Upcoming Events

Philosophy Study Group

Leader: Curt Hillstrom
When: June 10 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Meeting Link: Join Meeting

We are planning on concluding our discussion of the book, The Sovereignty of Good, by Iris Murdoch. This is a change from our earlier announcement that we would spend three sessions on the book. The remainder of the book is two chapters titled “On ‘God’ and ‘Good’” and “The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts.” Murdoch did not regard herself as a theist, but she does regard ‘Good’ as, while perhaps not a Platonic form, something that rises enough over competing concepts that it deserves the term ‘sovereign’? Good God! The Sovereignty of Good over what!? Be sure to attend and find out!

The War at Home: Minnesota during the Great War, 1914-1920

Leader: Greg Gaut
When: June 27 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Commons Room
41st and Lyndale, Minneapolis

Americans went to war in 1917 not only against Germany but also against each other at home. The controversial declaration of war came during a contentious time when farmers and workers challenged the wealthy, African Americans struggled against Jim Crow and lynchings, women campaigned for suffrage, and millions crusaded against alcohol. In The War at Home, Greg Gaut focuses on the lives of individual Minnesotans to tell the dramatic story of this period, when the state experienced bitter polarization, nativism, flagrant disregard for democratic norms, and intense, occasionally violent, confrontations.

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Bulletin Board

New Editor needed for the MISF Journal!

Evelyn Klein, long-serving Board member and Editor of the semi-annual MISF journal, The Minnesota Scholar, is stepping back as journal Editor after nine years of volunteering, and we are sorry to see her go. Anyone having interest in filling this volunteer position (with Evelyn's help and advice), please respond via the "Contact Us" link on the left-hand column of this page.