Philosophers Cafe with David Goa-December

Come join me and your thoughtful neighbors this December at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association to talk about the place of Christmas in our religious, civil, and secular lives. I look forward to thinking with you.

South East Edmonton Seniors Association
(SEESA), 9350 – 82nd Street, Edmonton

14 December, Thursday, 1 – 2:30pm
Christmas: Religious, Civil and/or Secular?
*Please call 780.496.7369 to register to attend.

The Christmas season is upon us. A time perhaps of renewed attentiveness to others; a family gathering; for others, a time of loneliness and struggle. What do we make of it? Is Christmas a family feast, a gift giving potlatch? Is it a time when the dominant carol is, “angles we have heard on high, saying to go out a buy?” Is there a resonance between the religious, civil, and secular dimensions of how this season is shared in our shared life in Canada and within Christian and various other religious communities? There are many remarkable features to this festive season and, in our thinking and conversation together, along with song and poetry, we will consider the echoes of ancient texts and rituals and the hope for a renewal of our life together as we move into darkest time of the year.

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