UU Learning Community – Humanly Possible

Sundays, 9:30 – 10:30 am, Hallman 305

NEW UULC SERIES – HUMANLY POSSIBLE: A HUMANIST JOURNEY THROUGH TIME – 6 WEEK PROGRAM APRIL 12 – MAY 17

This program will be facilitated by Jay Dunn and Bob Whelan, based on the book  Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell (2023).  The series explores humanism as a way of approaching life, addressing the simple question: how do we understand ourselves, the world, and one another using the tools we already have—experience, reason, curiosity, and relationship—and how do we live well together because of it? We leadoff with Chapter 5 on April 12. 

Week 1 April 12   — Montaigne — Beginning Within (Chapter 5, “Human Stuff”)

Week 2: April 19   — Voltaire & Diderot — Turning Outward (Chapter 6, “Perpetual Miracles”)

Week 3: April 26 — Humboldt — Becoming Over Time (Chapter 8, “Unfolding Humanity”)

Week 4: May 3 — Harriet Taylor Mill & John Stuart Mill — Shaping Society (Chapter 9, “Some 

Week 5: May 10 — Zamenhof & Russell — Facing Reality, Choosing Hope (Chapter 10, “Doctor Hopeful”)

Week 6: May 17 — Bakewell — Living the Orientation (Chapter 12 + Epilogue)

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