Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
5-1-1941
Document Type
Article
Keywords
humanism, religious, humanist, philosophy, dewey, faith, modernism, naturalism, theistic
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
"Humanism,'' in the words of Walter Lippmann, "to replace the conception of man as the subject of a heavenly King takes as its dominant pattern the progress of the individual from helpless infancy to self-governing maturity." Modem Humanism has been labeled as scientific or literary or philosophic humanism and more recently as Religious Humanism. Humanism parades under the name of religion and claims to be "a cult or belief calling itself religious but substituting faith in man for faith in God." C. F. Potter, an exponent of so-called Religious Humanism, defines it as "faith in the supreme value and self-perfectibility of human personality." In the words of Prof. E. E. Aubrey the Religious Humanists endeavor to emancipate "religion from a theism which obstructs the full exercise of man's courage and initiative for human improvement." According to Prof. J. Auer a humanist does not necessarily deny the existence of God, but he will insist that a true religious experience is possible without the belief in God in the theistic sense. Humanism is the rankest kind of rationalism.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Genesis 11:4;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Mayer, F. E.
(1941)
"Modern Humanism,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 12, Article 33.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol12/iss1/33
