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IDEAS
CLUB
 The Ideas Club, which is more than
just a book club, meets to discuss important ideas in the philosophy of
humanism and freethought. A book is often the subject matter of a session,
but having read it is not required. Instead, the group discusses the ideas
in the book, after the presenter has outlined its content and general
positions.
Previous
program topics have included: The God Delusion (Dawkins), Breaking the
Spell (Dennett), An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hume),
Christianity Without God (Geering), The Singularity is Near (Kurzweil),
The group was started in 1998 by the former Houstonians
for Secular Humanism (HSH). Afterwards, the
group goes to lunch.
For the
full time and details of the next Ideas Club, please see our calendar
page. To get a monthly notice of the topics and schedule from the
Club's organizer, please contact Ed Barr at e3_barr@yahoo.com, also see the Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Houston_Ideas_Club
Examples
of Past Topics
| Title |
Author |
Reviewer |
| Moral Minds |
Marc Hauser |
Marian Hillar |
| The Reason Driven Life |
Robert Price |
Jim Knierien |
| Religion Explained |
Pascal Boyer |
C.J. Renzi |
| Infidel |
Ayaan
Hirsi Ali |
Tammy
Renzi |
| Habermas |
James
Gordon Finlayson |
Bob
Finch |
| A
Short History of Just About Everything |
Bill
Bryson |
Bill
Fricks |
| The
Future of Life |
E.O.
Wilson |
John
Simpson |
| The
Science of Good & Evil |
Michael
Shermer |
Roxie
Deaton, Bob Finch, Jim Knierien, C.J. Renzi |
| The
World is Flat |
Tom
Friedman |
Sheila
Finch |
| The
Middle Way: Finding Happiness in a World of Extremes |
Lou
Marinoff |
Daniel
Strain |
| Consilience |
E.O.
Wilson |
Louis
Daily |
| The God Delusion |
Richard Dawkins |
Marian Hillar |
| Atheism: A Reader |
S.T. Joshi, Editor |
Ron Titus |
| Breaking the Spell |
Daniel Dennett |
Jim Knierien |
| An Enquiry Concerning
Human Understanding |
David Hume |
Bob Finch |
| Christianity Without God |
Lloyd Geering |
Daniel Strain |
| The Origins of Totalitarianism |
Hannah Arendt |
Tom Brucia |
| Toward a New Political Humanism |
Seidman & Murphy |
Jim Knierien |
| The Americans: The Colonial Experience |
Daniel Boorstin |
Ariel Thomann |
| Jesus After 2000 Years |
Gerd Ludemann |
Marian Hillar |
| The Singularity is Near |
Ray Kurzweil |
Bob Finch |
| Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders |
Amer. Psych. Assoc. |
Ron Titus |
| The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to
Life |
A.C. Grayling |
Sheila Finch |
| Bookseller of Kabul |
Asne Seierstad |
Jimmy Dunne |
| How Capitalism Saved America |
Thomas J. DiLorenzor |
Ron Jones |
| The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass
Movements |
Eric Hoffer |
Ron Titus |
| Human Nature |
James Trefil |
Sheila Finch |
| The Agile Gene/Nature via Nurture |
Matt Ridley |
Cindy Clark |
| The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are |
Robert Wright |
Marian Hillar |
| Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
Susan Jacoby |
Jim Knierien |
| God’s Funeral |
A.N. Wilson |
Tom Brucia |
| The Poverty of Historicism |
Karl Popper |
Che Alvandi |
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The
Grass Roots Manual --- The
Purpose-Driven Church |
AHA
------ Rick
Warren |
Bob Finch |
| Why Darwin Matters |
Michael Shermer |
Jerry Harris |
| Khomenei: Life of the
Ayatollah |
Bequer Moin |
Tom Brucia |
| Quest for Divinity:
Critical Examination of the Thought of Mahmoud Muhammad Taha |
Mohamed A. Mahmoud |
Daniel Strain |
| A Party of One: The
Loners Manifesto |
Anneli Rufus |
Ariel Thomann |
| Genealogy of Morality |
Frederich Nietzsche |
Fernando Casas |
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