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The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

by Ben Hamilton

[27.Aug.09] :. Promoted as a rebuttal to modern atheist thinkers, notably Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris, this doesn't feel like a cynical cash-in on a recent publishing phenomenon.

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Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left by Cottee & Cushman, Eds.

by Barry Lenser

[15.Oct.08] :. How could a critic of empire, a loyal friend to the Palestinians, and the bane of Henry Kissinger ally himself with the Bush administration and its push for imperial adventures in the Middle East?

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The Family by Jeff Sharlet

by Christopher Martin

[13.Jun.08] :. What if the American fundamentalists' power and influence became such that they helped destabilize the New Deal, played key roles in anti-Communist foreign policy during the Cold War, and supported numerous bloodthirsty dictators?

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The Portable Atheist

by Barry Lenser

[5.Feb.08] :. Sectarian strife, an historical constant, and its images of suicide bombings, occupation, and crumbling civil societies are sadly ubiquitous and have fueled the passions of the “New Atheism”. This will not soon abate.

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God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

by Chris Hedges [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[10.Jul.07] :. Atheist polemic refuses to engage authentic religion.

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Christopher Hitchens stands his ground and then some

by Rebecca Rosen Lum [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[28.Jun.07] :. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Christopher Hitchens ranted for the better part of two hours at a May debate with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges over the value of faith. Shouting Hedges down...

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Hitchens preaches to the choir in latest ‘God debate’

by Craig Jarvis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.May.07] :. RALEIGH, N.C. - In the great debate about God, author Christopher Hitchens won over an already sympathetic audience Tuesday night. But if anyone was expecting the famed intellectual brawler to knock...

 

Hot Topic: Atheism

by Marco Ursi

[14.May.07] :. When Time magazine published their infamous “Is God dead?” cover story in 1966, editors across the continent learned a valuable lesson: God sells. And controversial stories about...

 

God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

by Chris Barsanti

[14.May.07] :. A fire-breathing polemicist in the grand tradition, the Hitch has spleen to spare and wastes none of it here when going after the godly.

 

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

by Elbert Ventura

[10.Oct.02] :. Weaving together a vivid assemblage of stock footage, archival documents and talking-head spots, the movie winnows the book down to three of its more damning studies.