Philosophers Cafe - February and March

Philosophers Cafe with David Goa at Central Lions Seniors Centre
11113 – 113 Street, Edmonton, Alberta

The public is invited to join in the conversations.
Registration is required (780.496.7369). Limited seating.

February 17, Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00pm

The Fake News, Alternative Facts and the Rise of Virulent Identity Politics

Race, gender and identity have emerged in the centre of our political landscape. Central is a renewed concern for social justice and, hand in hand with this concern, comes “cancel culture.” Why? Are progressives and conservatives’ mid-wives to this new virulence? Do either give us a pathway to healing?

March 17, Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00pm

Hypatia (370-415 ce), the Last Great Pagan Philosopher

She was an accomplished mathematician and philosopher, a great teacher for both pagans and Christians in the city of Alexandria. She was renowned for her intellectual gifts and as a great teacher, and for her eloquence, modest and beautiful. In March of 412 a mob of Christian monks, encouraged it would seem by a famous Church father, tore her to pieces on the streets of the great city. I remember her each March as a martyr at the hands of religious fanatics. Her story carries a lesson for our own time.

David Goa focuses on deepening the capacity of the faithful to think through the gifts of their traditions: the spiritual life, the theological traditions and our responsibility to the public world. Supporters help him continue to do this important work.

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