Giordano Bruno Foundation
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| Formation | 30 March 2004 |
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| Type | Nonprofit organisation |
| Purpose | Supporting evolutionary humanism |
| Headquarters | Oberwesel |
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Germany |
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Chair
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Herbert Steffen |
| Website | www |
The Giordano Bruno Foundation (German: Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung) is a Germany-based non-profit foundation under public law that pursues the “Support of Evolutionary Humanism”. It was founded by entrepreneur Herbert Steffen in 2004 and was named after the Dominican monk Giordano Bruno who was convicted of heresy and burnt at the stake in 1600. The foundation's executive spokesman is Michael Schmidt-Salomon, who also wrote the “Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism” (German: Manifest des Evolutionären Humanismus) on its behalf. From its beginnings the foundation was particularly committed to the work of church critic Karlheinz Deschner.
The Giordano Bruno Foundation is emphatic on criticism of religion. It holds the view that religions “balefully affect the cultural evolution of humanity to this day”. With its commitment to a “Cultural Ideal of Humanism and Enlightenment” it tries to counter the thoughts of “German (Christian) Cultural Ideals (Leitkultur)” as well as the politically indifferent multiculturalism.
The Foundation supports the Central Council of Ex-Muslims (Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime), founded in 2007. The council consists of former Muslims that criticize islamism and tries to raise consciousness of the lack of religious freedom within Islam.
One of its projects is the “Forschungsgruppe Weltanschauungen Deutschland” (fowid) (English: Research Group World Views Germany) that customizes empirical data on the social dissemination of world-views.
Its fields of work are:
In collaboration with the “Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands” (English: Humanist Association of Germany) it set up the “Humanistischer Pressedienst” (English: Humanist News Service)”, www.hpd.de. The Humanist News Service brings secular humanist views to the public.
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