The Great Books Reading Group will take on Paul Kingsnorth’s book Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity starting on the first Thursday of February, the 5th, 7-8:30 p.m. US Central Time, on our Patreon platform at the Trainee ($1) level or above, and we invite you to join us! Laurie Johnson and Kent Shultz will take turns leading the discussion. Reading is encouraged, but not required.
On Thursday, October 2, at 7 p.m. US Central Time, David and Laurie will be back to discuss Chapters 3-5 (finishing Part 1) of Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death. This is a classic originally published in 1985 which is all too relevant today. We are now living in the full-blast of what Postman was trying to describe and warn about back in the ’80’s. It’s a good time to reflect on what he said, in the context of what we know now.
The Great Books reading group led by Laurie Johnson starts a new book, Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, in September. The group meets monthly to discuss how media shapes public discourse, urging critical engagement with complex ideas. Supporting the group costs as little as $1 per month on Patreon.
Our February Communio Study Circle reading has been decided! We will be reading through Chapter Two of Sophia, The Wisdom of God: An Outline of Sophiology by Sergei Bulgakov. Where to buy the book: Angelico Press Abe Books We will meet in person and online on Saturday, February 15 at 4 pm US Central Time. … Read more
The focus for the 2024 Marx Reading Group will be Marx’s writings on Non-Capitalist Social Formations. Topics discussed will include the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the accelerationist vibes of Marx and Engels’ 1840s writings, modes of production and non-linear history, Marx’s later rejection of evolutionary models, Marx’s Ethnological Notebooks, and Marx’s comments on several … Read more
Just a reminder that our next Communio Study Circle will meet TOMORROW, July 15, at 4 p.m. US Central Time IN PERSON AND on Zoom. Our Kansas City-based folks will meet in person, and we will have the Zoom pulled up for our folks who will be Zoom-ing in from out of state. This reading … Read more
This group will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7pm CST. Sessions are expected to run 90 minutes, give or take a quarter hour. The first session will be February 8, from 7-8:30pm CST. The format for the group will be to literally read Marx together. We will start with Das … Read more