May's topic will be "Practical Ethics" by Peter Singer. The presenter will be Rusty Lyon.
The Ideas Club, which is more than just a book club, meets to discuss important ideas in the philosophy of humanism and freethought including its history, ethics, and relationship to economics, politics and comparative religion. The group was started in 1998 by the former Houstonians for Secular Humanism (HSH) The meeting time is 10:30am winding up at about noon on the fourth Sunday of each month. We are fortunate that our meetings can be held in the family home of Dr Louis and Laverl Daily at 1506 North Boulevard. We follow a Book-a-Month format whereby each month a member reviews a book of his or her own choice, which it has been ascertained is of some interest to the other participants. The presentation is always followed by animated discussion. Plan on going to lunch with the group after the meeting, usually at La Madeleine in the Village.
We look forward to seeing you then!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Program for 2007/2008
Program for 2007/2008
| Date | Title | Author | Reviewer |
| 9/23/07 | Moral Minds | Marc Hauser | Marian Hillar |
| 10/28/07 | The Reason Driven Life | Robert Price | Jim Knierien |
| 11/25/07 | Religion Explained | Pascal Boyer | C.J. Renzi |
| 12/15/07 (Sat) | <Alliance Solstice Party> | ||
| 1/27/08 | Infidel | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Tammy Renzi |
| 2/24/08 | Habermas | James Gordon Finlayson | Bob Finch |
| 3/23/08 | A Short History of Just About Everything | Bill Bryson | Bill Fricks |
| 4/27/08 | The Future of Life | E.O. Wilson | John Simpson |
| 5/25/08 | The Science of Good & Evil | Michael Shermer | Roxie Deaton, Bob Finch, Jim Knierien, C.J. Renzi |
| 6/22/08 | The World is Flat | Tom Friedman | Sheila Finch |
| 7/27/08 | Members' Readings | ||
| 8/24/08 | The Middle Way: Finding Happiness in a World of Extremes | Lou Marinoff | Daniel Strain |
| 9/26/08 | Recess | ||
| 10/26/08 | Consilience | E.O. Wilson | Louis Daily |
Monday, July 14, 2008
Past Topics
Past Topics
| Title | Author | Reviewer |
| 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 |
| 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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