What we’re about
Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh is “a secular congregation that celebrates life” with a mission to “live better, help often, and wonder more.” We are generally non-religious people that get together to listen to a talk, sing fun songs, and learn a little. You can call it an “atheist church,” or “secular community” — the labels are not important.
We host Assembly at 10 AM on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the Wilkins School Community Center in Pittsburgh. Assembly serves to leverage the positive power of learning, emotion, music and poetry, and enjoying ourselves as a group. The assembly format is accessible to families with children and attracts a variety of ages. SAPgh also hosts other events throughout the month. Come check us out!
Upcoming events
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•OnlineCrossover: PFC Book Club (Online) - Heretic by Catherine Nixey
OnlineJoin PFC and SAPgh member Ann Norman as she leads the Book Club to discuss Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Catherine Nixey. Register at: https://pghfreethought.org/event-6449511
Christianity was uniquely successful, but this book shows it was not unique; this book surveys many stories from the early centuries CE with parallels to early Christianity and the many different early versions of early Christianity of which we today in the West are almost totally unaware. Ann Norman will be leading the book discussion, and will come with a list of other books and podcasts about the origins of early Christianity. Anyone with an interest in the origins of Christianity from a historical perspective should attend.
From the blurb at Amazon: “Contrary to the teachings of the church today, in the first several centuries of Christianity’s existence, there was no consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. Instead, there were many different Christs. One had a twin brother and traveled to India; another consorted with dragons. One particularly terrifying Christ scorned his parents and killed those who opposed him.
Moreover, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviors, many sons of gods who healed the sick and cured the lame. But as Christianity spread, they were pronounced unacceptable – even heretical – and they faded from view."
"A brilliant book...illuminates a forgotten world."" —The Times, Best of the Year
"Heretic tells a moreish intellectual story and shakes up your understanding of Western history. At the same time, somewhat improbably, it supplies at least one good joke per paragraph; you have to keep turning back to enjoy them again." ―The Economist, Best of the Year2 attendees
Past events
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