By Camille Russell and Dan Yaseen On April 26, the Fresno State administration abruptly canceled the university’s months-long search for a faculty member to fill the Edward Said Chair professorship [...] Continue Reading
Religion & Philosophy
Cuba’s Fresh Perspectives
By Bill Braun Twenty-five of us, 19 from the United States, joined together for 10 days during January in Cuba. Billed as “Fresh Perspectives,” our tour was that, plus many entirely new and somewhat [...] Continue Reading
FUNDAMENTALISM ON TRIAL
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. Twelve Claims of the Christian Right Fall under Strict Secular Scrutiny. All are flagrant examples of “cherry picking.” Abortion: Fundamentalists say that outlawing [...] Continue Reading
John H. Dietrich: The Father of Religious Humanism
Book Review By George B. Kauffman John H. Dietrich: The Father of Religious Humanism, By Mason Olds, Fellowship of Religious Humanism, 1977, paperback, $15.95. 67 pp. Available from Humanist Press [...] Continue Reading
Malak: An American Girl and Her Family
By Hannah Brandt Wasan Abu-Baker, content and translation The word malak means angel in Arabic. Malak is also a six-year-old Fresno girl who was born in Aleppo, Syria in 2010. A few months before the [...] Continue Reading
‘NO BAN, NO WALL: SANCTUARY FOR ALL’
Rallies Throughout the Valley and the Nation Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies Fresno Resistance hosted No Ban, No Wall: Sanctuary for All on February 13, 2017. About 500 people of all ages from [...] Continue Reading
Working with Syrian Refugees in Fresno
By Wasan Abu-Baker I was born and raised in Palestine, in a highly-educated household. My father was politically active and outspoken for the civil rights of Palestinians through non-violent [...] Continue Reading
The Pachamama Alliance
By Carolyn Murphy With the world and its institutions appearing more unstable every day, it is difficult to find a place to focus our energies with any optimism. The Pachamama Alliance, founded [...] Continue Reading
The Outcast Oracle
Book Review By George B. Kauffman The Outcast Oracle by Laury A. Egan, Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2013, paperback $13.95. ISBN 978-0-931779-36-7 This entrancing novel, full of irony, humor, [...] Continue Reading
Proposed Resolution Condemning Islamophobia in the City of Fresno
Authors: The Central Valley Islamic Council Co-sponsors: The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, Faith in Community, Pastor Chris Breedlove, Community UCC, Pastor DJ Criner, Saint Rest Baptist Church, [...] Continue Reading
Standing Against Bigotry & Condemning Hateful Statements of Saudi Cleric
By Reza Nekumanesh On September 6th, the highest ranking religious authority in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Abdul Aziz al-Shaykh, declared that Iranians are not Muslims because they are "...descendants of [...] Continue Reading
A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century
By George B. Kauffman A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century Edited by Luis Granados and Roy Speckhardt., Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2014, paperback $12.99. ISBN 978-0-931779-61-9 At a [...] Continue Reading