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Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
Humanism and Its Aspirations
Upcoming Events
Courtesy Posting: USNH Author Talk: This Land Is Your Land with Beverly Gage
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 6:00PM
The Unitarian Society of New Haven has announced the first of its 2026-2027 Author Talk series, presenting Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage. She will discuss her latest book, This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip through US History.
Billed as “the ultimate road trip into the American past,” the book explores the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our history. From the nation’s founding in Philadelphia to Disneyland and the California dream, Gage takes us through thirteen iconic places that define America’s greatest ideals, contradictions, and challenges.
There will be time for questions and copies of the book will be available for purchase (at a 20% discount, courtesy of Possible Futures of New Haven) and signing.
Beverly Gage is a professor of American history at Yale University. Her bestselling biography, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the Bancroft Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Tpke, Hamden, CT 06517, USA, Hamden CT
Humanist Explorations - A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba
Saturday, November 7, 2026, 2:30PM
Join us for a special screening of A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba (84 min), chronicling jazz legend Dizzy…
Monthly Meeting - Don't Get Phished!
Monday, November 16, 2026, 6:30PM
The typos are gone. The awkward grammar is gone. The “Dear Sir/Madam” is gone. AI has given attackers flawless…
Board Meeting
Sunday, November 22, 2026, 7:00PM
All members of the Humanist Association of Connecticut are welcome to attend. If you have something to bring to the board or wish …
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Northern Social Dinner
Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 7:00PM
We’ll be meeting again in Wallingford at Pacific Buffet & Grill (https://pacificbuffetandgrill.com/). Come join us for…
Book Discussions
"Job: A Comedy of Justice" by Robert Heinlein
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 2:30PM
Our book for November is Job: A Comedy of Justice by science fiction author Robert Heinlein.
From Wikipedia: Job: A Comedy of Justice is a [1984] science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. The title is a reference to the biblical Book of Job and James Branch Cabell’s [early fantasy] Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice.
The story examines religion through the eyes of Alex, a Christian political activist who is corrupted by Margrethe, a Danish Norse cruise ship hostess – and who loves every minute of it. Enduring a shipwreck, an earthquake, and a series of world-changes brought about by Loki (with Jehovah’s permission), Alex and Marga work their way from Mexico back to Kansas as dishwasher and waitress…On the way they unknowingly enjoy the Texas hospitality of Satan himself, but as they near their destination they are separated by the Rapture – Margrethe worships Odin, and pagans do not go to Heaven.
“[A] fascinating and thought-provoking work – one to make you smile, to make you wonder, and to make you care!” – New York Times Book Review
Supplementary reading for the discussion is ***Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice ***by James Branch Cabell.
"Bad Company" by Megan Greenwell
Saturday, December 19, 2026, 2:30PM
Our book for December is Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by journalist Megan Greenwell.
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