If there were any doubts about writer and general provocateur Christopher Hitchens ability to pull a crowd, they were entirely dispelled by the sold-out opening night of the first ever Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre, the Festival brought together some of the more controversial thinkers from Australia and around the world. Hitchens’s keynote address, followed by a discussion with our own Tony Jones, was an expansion on his bestselling, “God is Not Great: Religion Poisons Everything”. Hitchens was at his polemical best, delivering a beautifully constructed speech supporting his argument that religion is not only completely implausible, but often actively destructive. Christopher Hitchens’s other books include “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, “Why Orwell Matters” and “The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice.” He also writes a regular column in “Vanity Fair”.
If there were any doubts about writer and general provocateur Christopher Hitchens ability to pull a crowd, they were entirely dispelled by the sold-out opening night of the first ever Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre, the Festival brought together some of the more controversial [...]
Complete video at: fora.tv Author, scholar and journalist Karen Armstrong discusses the need to apply Socratic philosophy to the counterproductive fierceness of modern debate. “Real philosophical debate…that is conducted in the spirit of malice or hate will not work,” she says. —– Ms. Armstrong describes how Islam, Judaism and Christianity have been diverted from a [...]
Complete video at: fora.tv Author, scholar and journalist Karen Armstrong discusses the need to apply Socratic philosophy to the counterproductive fierceness of modern debate. “Real philosophical debate…that is conducted in the spirit of malice or hate will not work,” she says. —– Ms. Armstrong describes how Islam, Judaism and Christianity have been diverted from a shared moral purpose. She now is working with the TED community to build a Charter for Compassion. – Chautauqua Institution Karen Armstrong is one of the most provocative, original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic nun who left a British convent to pursue a degree in modern literature at Oxford. In 1982 she wrote a book about her seven years in the convent, Through the Narrow Gate, that angered and challenged Catholics worldwide; her recent book The Spiral Staircase discusses her subsequent spiritual awakening after leaving the convent, when she began to develop her iconoclastic take on the great monotheistic religions. She has written more than 20 books around the ideas of what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and around their effect on world events, including the magisterial A History of God and Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Todays World. Her latest book is The Bible: A Biography. Her meditations on personal faith and religion (she calls herself a freelance monotheist) spark discussion — especially her take on fundamentalism, which she sees in a historical context, as an outgrowth of modern culture.
Brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens debate the Iraq War and religion at an event organized by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies with the support of the Center for Inquiry and the Interfaith Dialogue Association.
Brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens debate the Iraq War and religion at an event organized by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies with the support of the Center for Inquiry and the Interfaith Dialogue Association.
This is a Jewish American Muslim convert that joins a Muslim group that kills Muslims because it is mad at Americans and Jews. (Reuters) – Pakistani security agents have arrested an American al Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States on a treason charge, Pakistani security agents said on Sunday. World Adam Gadahn, a California-born [...]
This is a Jewish American Muslim convert that joins a Muslim group that kills Muslims because it is mad at Americans and Jews. (Reuters) – Pakistani security agents have arrested an American al Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States on a treason charge, Pakistani security agents said on Sunday. World Adam Gadahn, a California-born convert to Islam and the first American to be charged with treason since the World War Two era, has appeared in al Qaeda videos posted on the Internet threatening the United States with violence.
I have to write an 8 page term paper on anything related to canadian politics. However, I am having a really hard time coming up with a normative or research question around a topic. Can anyone suggest something?
I have to write an 8 page term paper on anything related to canadian politics. However, I am having a really hard time coming up with a normative or research question around a topic. Can anyone suggest something?
human sexuality, current events, American politics, pop culture, religion
human sexuality, current events, American politics, pop culture, religion
Muhammad Ali and Parkinson talking about racism, politics, religion and the truth.
Muhammad Ali and Parkinson talking about racism, politics, religion and the truth.
Monsey group says lox study misinterpreted: ‘It’s kosher’
MONSEY — A Rockland group that caused an uproar when it purportedly put the pox on lox by claiming that the popular Jewish nosh isn’t kosher said Tuesday that the warning was nothing but a fish tale.
Monsey group says lox study misinterpreted: ‘It’s kosher’
MONSEY — A Rockland group that caused an uproar when it purportedly put the pox on lox by claiming that the popular Jewish nosh isn’t kosher said Tuesday that the warning was nothing but a fish tale.
Mass-market epiphany
Mysticism is dying, and taking true religion with it. Monasteries have dwindled. Contemplative orders have declined. Our religious leaders no longer preach the renunciation of the world; our culture scoffs at the idea. The closest most Americans come to real asceticism is giving up chocolate, cappuccinos, or (in my own not-quite-Francis-of-Assisi…
Mass-market epiphany
Mysticism is dying, and taking true religion with it. Monasteries have dwindled. Contemplative orders have declined. Our religious leaders no longer preach the renunciation of the world; our culture scoffs at the idea. The closest most Americans come to real asceticism is giving up chocolate, cappuccinos, or (in my own not-quite-Francis-of-Assisi…
