In normal times I give a lot of talks about humanism & secularism. Now we can’t get about, each day I'll do a short video on a section of my book on secularism & a chapter from a book I edited on humanism. I'll tweet the first tweet of each tomorrow & a daily thread will follow!

For the humanism book, you can download the first chapter of the ‘Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism’ that I edited a few years ago with A C Grayling here *for free*. I’ll do the first clip tomorrow!
https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Handbook-of-Humanism-What-is-Humanism.pdf

For the secularism book, unfortunately I can’t give a free link to it but there is a kindle for £5 - or you can just watch the clips! Again, I’ll do the first clip tomorrow. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secularism-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions-ebook/dp/B07SD6XTN8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=vsi+secularism&qid=1586262559&sr=8-1

Chapter 1 is about the definition of secularism. Meanings abound but this book is about a political approach that combines (i) separation of relig institution from state (ii) max freedom of conscience (iii) no discrimination on religion.

Chapter 2 is about the development of secularism in the west and looks particularly at France and the United States. Although both secularisms are of a kind, they have their own distinct flavours.