Editing Religious humanism (section)

===United States===

====19th century====
Before the term "humanism" was ever coined or even thought of being integrated into religion it had existed in America in at least an ideological sense for a very long time. Groups like the [[Free Religious Association]] (FRA) which was formed in 1867 and other less radical groups mainly consisting of extreme forms of early American [[Protestants]] such as the [[Unitarianism|Unitarians]] and [[Quakers]] had existed from the first landings of the [[Europe]]ans in the [[Western Hemisphere]].

====20th century====

In 1915, a Positivist defined the term "humanism" in a magazine for the British Ethical Societies. Another Unitarian Minister [[John H. Dietrich]] read the magazine and adopted the term to describe his own religion.<ref name="Humanism as the Next Step"/> Dietrich is considered by some to be the "Father of Religious Humanism" (Olds 1996) particularly for his sermons while serving the [[First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis]], which has since been considered the "birthplace of Congregational Humanism".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to First Unitarian Society |url=https://firstunitarian.org/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis |language=en-US}}</ref> 

In 1929 [[Charles Francis Potter]] founded the [[First Humanist Society of New York]] whose advisory board included [[Julian Huxley]], [[John Dewey]], [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Thomas Mann]]. Potter was a minister from the [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] tradition and in 1930 he and his wife, Clara Cook Potter, published ''Humanism: A New Religion''. Throughout the 1930s Potter was a well known advocate of women's rights, access to birth control, "civil divorce laws", and an end to capital punishment.

The [[Humanist Manifesto I|first ''Humanist Manifesto'']] was written in 1933 primarily by [[Raymond Bragg]] and was published with thirty-four signatories. Unlike its [[Humanist Manifesto|subsequent revisions]], the first manifesto described a new "[[religion]]", and referred to humanism as a religious movement meant to transcend and replace previous, deity-based religions. However, it is careful not to outline a [[creed]] or [[dogma]]. The document outlines a fifteen-point belief system, which, in addition to a secular outlook, opposes "acquisitive and profit-motivated society" and outlines a worldwide egalitarian society based on voluntary mutual cooperation. Bragg and eleven signatories were [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] ministers.

The [[Fellowship of Humanity]] was founded in 1935 by Reverend A. D. Faupel as one of a handful of "humanist churches" seeded in the early 20th century as part of the American Religious Humanism movement. It was the only such organization of that era to survive into the 21st century and is the first and oldest affiliate of the [[American Humanist Association]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Genesis of a Humanist Manifesto | url=http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/edwin_wilson/manifesto/ch2.html | access-date=May 14, 2006 }}</ref>

In 1961 ''[[Webster's Third New International Dictionary]]'' defined religious humanism as "A modern American movement composed chiefly of non-theistic humanists and humanist churches and dedicated to achieving the ethical goals of religion without beliefs and rites resting upon superstition."

====Today====

Some of the US-based self-described Religious Humanist organizations currently active include:

*  '''The Humanist Society''' (formerly the Humanist Society of Friends)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thehumanistsociety.org/history | title=Our History &#124; the Humanist Society }}</ref> (this organization has its roots in the Quaker tradition but today is not exclusively tied to that tradition)
* '''The Objector Church''' (founded in 2018 as an interfaith religious humanist community).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://couragetoresist.org/objector-church-announcement/| title = ''CourageRoResist.org'' "THE "OBJECTOR CHURCH" AND COURAGE TO RESIST" (Sept. 28, 2018)| date = 28 September 2018}}</ref>

Many larger religious bodies include significant numbers of members and clergy who identify as being of humanist persuasion. These groups include

* '''[[Unitarian Universalists]]''' – As many as half or more members of UU congregations have historically identify themselves as humanists when surveyed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/coa/engagingourtheodiversity.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-06-24 |archive-date=2016-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329060650/http://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/coa/engagingourtheodiversity.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanist Unitarian Universalists {{!}} UUA.org |url=https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs/humanism |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=www.uua.org |language=en}}</ref> Humanist UU's are represented by the '''UU Humanist Association (HUUmanists)''' (formerly the Friends of Religious Humanism)<ref>{{Cite web |title=UU Humanist Association |url=https://www.huumanists.org/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=UU Humanist Association |language=en}}</ref>
* '''[[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers)''' – Groups within the Quaker communities that hold a humanist perspective include '''Nontheist Friends'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nontheist Friends Network |url=https://nontheist-quakers.org.uk/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Nontheist Friends Network |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://americanhumanist.org/paths/quakerism/ | title=Humanist Common Ground: Quakerism | newspaper=American Humanist Association }}</ref>
* '''Judaism''' – see [[Humanistic Judaism]], [[Reconstructionist Judaism]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAQs on Reconstructionist Approaches to Jewish Ideas and Practices {{!}} Jewish Reconstructionist Community|url=https://archive.jewishrecon.org/resource/faqs-reconstructionist-approaches-jewish-ideas-and-practices|access-date=2021-05-14|website=archive.jewishrecon.org|quote=Reconstructionism, which proposes a religious humanist theology, sees God as a power or process working through nature and human beings.}}</ref>

Seeking to clarify that the word "religious" in Religious Humanism is not intended to imply a theistic or supernatural belief component, [[First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis]], where Dietrich first used the term, has now rebranded the movement as "Congregational Humanism".<ref name="auto"/>