Joseph Priestley Salon

About Joseph Priestley Salon

Using the spirit of the enlightenment and Joseph Priestley, our Salon explores the intersection of science, religion and politics. Join us to expand horizons of thought and understanding.

Topics and books are decided by the group and discussions are scheduled based upon the length and complexity of the book. We plan on meeting every third Thursday, but this can change so please double check schedules.

Books read:

God at the Speed of Light by T. Lee Baumann
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue state Russia and the Richest Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
Democracy in Chains: the Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
Dark Money by Jane Mayer
Sixth Extinction, An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
Sapiens, A Brief History of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Beyond Religion by H.H. Dalai Lama and Alexander Norman
Fascism, A Warning by Madeline Albright
The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
Breakpoint, Reckoning with America's Environmental Crisis by Jeremy Jackson and Steve Chapple
The Invention of Air; a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America by Steven Johnson
Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson by Jennifer Michael Hecht
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Hardwiring Happiness; the new brain science of contentment, calm, and confidence by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
A God that could be Real by Nancy Ellen Abrams
Active Hope by Joanna Macy
God and the New Physics by Paul Davies
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
God Revised: How Religion Must Evolve in a Scientific Age by Galen Guengerich
Holy Clues: the Gospel according to Sherlock Holmes by Stephen Kendrick
Humanist Voices in Unitarian Universalism by by Kendyl L. R. Gibbons, William R. Murry
Language of Reverence compiled by Dean Grodzins
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bard D. Erhman
The New Good Life by John Robbins
One Nation Under Gods: A New American History by Peter Manseam
Regaining Balance:The Evolution of the UUA by Michael Werner
Subliminal: How your Subconscious Mind rules your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Waking up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion by Sam Harris
Your Brain's Politics by George Lakoff