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- Book Groups
   
   
Our book clubs are growing in popularity. Contact Jeff for more information.

Organizer: Jeff Kidd
Meetings: Sunday, 27 July and Sunday, 17 August.
Both meetings will be at 2:00 PM at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park
Current Selection: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali


The Types of Books We Read
The topics we read about can be generally grouped into three categories.

Educational books related to religion and belief
  • Books that address the fallacies of religion
  • Books that explore the pros/cons of some aspect of religion(s)
  • Books on what attracts people to religion
  • Books about current developments in a religious movement
  • Books describing how to effectively approach these topics with others
Books which foster the atheist community
  • Books on the culture and history of atheism
  • Books on atheism as a movement/philosophy
  • Books related to the scientific method, naturalism, and reason
Books about religion and government
  • Books related to the history of the seperation of church and state
  • Books about the relationship between religion and government
  • Books about the US Constitution and Supreme Court
Past Books
  • Philosophers without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life (Louise M. Antony, editor)
  • The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth (Valerie Tarico)
  • The Conservative Soul (Andrew Sullivan)
  • The Demon-Haunted World (Carl Sagan)
  • God is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens)
  • The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
  • The End of Faith (Sam Harris)
  • The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
 
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