Plymouth Humanists

As our country becomes more non-religious, public life is becoming increasingly secular, despite the fact that we have an established church and a state religion. The focal points of social life, which have historically been religious, are fading away.

Following the rise of the New Atheist movement around the turn of the century, you might be forgiven for believing that 'The Religious' and 'The Secular' are at completely different ends of the spectrum, that secularism and atheism are necessarily intertwined and that non-religious people have nothing to learn from religion.

In this talk, Hannah Timson will address the rising levels of loneliness in the UK and the falling levels of religiosity, as well as looking at whether there is anything that religious groups can teach the non-religious about community and the importance of tradition. Does secularism necessarily entail the decline of religious traditions?