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Last LIVING ROOM of the Spring 2011 Season!
(F)a(i)theist: How One Atheist Learned
to Overcome the Religious-Secular Divide, and Why Atheists and the Religious
Must Work Together
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Chris Stedman,
Interfaith and Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy
at Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, NYC
"Looking at the shouting match in our culture, between the forces of aggressive atheism (The End of Faith, God is not Great) and the armies of belligerent belief (James Dobson, Pat Robertson), it looks like the widest part of the faith divide is between religion and secularism." ~ Eboo Patel
Ten years into the 21st century, there is still significant division between the religious and nonreligious in American civic life. In this Living Room, Chris Stedman, a young "humanist interfaith activist" and accomplished author, speaker and organizer, will identify ways the religious and secular might better understand one another in order to work together. Chris will share his passion to catalyze a movement in which religious and secular folks not only co-exist peacefully but collaborate around shared values - and engage us all in a small service project to put our words to work. Read more...
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 This Living Room event is Co-Sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, NYC, whose mission is to "foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values."
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Kitchen Table
Evening to Discuss New Faith House Website
 We'll be discussing plans for building our new website this summer at the next Kitchen Table, Wednesday, June 15 at 7pm. If you are interesting in coming, please email Faigy and she will send you Samir's address. Drinks, desserts, snacks and sides are always welcome.
The "Kitchen Table" Team is a dedicated group of volunteers who meet on the third Wednesday of every month to discuss the development and future of Faith House.
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