What do we mean when someone says that they are a humanist? Is that a view that's

fundamentally hostile to Christian faith or should Christians actually think of

themselves as humanists themselves?

We'll discuss these and more around a fascinating new book entitled Humanly Possible,

700 years of humanist free thinking inquiry and hope.

I'm your host Scott Ray and I'm your co-host Sean Macau.

This is Thinkblically from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

So Sean, why should Christians care about the subject of humanism?

Well, because humanists are our neighbors.

They're our friends, their family members, there are coworkers, there are humanists amongst us as there are people of a range of different belief systems.

That's the first reason.

Second, humanism is a significant movement.

Dare I say religion, we will get to that in due time, whether it's a religion or not.

It's a movement that if our author's right, and I suspect that she she is goes back before the time of Christ

at least in terms of materialists and those who cared about human life

there's a movement in the present for humanism

and I would say if we specifically talk about secular humanism it has a

huge reach in America and beyond so relationally and policy-wise humanism is a big deal today.

So definitely a force to be reckoned with.

No question about it.

To see positive things as well as things that we want to critique.

That's right.

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