Past Reading Groups

Climate Change
What We Can Save: A Deeper Dialogue on the Climate Crisis, Building Community around Solutions
One Planet, One Habitation: Study of the BIC Document and Evidence of Like-Minded Efforts in the Greater Community
Johnson & Wilkinson, All We Can Save
Climate Crisis Narratives
Moving Toward an Economy of Well-Being
Crisis and Opportunity: Towards a Vision of Sustainable Global Development
Active Hope and the Strengths Within
How to Talk About the Climate Crisis
News Articles on Climate and Agriculture

Agriculture and the Environment (Series)
Unbowed, A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
Paarlberg, Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat
Towards Vibrant Communities and Gardening
How To Feed The World
Nardi, Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
White, Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
Penniman, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
Hanley, ‘Adasíyyih: The Story of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Model Farming Community
Penniman, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Development
Merritt, Food, Farmer, and Community: Agriculture and the Reconstruction of the World
Simard, Finding the Mother Tree
Salmón, Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience

The Role of Women in Society (Series)
Reparations and Reconciliation
Overcoming Material and Spiritual Barriers to Racial Unity: Reviewing The Sum of Us
Whiteness and Patriarchy: Weeding Out Barriers to Oneness
Exploring the Role of Asian Pacific Islanders in Eradicating Anti-Blackness
Whiteness & Patriarchy: Weeding Out Barriers to Oneness, Cultivating Justice and Authenticity
The Equality of Men and Women - Theory and Practice

Narrative and Ethics
Speculative Fiction
Rubin, The Creative Act
Lepard, The Fashioner: Reflections on Music and the Arts in Building a Global Community
Film, Value, and Ethics
Movements and Models in Music
Storytelling and Cinema
Distilling Creativity
Investigations into Media, Knowledge, and Culture
Cameron, The Artist’s Way
Investigations into Media, Knowledge, and Culture
World Order in the Media

Virtue, Freedom, and Community: Insights from Influential Women Thinkers: Simone Weil
Virtue, Freedom, and Community: Insights from Influential Women Thinkers: Hannah Arendt
Virtue, Freedom, and Community: Insights from Influential Women Thinkers: Iris Murdoch
Virtue, Freedom, and Community: Insights from Influential Women Thinkers: Simone de Beauvoir
Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing To Do?
Perspectives on Consciousness from the Philosophy of Language
The Modern Intellectual Tradition, Part 1: From the Scientific Revolution to Immanuel Kant
The Modern Intellectual Tradition, Part 2: From German Idealism to Nietzsche
The Modern Intellectual Tradition, Part 3: 20th Century
The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion (Series)
Narrative and Ethics

Discourse on Diplomacy (Series)
Exploring the Discourse of Diplomacy I
Toward a Political Constitution for the Pluralistic World Society
Challenges to Protagonism in Development
World Government Narratives
World Order in the Media
Democracy and the Public Sphere (Series)
World Citizenship as a Performative Revolutionary Act
Urbanism: Built Environment
Urbanism: Neighbourhood & Community
Wilber, A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision of Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality
Polarization and High Conflict

Transdisciplinarity and the Intersection of Scientific and Spiritual/Religious Knowledge Systems in Public Health
Building Structural Competency in the Classroom and Clinical Setting
The Crisis of Identity in the Health Field and Exploring Frameworks that Promote Oneness and Unity
Examining Health Equity
Adolescent Nutrition
Psychology of Social Change
Health and Trust
Vibrant Communities: Justice and Equity
Abiogenesis: Concepts of Divine Creation in Light of Current Scientific Understanding of the Origin of Life
Spirituality and the Brain

Fundamental Issues of Existence: An Analysis of the History and Philosophy of Science
Chaos, Complexity, and the Natural/ Human Sciences
Historical and Philosophical Understanding of Complexity, Emergence, and Chaos
Looking at Community Building from an Evolutionary Perspective: Contributions from Anthropology and Neuroscience

Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion within the Discipline of History: An Examination of Religion and Speculative Approaches in the Works of Arnold Toynbee
Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion within the Discipline of History: An Inquiry into Response to Secularization Theory
Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion within the Discipline of History: The Reclamation of Religion in Modern Thought
African History and Recovering a Coherent Historical Consciousness

The Nature of Work: Perspectives of Race, Gender, Education, and Justice
Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frédéric Laloux
The Role of Women in Society: Career & Family Life
The Role of Women in Society: An Exploration of Mothers as the First Educators, Equality, and Social Change
Sharing the Capabilities of Consultation and Unity in Diversity With Others
Advancing Organizations: Cultivating High Performing Cultures by Understanding Motivation