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.
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Upcoming Events
Humanist Explorations
Saturday, August 3, 2024, 2:30PM
This is our monthly discussion meeting, held at 2:30 PM on the first Saturday of each month. We have returned to holding these in-person in the Social Hall at USNH. There’s plenty of room for social distancing.
Social Dinner
Monday, August 5, 2024, 7:00PM
Join us for our monthly Social Dinner, and discuss a wide range of topics with like-minded people. (We’re holding these…
Third Annual Statewide Coalition of Reason Picnic
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 11:00AM
The annual statewide Coalition of Reason picnic is happening again this year!
It will, again, be BYO everything!
If you wish to…
Monthly Meeting
Monday, August 19, 2024, 6:30PM
This is our monthly meeting, held on the third Monday of the month. The main program is announced closer to the date of the…
Board Meeting
Sunday, August 25, 2024, 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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Book Discussions
"The Constitution of Knowledge" by Jonathan Rauch
Saturday, August 24, 2024, 2:30PM
Our book for August is The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by journalist Jonathan Rauch. Please note that we are meeting on the 4th rather than 3rd Saturday.
From Amazon: Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multi-front challenge to America’s ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood.
In this path-breaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the ‘Constitution of Knowledge’, our social system for turning disagreement into truth.
By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they must protect, why they must do, and how they can do it.
“It’s a great book, truly important in the pantheon of defenses of free speech, free thought, and the commitment to truth, the perfect counter to post-truth claims on the left and populist truth claims on the right. Destined to be a classic, in the tradition of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty.” – Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic Magazine
"Heartland" by Sarah Smarsh
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 2:30PM
Our book for September is Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh….
"The Body Keeps Score" by Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D.
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 2:30PM
Our book for October is The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dutch psychiatrist Bessel van der …
You can download the New Haven Free Public Library’s flyer for the 2024 book discussions at the Wilson Branch.
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Titles selected for our book discussions can be found in most local libraries or ordered from bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.
HAC is a chapter of the American Humanist Association, a member of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason, and a UU Humanists local group.