Honorary Associate?

Does "Honorary Associate" mean "Honorary Researcher/Fellow"?

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Views on religion

Atkins is a well-known http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism.^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atkins#cite_note-3} He has written and spoken on issues of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism, atheism, and the incompatibility of science and religion. According to Atkins, whereas religion scorns the power of human comprehension, science respects it.^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atkins#cite_note-4}
He was the first Senior Member of the Oxford University Secular Society and is an Honorary Associate of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Secular_Society. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reason_Project, a US-based charitable foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The organisation is led by fellow atheist and author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SamHarris(author). Atkins has regularly participated in debates with theists such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alister_McGrath, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_C._Meyer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lane_Craig,^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atkins#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atkins#cite_note-6} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Shmuley_Boteach,^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atkins#cite_note-7} and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Swinburne.