Book Group

Join FROG, the Free thinkers Reading Opportunity Group, for the Saturday February 14 book group meeting from 2-3:30 PM.

In February we'll be discussing Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart.

Adapted from Goodreads:
Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? In this deeply reported book, Katherine Stewart takes us to conferences of conspiracy-mongers, back-room strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. She introduces us to reactionary Catholic activists, atheist billionaires, pseudo-Platonist intellectuals, self-appointed apostles of Jesus, disciples of Ayn Rand, women-hating opponents of “the gynocracy,” pro-natalists preoccupied with the dearth of white babies, Covid truthers, militia members masquerading as "concerned moms," and battalions of spirit warriors who appear to be inventing a new religion even as they set about attacking democracy and its foundations.

Stewart provides a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States. Stewart's reporting and comprehensive political analysis helps reframe the conversation about the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points the way forward toward a democratic future.

This book group is sponsored by the Jefferson Humanists (Find Friends. Share Ideas. Do Good.) To learn more about us, see jeffersonhumanists.org. You can find our reading list for the entire year there.

The Humanists provide snacks, bring your own beverage of choice. Please RSVP to this Meetup so I know how many chairs to set out!

Upcoming Book Group Meetings:

Saturday March 14 - The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen
Saturday April 11 - This Other Eden by Paul Harding