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WHAT IS CIVILISM?

A secular framework for cultivating meaning, belonging, connection, and our shared humanity.

THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Discover the human capacities within us that give rise to meaning, connection, resilience, and our shared humanity.

THE THREE DIMENSIONS

Explore the Inner, Social, and Collective dimensions that shape our experience of the human spirit.

THE 96 THESES

Explore Civilism’s core propositions about humanity, meaning, connection, and the human spirit.

LIVING CIVILISM

Practical ways to bring meaning, connection, compassion, and humanity into everyday life.

THE CIVILIST COMMUNITY

Connect with others exploring Civilism, cultivating the human spirit, and building a more human-centered community.

OUR PURPOSE

CULTIVATING THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Civilism begins with a simple idea: the human spirit is something we can understand, strengthen, and cultivate. Through meaning, connection, compassion, and our shared humanity, we can help ourselves—and one another—live more fully human lives.

THE INDIVIDUAL

Cultivate meaning, awareness, resilience, and the capacities that help us live more fully.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY

Strengthen connection, compassion, belonging, and our responsibility to one another.

A CIVILIST REFLECTION

A THOUGHT FOR LIVING MORE HUMANLY

Small moments of awareness can change the way we see ourselves and one another. Pause, reflect, and consider an idea drawn from Civilism, the human spirit, and our shared experience of being human.

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EXPLORE CIVILISM

FIVE IDEAS TO BEGIN WITH

Meaning, connection, compassion, resilience, imagination, and our other human capacities arise through our humanity—not from the supernatural.

The human spirit develops through our relationships with ourselves, one another, our communities, and the larger human story.

Meaning does not have to be handed down from somewhere beyond us. We discover and create it through how we live, love, contribute, and understand our lives.

Beneath our differences is a common human experience that gives us reason to practice empathy, compassion, dignity, and responsibility toward one another.

Civilism moves beyond ideas into everyday life—how we treat people, build relationships, respond to suffering, contribute to community, and cultivate the human spirit.