Community of Reason
A Center for Free Thought

We meet in  Room 301, Haag Hall, University of Missouri, Kansas City
(NW Corner 52^nd Street and Rockhill Road)
(Parking Structure, 4^th Level, SW corner of 52^nd Street and Rockhill Road, walk across breezeway, turn right)

Sunday Events for October 2008

Informal Gathering at 12:30 p.m.
All events begin at 1:00 p.m.

Oct 5^th    “Dogma, Dogpa and the Puppies Resulting from the Intercourse Between Science and Religion”

Dr. Kenneth S. Schmitz, Professor of Chemistry, UMKC

Just as quantum particles are forever entangled after contact, the forging of science with religion in the hearth of ancient civilizations has yielded an alloy of remarkable endurance and strength. how has religious prejudices affected the advancement of the historical sciences? the current philosophy of quantum mechanics is in concert with some religious views regarding the supernatural.

Skeptical Religious Studies   -   Haag Hall, Room 307
10am - Buddhism - Emptiness
11:15am - The New Testament - Deutero-Pauline Epistles

Oct 12^th    “Economics as Religion; Economics and Secular Humanism”

James Webb, Department of Economics, UMKC

Current economic theories have origins in religious doctrine meant to reconcile science with the existence of an unerring Creator. Secular humanism is based on the application of systematic reasoned inquiry to human problems. What does economics look like using a secular humanist approach?

Skeptical Religious Studies   -   Haag Hall, Room 307
10am - Hinduism - Seeing God
1:15am - Islam - Islam at the Crossroads

Oct 19^th    “The Rise of the Dutch Republic”

Dr. Fred Whitehead, independent scholar, and co-editor of “Free Thought on the American Frontier”

A survey of the economic and cultural history of the Netherlands from the 17^th century to the present.

Skeptical Religious Studies   -   Haag Hall, Room 307
10am - Buddhism - Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
11:15am - New Testament – The Pastoral Epistles

Woody Williams Memorial Lecture

Oct 26^th    “Happily Godless in High School”

Paul Donovan, author of “Happily Godless”, degrees in physics, education, student development, and mathematics

A Kansas City, Kansas inner city high school atheist teacher discusses the line between the separation of church and state drawn from his class room experiences with students of diverse faith, which lead to the creation of his book “Happily Godless”.

Skeptical Religious Studies   -   Haag Hall, Room 307
10am - Hinduism - The Way of Devotion
1:15am - Islam - Women & Change in Islam

WEEKEND POTLUCKS AND RESTAURANT HOPPING - Call for time and location