| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Michael Gray" |
| Date: |
15 Aug 2007 12:23:39 AM |
| Object: |
Attn Aussie atheists in Melbourne. |
Lecture at Trades Hall:
"The 'New Atheism "
Russell Blackford
Today, 15 August, 6pm
Thesis:
"A new aggressive atheism is in town.
Dawkins - Hitchens - Harris - Omfrey
Has atheism gone fundamentalist?"
Australian Rationalist Society event.
"Russell Blackford will examine forthright, sometimes passionate
authors putting the case against religious belief.
"They have provoked fierce criticism, including charges of atheistic
'fundamentalism.
The recent torrent of best-selling books by Sam Harris, Richard
Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others put the
case against religious belief.
"Russell Blackford is a philosopher, writer, and critic and currently
a postgraduate student and sessional lecturer in the School of
Philosophy and Bio ethics, Monash University.
As a creative writer and a literary critic, he specializes in the
science fiction field. His non-fiction work frequently deals with
issues involving the human, or post-human future."
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