Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, founded in 1992, is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published by the American Humanist Association and The Institute for Humanist Studies.
Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism publishes articles about aspects and applications of humanism, in the broad sense of ‘philosophical’ as a search for self-understanding, life wisdom, and improvingshe the human condition. EPH welcomes historical, interdisciplinary, and intercultural research, including non-western perspectives. EPH especially seeks explorations into humanism’s progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms the ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
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Editor
John R. Shook, American Humanist Association
Consulting Editor
Anthony Pinn, Rice University, United States
Submissions
Papers ready for blind review, prepared according to the EPH Style Guide, are submitted to jshook@americanhumanist.org. Submission of an article for publication to EPH implies the following:
- The manuscript has not been published previously, in part or in whole, in English or any other language, except as an abstract, part of a publicly released lecture, or part of an unpublished academic thesis.
- The manuscript has not and will not be submitted to any other journal while under consideration by this journal.
- If accepted, the author agrees to transfer copyright to the American Humanist Association. Authors are granted permission to reprint their articles in their own books, and a letter granting that permission is provided on request (contact the Editor). Other reprint requests should also be made to the Editor.
Editorial Board
Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts, United States
Arthur Caplan, New York University, United States
Patricia Churchland, University of California, United States
Frans de Waal, Emory University, United States
Peter Derkx, University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands
Greg Epstein, Harvard University, United States
Owen Flanagan, Duke University, United States
James Giordano, Georgetown University, United States
Rebecca Goldstein, United States
Anthony Clifford Grayling, New College of the Humanities, United Kingdom
Susan Hansen, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Jennifer Michael Hecht, United States
Marian Hillar, Center for Philosophy and Religious Studies, United States
Sikivu Hutchinson, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, United States
Philip Kitcher, Columbia University, United States
Stephen Law, University of London, United Kingdom
Cathy Legg, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Jonathan Moreno, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Stephen Pinker, Harvard University, United States
Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Purdue University, United States
Alistair J. Sinclair, Centre for Dualist Studies, United Kingdom
Stan van Hooft, Deakin University, Australia
Judy Walker, United States
Sharon Welch, Meadville Theological Seminary, United States
Past articles by prominent figures in humanism include the following:
An Uncompromising Humanism in Iran and Beyond by Maryam Namazie, spokesperson for Equal Rights Now-Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, the One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain, and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, UK
The Hidden Enlightenment: Humanism among US Latinos
Hector Avalos, Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, USA
Humanism, Resilience, and the Hermeneutics of Exemplary Figures
Joachim Duyndam, Socrates Professor of Philosophy at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Forked Road Ahead: The ‘Look’ of Black Humanist Community in Action
Sikivu Hutchinson, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, USA
Providence and Anthropomorphism in History and Politics
Joe Barnhart, Professor of Philosophy at North Texas University, USA
Living: African Americans and Humanism
Anthony B. Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, USA
Images of Nature and Meanings of Life In the Face of Death: an Existential Quest
Christa Anbeek, Associate Professor of Existential Philosophy at the University for Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, the Netherlands
The Metaphysics of the Engineered Environment
Larry Hickman, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA
Indexing & Abstracting
European Reference Index (ERIH Plus)
Philosophy Research Index
PhilPapers
The Philosopher’s Index