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HOH is a proudly
associated with:
Membership Chapter
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HOH
RELIGION, ETHICS, & SOCIETY CLUB
Day/Time: Fourth Saturday of each month, 10:30am
Place: Dr. Louis Daily’s family home, 1506 North Blvd. Houston
77006
[Map]
Contact: Marian Hillar 713-777-0374
hillar@sbcglobal.net
 This club
looks at issues relating to religion – varieties of religions, their
histories, changes, and future; the role religion(s) had played and still
play(s) in society, the development and role of myths (theistic and
nontheistic), their adaptations to modern society, factors which
influence religion and society, how ethics developed and what role was
played by religion, how cultures are changing and can be evaluated in
modern globalized world. The discussion will also include problems with
religion and its institutions and leaders. It also includes discussion of
what elements of religion may be important to human culture. The question,
"what is religion?" is explored. Relevant subject matter might
also include critiques on faith-based thinking, superstition, religious
violence, and dogma.
The group
meets once a month on the fourth Saturday at 10:30 at Dr. Louis Daley ’s
house who graciously offered it for the place of meetings. His address is
: 1506 North Boulevard , located in the vicinity of Rice University . From
the west side of town one can get there by taking the Southwest Freeway
(US 59), exit at Greenbriar-Shepherd, and follow south on Greenbriar to
North Boulevard. Turn left on North Boulevard and go to the intersection
with the Mandell Street . The house is on the north side of the
street. There is a vacant lot before the house and one can park in the
street!
Tentative Schedule
for 2007/2008
| Date |
Topic/Theme/Book |
Author |
Reviewer |
| 3/24/07 |
Introduction to Islam |
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Tom Brucia |
| 4/28/07 |
<Picnic> |
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| 5/26/07 |
Perception of
Christianity in the 1st Century by Hellenes |
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Jerry Harris |
| 6/23/07 |
Evolutionary Psychology
of Religion |
Steven Pinker |
Art Fay |
| 7/28/07 |
Humanist Ethics |
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Robert Finch |
| 8/25/07 |
The Varieties of
Religious Experience |
William James |
Tom Brucia |
| 9/22/07 |
Dialectics of
Secularization |
J. Habermas & J.
Ratzinger |
Ron Titus |
| 10/27/07 |
Porphyry
and Julian the Apostate vs Christians and neo-Platonism
Numenius
and Justin Martyr : how Christianity Adopted Greek Metaphysics |
based on a research
paper by Marian Hillar |
Jerry Harris &
Marian Hillar |
| 11/24/07 |
Psychology of Atheism
according to the third essay in Geneology of Morals |
Frederick Nietzsche |
Marian Hillar |
| 12/15/07 |
<Winter
Solstice Celebration> |
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| 1/26/08 |
Purpose for Your Life |
Abraham Maslow &
Lyle Simpson |
Sara Simon |
| 2/23/08 |
<TBA> |
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| 3/22/08 |
The Contribution of Kurt Vonnegut
to Humanism |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Tom Brucia |
| 4/26/08 |
Fighting Words: The
Origins of Religious Violence |
Hector Avalos |
Jim Knierien |
| 5/24/08 |
The Black Swan |
Nassim Taleb |
Tom Brucia |
| 6/28/08 |
Rights From Wrongs:
A Secular Theory of the Origin of Rights |
Alan Dershowitz |
Jerry Harris |
| 7/26/08 |
The Enlightenment &
the American Constitution |
Historical Documents |
Ariel Thomann |
| 8/23/08 |
Introducing
Anthropology of Religion |
David Eller |
Art Fay |
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