Preface
Introduction: The Battle for Secularism
Section 1 - Basic Categories
I: The Secular Humanist Prospect in Historical Perspective
II: Naturalism and the Future
III: Naturalism, Secularism, and Humanism
Section 2 - Secular Morality
IV: The Ethics of Secularism
V: Morality Is Natural
VI: Affirming Life
VII: The Pursuit of Excellence: Raising the Level of Taste and Appreciation
VIII: A Good Will
IX: Neo-Humanism
X: A Modified Naturalistic Ethical Theory
Section 3 - Secularism and Religion
XI: Skeptical Inquiry and Religion
XII: Why I Am a Skeptic about Religious Claims
XIII: Religion in Conflict: Are "Evangelical Atheists" Too Outspoken?
XIV: The Passion as a Political Weapon: Anti-Semitism and the Gospels
XV: Creating Secular and Humanist Alternatives to Religion
Section 4 - Humanism and Politics
XVI: Is America a Post-Democratic Society?
XVII: The New American Plutocracy
XVIII: Can We Bridge the Great Cultural Divide?
Section 5 - The Rise of India and China
XIX: The Industrial-Technological Revolution
XX: The New China and the Old
Section 6 - Personal Reflections
XXI: The Convictions of a Secular Humanist
XXII: The Transformation of Universities
XXIII: Final Reflections: Perhaps Facing Death
Index
