The Humanist Manifestos are primary documents issued by the American Humanist Association across three successive statements over the twentieth and early twenty first centuries, each revising and updating the movement's own stated principles rather than being a fixed single text. As a primary source these are the strongest possible evidence for what organized Humanism has formally affirmed at each stage, since they are the movement's own successive self-definitions rather than an outside description of it.
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Citation
AuthorAmerican Humanist Association
PublisherAmerican Humanist Association
The organization's own series of declarations, matching this entry's own author field. No single publication year applies, kept dismissed separately for that facet. URLhttps://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/
Source Typeprimary-text
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The American Humanist Association's own primary series of three manifestos, of 1933, 1973 and 2003, treated here as one series and carried as a custodian source; authoritative for what the association itself has stated, not for how individual humanists outside the association read it. NotesNo single year: three documents, of 1933, 1973 and 2003, treated here as one series.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyAmerican Humanist Association
Custodian BasisManifestos issued in its own name by the organisation whose position they state. Authoritative for what organised humanism has declared about itself.
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Associated With
This source names American Humanist Association directly: "are primary documents issued by the American Humanist Association across three successive statements over the twentieth and early twenty first centuries, each revising and updating the movement's..."
Source Humanist Manifesto I, II and IIIAmerican Humanist Associationthe holders' own account
Claims Backed By This Source (115 claims)
This source backs 115 claims across the atlas. As facts: 87 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds, 1 connected. Plus 17 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 39 claims: 31 well-attested, 8 general references.
- Articles, 26 claims: 22 well-attested, 1 connected, 3 general references.
- Religions, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Literary Works, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Doctrines, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Holidays & Festivals, 5 claims: 3 holds, 2 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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