Tony Hileman.

The purpose of Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism (EPH) is to promote progress in the philosophy of Humanism in a scholarly and analytical way. EPH analyzes the historical, philosophical, scientific, economic, and religious issues as they relate to problems of public and everyday life and are applied to Humanism in order to promote humanity.

“While this journal is a new publication of the AHA, it has a history that goes back to 1992,” states co-editor Dr. Marian Hillar. The journal was initiated when an AHA chapter, the Humanists of Houston, decided, at the initiative of Hillar and Dr. Robert Finch, to publish lectures and seminars that were presented by notable speakers at the meetings of the group, doing so under the general title Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism. Hillar explained, “With time the scope of the publication was enlarged to include solicited and unsolicited papers from the general public. And, this year the American Humanist Association adopted Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism as its scholarly journal.”

This inaugural AHA issue includes authors Lyle Simpson, John Haberman, Hillar, and others. It covers topics from freedom and responsibility, to John Dewey, to the purpose of life itself. With this issue now in print, the next step will be a call for papers for the 2006 issue.

Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism (ISSN 1522-7340) can be ordered online through the newly constructed website at www.essaysinhumanism.org or via phone at 1-800-837-3792.

The American Humanist Association is the oldest and largest Humanist organization in the nation. The AHA is dedicated to ensuring a voice for those with a positive nontheistic outlook, based on reason and experience, which embraces all of humanity.

The American Humanist Association is the oldest and largest Humanist organization in the nation. The AHA is dedicated to ensuring a voice for those with a positive nontheistic outlook, based on reason and experience, which embraces all of humanity .

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