Sculptures at Vigelands park in Oslo. Photo: Mads Boedker/flickr CC

Janet Toye gives an insight into the history of a movement

Reclaiming humanism

Janet Toye gives an insight into the history of a movement

by Janet Toye 18th March 2011

The term ‘humanism’ has several meanings, including both a historical movement associated with the Renaissance, and a secular movement based on reason and ethics that rejects religious beliefs.