The term is contested . Experts on humanism such as Andrew Copson have argued that the phenomenon of Christians identifying with the label "humanist" is largely a reaction to the dominant use of the label "humanist" by non-religious people from the 20th century onwards. On the other end of the spectrum, some Christian writers argue for the exceptionalism of Christianity, or that other understandings of humanism are inauthentic. Some go so far as to say that ideas "common humanity, universal reason, freedom, personhood, human rights, human emancipation and progress, and indeed the very notion of secularity (describing the present saeculum preserved by God until Christ’s return) are literally unthinkable without their Christian humanistic roots."Zimmermann, 6-7.Croce, Benedetto Croce. My Philosophy and Other Essays on the Moral and Political Problems of Our Time (London: Allen & Unwin, 1949)Zimmermann, Jens. Humanism and Religion: A Call for the Renewal of Western Culture. Oxford University Press, 2012.
The term has recently been contested by experts in the area of atheistic humanism such as Andrew Copson , who argues that the phenomenon of Christians identifying with the label "humanist" is largely a reaction to the dominant use of the label "humanist" by non-religious people from the 20th century onwards. On the other end of the spectrum, some Christian writers argue for the exceptionalism of Christianity, or that other understandings of humanism are inauthentic. Some go so far as to say that ideas "common humanity, universal reason, freedom, personhood, human rights, human emancipation and progress, and indeed the very notion of secularity (describing the present saeculum preserved by God until Christ’s return) are literally unthinkable without their Christian humanistic roots."Zimmermann, 6-7.Croce, Benedetto Croce. My Philosophy and Other Essays on the Moral and Political Problems of Our Time (London: Allen & Unwin, 1949)Zimmermann, Jens. Humanism and Religion: A Call for the Renewal of Western Culture. Oxford University Press, 2012.
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