Phil Zuckerman and Ten Years of Secular Studies at Pitzer College: A Critical Examination
In 2011, Pitzer College offered the first—and still the only—college major in secular studies. The prime mover behind that initiative was Dr. Phil Zuckerman, who in 2011 wrote that he could “sense the thirst out there. So many students, perhaps galvanized by the New Atheists, wanted to take classes that challenged religious worldviews, explored the social construction of religion, articulated rational ethics, provided a social grounding in evolution, and the like” (“Secular Studies Arrives at Last,” FI August/September 2011). Buoyed by students’ interest in a course he offered ...
Source: secularhumanism.org