Philo Agora's talk tomorrow Tuesday, December 15 is Sam Alexander
"Myth and Ritual" with an accent on Christianity and Christmas.
Does Myth follow Ritual or Ritual follow Myth? Are the two
reciprocally joined or can each stand alone? Had Jesus not been born
of man and died a Christ, would we still be celebrating a December
Festival to bring in the New Year?
With the help of Claude Levi-Strauss, S H Hooke and James Frazer, Sam
Alexander explores the evolution of the Christmas tradition.
Sam, an old PMG telephone technician, holds degrees in Divinity and
Theology. He is a founding member of Philo Agora.
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Tomorrow is our last talk for the year, Come for our end of year and
Christmas gathering , We start again on March 2 with Dorothy Rowe and
Glee Books exploring "Why We Lie" .A full program follows her, but we
always welcome good talks
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Tuesday December 15 at the Fair Trade Coffee House, 33 Glebe
Point Road, Glebe, $6.00 includes a free cup of coffee or tea. Start
at 7.30. Finish at 9.00pm. If you want to eat, come early. All
profits from the Fair Trade Cafe go to support Third World development.
Philo Agora has a talk on a philosophy theme every two
weeks. Philo Agora's website is
<http://www.philoagora.com>www.philoagora.com .
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THE PHILOAGORA ANNUAL AWARD
PhiloAgora has instituted an annual award of $100 ( with apologies
for the size of the award ) . It will be awarded for the essay and
talk that best meets our objectives of relating philosophical thought
to how we act out our lives, individually or collectively .
Papers of 2500 words or so will be placed on the website and judged
at the end of the first year. Details on are on our website. Open
to undergrads, postgrads, everybody, except full time academics..
We have also joined with the Fair Trade Cafe in not
charging philosophy students the usual $6.00 admission
Philo Agora
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