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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»Those who do not understand the constitution have no place in the Bundestag!«

Members of parliament reprimanded for »gross foul play against the democratic rule of law«

2023/02/27

In 2015, 140 incumbent members of the Bundestag voted in favour of the unconstitutional Section 217 of the German Penal Code, which prohibited professional assisted suicide in Germany from 2015 to 2020. In light of the impending new regulation of assisted suicide, the MPs in question have now received a "yellow card" to remind them of the foul they committed against the democratic rule of law back then and to prevent them from making the same mistake yet again.

»In Humanity We Trust…«

Giordano Bruno Foundation celebrates 100 years of evolutionary humanism – despite Covid, war, and climate change

2023/01/04

It has never been easy to trust in the progress of our species, but Covid, war and climate change have further shaken hopes for a better future. That is why the Giordano Bruno Foundation is deliberately setting a counterpoint to the widespread doomsday scenarios of our time.

gbs Annual Review 2022

A year of ups and downs

2022/12/15

2022 marks the end of an eventful year in which the Giordano Bruno Foundation (gbs) achieved remarkable successes, but also suffered painful losses. For example, the gbs celebrated the abolition of § 219a StGB with physician Kristina Hänel, but also had to bid farewell to its founder Herbert Steffen, who died at the age of 88.

The End of an Era

Eulogy to Herbert Steffen

2022/11/21

Herbert Steffen is dead. The founder of the Giordano Bruno Foundation, who strengthened the secular forces in Germany like few others, died last Friday at the age of 88. His friend and companion Michael Schmidt-Salomon commemorates a remarkable person.

The Authoritarian Threat

Identitarian politics as a danger to the open society

2022/09/25

Putin's attack on Ukraine is also an attack on the open society. The Russian ruler, however, is by no means alone in his religious-nationalist propaganda. Identitarian thought patterns are on the rise worldwide – as Michael Schmidt-Salomon explains in an article for the "bruno." annual magazine, which will be published at the beginning of October.

»This could be the beginning of the end of the Islamic regime!«

The protests in Iran are drawing many people to the streets in Germany as well

2022/09/23

Since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the religious morality police, tens of thousands of Iranians have been protesting against their own government. The challenge now is to prevent the mullahs' regime from striking down the protests as bloodily as it did the "Green Revolt" in 2009.

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