Transmission

Chris Hedges at Union Theological Seminary April 29, 2008

As you’ve no doubt noticed, there’s no Transmission this week because there are five Wednesdays this month. In lieu of a standard Transmission, therefore, I’d like to invite you to come hear Christ Hedges to a reading from his new book, which is about the recent prominence of Atheist discourse. I think this guy is definitely worth listening to - his previous book, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, was a very smart and critical look at the culture of conservative Christianity, and I’m very interested to hear what we has to say about the New Atheism.

mebelimebeliChris Hedges will be reading from and discussing his most recent book “I Don’t Believe in Atheists.” In this book Hedges responds to contemporary prominent athiests Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris, arguing for the importance of faith in our world and challenging a form of athiesm that can be as intolerant and bigoted as religious fundamentalism. He offers an important voice for progressive Christians today. You can learn more about Hedges on the Union website here: http://www.utsnyc.edu/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=992&srcid=256 or on posters around campus.

See you at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening! Oh… and there will be cookies :)