New Enlightenment intends replacement of supernaturalism

[SecularMotion]

The News has graciously given me a column dedicated to all things secular, scientific and humanist.

The New Enlightenment is a grass-roots movement conceived to carry on and pick up where the “first” Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries left off.

Wikipedia explains the original Enlightenment’s purpose was to “reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith and advance knowledge through the science.”

The New Enlightenment is marked as beginning with the publication in 2004 of Sam Harris’ “End of Faith” followed quickly by Richard Dawkins’ “God Delusion” and the irreplaceable Christopher Hitchens’ “God is Not Great.”

http://thenews.org/2013/09/20/zingrone-new-enlightenment-intends-replacement-of-supernaturalism/

[MisterP]

1. I wonder what "Lettres persanes" they'll write...