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Brief Biography of

Fred Edwords

Name: Frederick Earl Edwords

Birth Date (YYYY.MM.DD): 1948.07.19

Occupation: Executive Director, AHA and editor, The Humanist

Title(s): Humanist Minister, HSOF; Humanist Leader, HI

Affiliations: AHA, HSOF, HI of NACH, IHEU

Publications:

• "Requiem for a Freedom Fighter," The Humanist Jul/Aug 1995
• "Bucking the Currents: The Life and Legacy of James Hervey Johnson," Humanism Today 1993
• "Myth and Symbol in the Pattern of Truth" Humanism Today 1993
• "Can There Be a New Age Humanism?" Humanism Today 1992
• "Creationism Is Not Dead!" The Truth Seeker, Jul 1990
• "Rushdie Versus the Sword of Islam," The Humanist May/Jun 1989
• "A Humanist Governor Transforms Her State," The Humanist Jul/Aug 1988
• "Teaching about Humanism as Religion," Religion & Public Education, Winter 1987
• "The Religious Character of American Patriotism," The Humanist Nov/Dec 1987
• "Getting Out God's Vote: Pat Robertson and the Evangelicals," The Humanist May/Jun 1987
• "Atheist or Agnostic?" The American Rationalist, Mar/Apr and Jul/Aug 1987
• "Students Speak Out Against Textbook Censorship," The Humanist Mar/Apr 1987
• "A Face-to-Face Interview with Soviet Atheist Leaders," The Humanist Jan/Feb 1987
• ""Scientific Illiteracy," July/Aug 1986
• "Developing a Humanistic Calendar," Humanism Today 1986
• "The Human Basis of Laws and Ethics," The Humanist May/Jun 1985
• (contributor) Scientists Confront Creationism, Laurie R. Godfrey (Ed.), W. W. Norton, 1984
• "The Humanist Philosophy in Perspective," The Humanist Jan/Feb 1984
• (contributor) Evolution versus Creationism: The Public Education Controversy, J. Peter Zetterberg (Ed.), Oryx Press, 1983
• "A Scientific Basis for Creation -- A Debate with Norman Geisler," Creation/Evolution Summer 1983 (and two subsequent issues)
• "Those Amazing Animals: The Whales and the Dolphins," Creation/Evolution Fall 1982
• "The Dilemma of the Horned Dinosaurs," Creation/Evolution Summer 1982
• "Creation-Evolution Debates: Who's Winning Them Now?" Creation/Evolution Spring 1982
• "Victory in Arkansas: The Trial, Decision, and Aftermath," Creation/Evolution Winter 1982
• "Part 2, The Educational Issues," Creation/Evolution Winter 1981
• "Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught As Science - Part 1, The Legal Issues," Creation/Evolution Summer 1980

Other Relevant Misc. Info:

• Humcon Pioneer, HUMCON (1992)
• Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association (1986)
• Rationalist of the Year, American Rationalist Federation (1984)