Jim Kenney & Ron Miller Lectures
Thursdays, 1:00-3:00 pm
Held at the Highland Park Country Club
Free for Highland Park Senior Center Members / Non-Members: $10
Advance registration required, please call (847) 432-4110

God Evolves?
March 25
Kenney
Jim Kenney will discuss Robert Wright’s view of evolutionary psychology. His The Evolution of God is a landmark in the exploration of the development of theology. He addresses how human conceptions of God have evolved over time, and proved quite adaptive.

God’s Comeback
May 20
Miller
Books about God are filling bookstores. Ron Miller believes Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God is a notch above all the others, a provocative and insightful work by one of the world’s most prominent experts on the world’s religions. He will discuss two sections of the book that encapsulate humankind’s earlier understandings of God and those that enter history with modernity.

And Then What?
July 8
Miller
View the timeless questions revolving around eternal life from the perspective of two eminent contemporary theologians: Bishop John Shelby Spong, who offers a thoughtful liberal perspective, and Bishop N.T. Wright, who presents more traditional views in an equally scholarly fashion. People of faith can disagree, and so can people of intellectual depth, as Ron will explain.

The Global Commons
Sept. 30
Kenney
The earth, air, oceans, airwaves, and even the Internet are the modern global commons, comparable to the village commons of old. Now a new virtual community is taking shape. Its goal is the definition, declaration, and defense of the commons. Jim suggests that this new concept is still unfamiliar, but coming very soon.

Religion as Illusion?
Nov. 18
Bronstein
The well-known references to religion as “Illusion” or “Opiate” or “Social Identification” are popularizations of the continually influential views of Marx, Freud, and Durkheim. Rabbi Herbert Bronstein discusses how each wrote about the human Self, human condition, and mitigation of suffering. Each concluded, that religion was an occasionally useful illusion.
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Rise & Shine Humanities Series
Highland Park Public Library Auditorium
Wednesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Free
Presented by the Highland Park Senior Center and the Highland Park Public Library

Feb. 10
The Love Books and Writing
Davis Schneiderman

Feb. 24
What’s The Point?
Jon Baskin, Etay Zwick, Jonny Thakkar

March 10
Ben Hecht’s Literary Journalism
Bill Savage

March 24
Music of the Bach Family
Jim Kendros

April 14
Barbara Streisand Part I
Susan Benjamin

April 28
Barbara Streisand Part II
Susan Benjamin

May 12 & May 26
The Symbols of our Faiths: The Candelabra, The Cross & The Crescent
Rabbi Herbert Bronstein

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