Think Tank for Humanism and Enlightenment

The Giordano Bruno Stiftung (gbs) is a think tank for humanism and enlightenment that has been joined by many renowned scientists, philosophers and artists. The foundation is currently backed by more than 10,000 supporting members and 50 regional and university groups.

The foundation's goal is to develop a viable humanistic, rational and evidence-based alternative to the traditional religions and to help it become established in society. This objective is based on the insight that we cannot face the complex challenges of the 21st century using the religious paradigms of the past. (Read more)

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Abolish the Blasphemy Paragraph Now!

Institut für Weltanschauungsrecht (ifw) presents draft law

2020/11/09

After the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty, the Giordano Bruno Foundation reiterated its demand for the abolition of the "blasphemy paragraph" 166 of the German Criminal Code, which it had already raised after the "cartoon controversy" in 2006 and after the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in 2015. The Institut für Weltanschauungsrecht (ifw), founded by the gbs, has now published a draft law on this issue, with which the "fundamentalist-friendly censorship paragraph" could easily be abolished.

Hot Off the Press: "bruno. 2020"

The current annual magazine of the Giordano Bruno Foundation is issued in a print run of 10,000 copies

2020/10/08

"Nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution" is the cover story of the current issue of "bruno." Furthermore, the elaborately designed annual magazine of the Giordano Bruno Foundation reports, among other things, on the Secular Bus Campaign 2019, the "Karlsruhe Verdict and its Enemies" and "Rationality in the (Coronavirus) Crisis". In the next few days, about 6,000 bruno. issues will be sent out to subscribers of the gbs annual magazine. Further copies can be ordered from the foundation secretariat from 26 October.

"What Is Rational?"

Essay competition on the occasion of Hans Albert's 100th birthday

2020/10/07

The most important proponent of critical rationalism in Germany, Hans Albert, will be 100 years old next year. To mark the occasion, the Hans Albert Institute (HAI) and the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Humanistischer Studierender are launching an essay competition for young people up to the age of 30 on the topic "What is rational?" The closing date for entries is the 100th birthday of Hans Albert on February 8, 2021.

The Art of Productive Debate

Volume 8 of the gbs publication series explains how rational debates can flourish

2020/10/05

"The German debate culture is in crisis. People are talking at each other instead of arguing productively with each other." The eighth volume of the gbs publication series, which has just been published, begins with this statement. In their concise text, the authors Tobias Wolfram, Felix Urban, Michael Tezak and Johannes Kurzbuch not only examine the causes of the debates of today, which are often very unproductive, but also point out ways in which we can overcome this calamity.

Video Documentation of the VRC 2020

The lectures of the "Virtual Rationality Congress" are now available on YouTube

2020/09/15

How do we, as individuals and as a society, make rational decisions and act accordingly? What is rationality anyway? And what are the criteria with which we can distinguish rational from irrational arguments? The "Virtual Rationality Congress 2020" of the Hans Albert Institute and the Giordano Bruno Foundation addressed these and other questions. Anyone who is interested can now view the lectures of the congress on the HAI YouTube channel.

92 Percent of Germans Abstain from Church Services

fowid publishes statistics on religious beliefs 2019

2020/08/12

At the end of last year, the proportion of non-denominational people in the population had risen to 38.8 percent, while the proportion of Catholics and Protestants had fallen to 27.1 and 24.9 percent respectively. This is the result of the statistics "Religious affiliations 2019" published today by the "Forschungsgruppe Weltanschauungen in Deutschland" (fowid - Research Group on Worldviews in Germany). For the first time, the data sheet also includes an analysis of "lived religion", which shows that only 7.9 percent of people living in Germany can be considered "practicing believers".

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