Jim Herrick
Jim Herrick (* 1944 ) is a British writer and editor. His subject area focuses on humanism and secularization .
Life
Herrick studied history and English literature at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge before he first worked as a teacher. Since then he has been a writer and editor of humanistic works. He is head of the Rationalist Press Association and long-time editor of the New Humanist magazine and of International Humanist News of the International Humanist and Ethical Union . He also edited The Freethinker . He is a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and Vice President of the National Secular Society .
Work (selection)
- Humanism: An Introduction (2003), ISBN 0-301-00301-7 and (2005), ISBN 1-59102-239-8
- Humanist Anthology: From Confucius to David Attenborough (1995), ISBN 0-301-94001-0
- Against the Faith: Some Deists, Skeptics and Atheists (1985), ISBN 0-906681-09-X and (1994), ISBN 0-87975-288-2
- Vision and Realism: A Hundred Years of The Freethinker (1982), ISBN 0-9508243-0-5
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrick, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |