Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is to take on Christopher Hitchens in a televised public debate for and against religion. Friday Nov 26.
BBC World Service radio will air the Blair-Hitchens debate on December 4, followed by Radio 4 on December 11.
It can be viewed on BBC World News and the News Channel on January 1, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11843586
Livestream: http://www.munkdebates.com/debates/Religion
Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.

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Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens to debate religion
November 26, 2010Posted by Tom at 15:46
Labels: 2010, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, debate, religion, Tony Blair
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Excitement deluxe!
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