God Created Humanism: The Christian Basis of Secular Values
By Theo Hobson, SPCK, £16.99
Theo Hobson wants to get a couple of things straight about secular humanism. First, the creed of the modern West is mankind’s best hope. It surpasses frail, fallible benevolence with a desire for authentic universalism.
Second, secular humanism is paradoxical. It is post-religious, yet incoherent when separated from its roots, which, Hobson argues, are entirely Christian. Humanitarianism springs from “the story of a God taking the side, even the form, of the powerless victim.”
