Secular humanism, christian humanism,humanism,humanistic psychology

 Mostly research, following are definitions:

Humanism:

an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. 

Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.

noun: Humanism

(among some contemporary writers) a system of thought criticized as being centered on the notion of the rational, autonomous self and ignoring the unintegrated and conditioned nature of the individual.


Secular Humanism:

humanism, with regard in particular to the belief that humanity is capable of morality and self-fulfillment without belief in God.


Christian Humanism:

a philosophy advocating the self-fulfillment of humanity within the framework of Christian principles.


Phycological Humanism:

humanistic psychology, a movement in psychology supporting the belief that humans, as individuals, 

are unique beings and should be recognized and treated as such by psychologists and psychiatrists. The movement grew in opposition to the two mainstream 20th-century trends in psychology, behaviourism and psychoanalysis. Humanistic principles attained application during the “human potential” movement, 

which became popular in the United States during the 1960s.


article Phycology Today 2020:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-life/202002/what-is-secular-humanism


Notes:  


#1 This is rough making these distinctions and it seems like it is a perfect framework

for disagreement.  To begin with you have distinct concepts all with the same

name which make things kind of confusing.


#2  It seems to me like these ideas are some kind of underpinning for

a great deal of discourse on many levels, and sort of unique or particular

groups would naturally arise depending on levels of agreement on

how all this stuff is sorted out. 


#3  It's almost like, looking at these subtle variations, that nobody

has ever actually encounter a human being?


#4  None of these seems to make a distinction between what is

material like a rock, and what is effectively non-material, like

kindness.  In other words we have experiences with kindness,

we have knowledge of it's existence, but it has a qualitative difference

to our experience of things like rocks, chairs, and other physical

objects.

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