http://www.masstheology.com/2006/09/15/the_excellence_of_man/ Conversations in Theology and its interaction with Culture Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.masstheology.com/2006/09/15/the_excellence_of_man/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Jeremy Pierce Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:55:06 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2006/09/15/the_excellence_of_man/#comment-302 I assume you mean secular humanism. Humanism in general is much broader. The Christian humanists of the romantic period (I believe it was) included people who would count as evangelicals by our standards. The word has most often been used more restrictively, but see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism">Wikipedia entry</a> for its broader sense. You'd be surprised at some of the names there (e.g. Erasmus, Thomas More). The denial of humanism is actually the denial of anything special about human beings. Those who believe there's something special about us because we're made in the image of God are automatically humanists in the general sense. Indeed, I suspect you are, in fact, a humanist. I assume you mean secular humanism. Humanism in general is much broader. The Christian humanists of the romantic period (I believe it was) included people who would count as evangelicals by our standards. The word has most often been used more restrictively, but see the Wikipedia entry for its broader sense. You’d be surprised at some of the names there (e.g. Erasmus, Thomas More). The denial of humanism is actually the denial of anything special about human beings. Those who believe there’s something special about us because we’re made in the image of God are automatically humanists in the general sense. Indeed, I suspect you are, in fact, a humanist.

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