Conversation Group
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UUCD
Conversations:
7:30 pm every second Thursday of the month in the Ridge House.
Giving US an opportunity to discuss current Topics.
Most sessions are facilitated by a member of our Group. |
The group chooses current topics of interest and their sources. Questions designed to stimulate conversation are emailed to all members. If you wish to receive our announcements and questions, please email Bruce Buzby at brucebuzby@earthlink.net.
Recently published books of interest are selected to stimulate and support discussions; reading the book is not mandatory in order to participate and enjoy the gathering. Recent topics have related to Ethics, Brain Function Research, Evolution, God, Iraq, Islamic Culture, Civil Strife, History, Science and Religion, DNA Research, Women’s Liberation, Military Industrial Threat, China, Nation Building, Economics, Science, Art, and so on.
Below is a listing of both upcoming and past book discussions in order of date:
UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS
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October 9, 2008
Topic: Battle of Faiths
Facilitator: Reverend Sue Spencer
Source: I Don’t Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges, 224 pages, $16.50. 2008.
Hedges shatters the new atheists' assault against religion in America, and in doing so, makes way for new, moderate voices to join the debate. This is a book that must be read to understand the state of the battle about faith. |
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November 14, 2008
Topic: History of Language
Facilitator: Bruce Buzby
Source: The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony. 566 pages, $25.20. 2007.
A thorough look at the cutting edge of anthropology, Anthony's book is a fascinating look into the origins of modern man. |
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December 11, 2008
Topic: History of Liberalism
Facilitator: to be announced.
Source: The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman, 352 pages, $17.13. 2007.
Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, studies the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. |
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Source: The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian Fagan
July 11, 2008 — Topic: Direction of the World.
Source: The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria.
Source: Command of Office: How War, Secrecy, And Deception Transformed the Presidency, from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush by Steven Graubard.
Source: The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography From the Revolution to the First World War by Robb Graham.
Source: Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes by Mark J. Penn.
Source: A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the price we Pay by D. Andelman.