Raymond B. Bragg, the associate editor of The New Humanist, sought to consolidate the input of Leon Milton Birkhead, Charles Francis Potter, and several members of the Western Unitarian Conference. Bragg asked Roy Wood Sellars to draft a document based on this information which resulted in the publication of the Humanist Manifesto in 1933. Potter's book and the Manifesto became the cornerstones of modern humanism, the latter declaring a new religion by saying, "any religion that can hope to be a synthesising and dynamic force for today must be shaped for the needs of this age. To establish such a religion is a major necessity of the present." It then presented 15 theses of humanism as foundational principles for this new religion. COUNT 4
QSN1 What groups thoughts did he seek to include? ANS1 Western Unitarian Conference QSN2 Who became responsible in part for the editing of The New Humanist? ANS2 Raymond B. Bragg, QSN3 How many cornerstones of this new way of thinking or religion were presented> ANS3 15 QSN4 What was the name of the material that was produced from this groups and the opinions of others? ANS4 Humanist Manifesto