At the crossroads of its fiftieth anniversary, is there a reason for organized international Humanism to restate its goals and objectives? Can the experience of the past fifty years within both the IHEU and its member organizations be a guide to action in the future? Should Humanists go beyond the traditional areas of focus? Or should they concentrate on the 'core issues' connected with religion? What should be the identity of Humanists as a global movement? Do Humanists need an identity? Is the IHEU in tune with the modern world? How can the IHEU better reflect and fulfil the aspirations of Humanists around the world? In this section, Babu Gogineni (Executive Director of IHEU) and Levi Fragell (President of IHEU) reflect on some of these questions, offering in their complementary essays an ideological and organizational view. Their statements were circulated among a representative sample of young humanists from around the world, whose reactions and comments are presented later on in this book.

Bert Gasenbeek and Babu Gogineni

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International Humanist and Ethical Union 1952-2002
Past, present and future
Bert Gasenbeek and Babu Gogineni (eds.)
Copyright © 2002 by De Tijdstroom uitgeverij.
Republished 2006 at http://www.iheu.org with permission
ISBN 90 5898 041 3 nur 730, 740
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