| Editor | Caspar Melville |
|---|---|
| Categories | Politics, rationalism |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Publisher | Rationalist Association |
| First issue | 1885 (Under the name of 'Watts's Literary Guide') |
| Country | United Kingdom, |
| Language | English |
| Website | Official site |
| ISSN | 0306-512X |
New Humanist is a monthly magazine published by the Rationalist Association in the UK.[1] It has been in print for 125 years; starting out life as Watts's Literary Guide, founded by C. A. Watts in November 1885.[2]
In 1928, Edward Wilson became the first managing editor of the magazine.[3] In 2005 Caspar Melville took over as managing editor of the magazine and CEO of the Rationalist Association.[4]
The magazine was the first to publish the Humanist Manifesto in 1933.[3]
Notable columnists have included Laurie Taylor,[5] Simon Hoggart[6] and Sally Feldman.[7]
In 2003 Hazhir Teimoutian, a reviewer for the magazine, quit over a controversial cartoon depicting Christ slumped in the arms of the Virgin Mary. [8]
Prior to 1941, a different magazine with the same name, New Humanist, was the first periodical issued by the modern Humanist movement in the United States of America and was in continuous publication from 1928 through to 1936. In 1933 it published the first Humanist Manifesto. After a hiatus of four years it was succeeded by The Humanist in 1941.