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Mar 15, 2011 · Intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens goes head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western world’s most openly devout political leaders, on the highly charged topic of religion.
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Oct 8, 2006 · Hitchens pounded away at Reagan and capital punishment as The Nation’s Washington columnist, and reported for other magazines from the Middle East, Central America, and Eastern Europe. The ...
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As regular readers will know, I am an old hand at atheist books, lectures and the like. And this was a good one — energetic, entertaining, with more than a few moments of genuine feeling and illumination. It was also remarkably respectful. I have seen Hitchens in the past employ his withering wit to gut his opponents and their arguments. But here, ...
Granted, we all see these things through the prisms of our minds and sympathies. Still, I was touched by Blair's heartfelt concessions to Hitchens's argument. Blair, too, dislikes fanaticism. But it was very clear that his version of religion is a generous one. More importantly for Blair, an open, generous religiosity is a human necessity. That led...
Blair had repeatedly addressed this point with his warnings about fanaticism and dogmatism. But this issue led unexpectedly, for me, to the best part of the evening — Hitchens's defence of the idea of awe, of the "numinous," that mysterious power associated with spiritual longing. It is rare for an atheist to approach this territory of mystical fee...
Nov 27, 2010 · Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended the role of religion in global affairs, in a Canadian TV debate with atheist columnist Christopher Hitchens. Mr Blair, a Catholic convert, said faith...
Presents the text of a debate between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and British intellectual Christopher Hitchens about the role and influence of religion in the modern world. Based on the "Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world" Munk debate held on November 26, 2010. Includes bibliographical references.
Mar 4, 2011 · Intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens goes head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western world’s most openly devout political...
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