Illness made Christopher Hitchens a symbol of the honesty and dignity of atheism.

By Richard Dawkins

On 7 October, I recorded a long conversation with Christopher Hitchens in Houston, Texas, for the Christmas edition of New Statesman which I was guest-editing. He looked frail, and his voice was no longer the familiar Richard Burton boom; but, though his body had clearly been diminished by the brutality of cancer, his mind and spirit had not.


Read more: http://bit.ly/t0ONCz (belfasttelegraph.co.uk) 


richarddawkins.net:
We will be publishing a selection of Christopher Hitchens obituaries, and posting them all in this one thread. So please keep checking back, as it will be updated from time to time over the next few days.
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644246-christopher-hitchens-obituaries

SBS Dateline: Fighting Faith

Watch it on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o97qHxX12Y

"The annual Texas Freethought Convention draws atheists, agnostics and humanists from around the world, and this year Christopher Hitchens is the star attraction.
David Brill meets the renowned writer and thinker, as he battles cancer and uses the last of his strength to denounce religion as immoral."
http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/601379/n/Fighting-Faith

Christopher Hitchens debates Barry Brummett, Part 1

Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Barry Brummett (Chair, Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin) on the resolution "Religion has been a positive force in culture," June 4, 2011.

Hitchens vs. Blair: Be it resolved that religion is a force of good in the world [Paperback]

By Christopher Hitchens, Tony Blair

From The Publisher:
Hitchens vs. Blair is the highly anticipated volume featuring two of the world''s most powerful and charismatic speakers on the controversial topic of religion.

Format: Trade Paperback, 112 Pages
Published: February 26, 2011
Publisher: House Of Anansi Press Inc
The following ISBNs are associated with this title: ISBN - 10:1770890084 ISBN - 13:9781770890084

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(1/8) Is There An Afterlife? Christopher Hitchens vs Shmuley Boteach

Christopher Hitchens debated Rabbi Shmuley at Cooper Union, New York on Thursday, September 16, 2010.





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Author Christopher Hitchens in conversation

On his Jewish grandmother, his atheism, his writing—and facing his own mortality
by Noah Richler

"I don’t think someone is religious unless they have faith in what St. Paul calls the evidence of things not seen—in other words, the supernatural or supervising deity, presence, force who requires and expects certain kinds of propitiation. If that’s not in your mind, then I don’t think you’re really a religious person at all."

Read More (macleans.ca)

Debating Tony Blair on faith

By Christopher Hitchens

"I am sometimes asked whether I ever get tired of debating the faithful. There are two reasons why I never do. The first is that this argument is at the root of all other arguments: constituting the essential underlay of differences about philosophy, cosmology, history, textual criticism and even medicine. The second is that I never know what my antagonist is going to say, or affirm, or claim to believe."
Read More (Washington Post)

Blair's thoughts about the event.

Munk Debates: Tony Blair vs Christopher Hitchens

Friday, November 26, 2010. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada. The official resolution, "Be it resolved, religion is a force of good for the world".

Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens to debate religion

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

Hitchens-Dembski Debate Nov 2010 (1 of 10)

William Dembski debated CH at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, Nov 18, 2010.
Alright, it's on YouTube again.

William Dembski Debates Christopher Hitchens

William Dembski debated CH at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, Nov 18, 2010.
As some of you have noticed, the debate was uploaded on YouTube but is now removed. I've spent some time trying to download it myself but have managed to save only parts of the debate. I'll try again at a later date. There's no point uploading it on YT at the moment so watch it here (pcawebcast.com).

The Sad Case of Christopher Hitchens's Hero-worshippers

By Peter Hitchens


"It's amusing, if frustrating, to see the response of dogmatic unbelievers to my brother's thoughtful and generous remarks. It is clear that many of them find such thoughtfulness and generosity repugnant in their hero (and some of these contributions are embarrassing in their sycophancy). They would much prefer him not to have said this."


Link to article http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2010/11/how-not-to-argue-part-94-the-sad-case-of-christopher-hitchenss-hero-worshippers.html

STREAMING LIVE: God or No God? - A Debate

Watch free live stream of the debate on the Fixed Point website. 8 pm CST. More info.

Hitchens brothers debate over whether civilization can survive without God. (Clip)

Christopher and Peter, Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public life, Oct 12, 2010



Link to CNN Belief Blog

Listen to "Hitchens Brothers Agree to Disagree over God.
npr.org (3 min 50 sec)

Christopher and Peter Hitchens debate religion against brutal backdrop

By Michelle Boorstein

Sitting before a highly unusual forum at the Pew Research Center this afternoon were the provocateur atheist writer Christopher Hitchens, thinned and bald from ongoing chemotherapy, and his brother, Peter, a journalist and devout Christian. The brothers have had a largely estranged, cold relationship but had agreed to a gentle debate on the subject about which they both have recently published books -- God.


Read More (washingtonpost.com)

God or No God - A Debate

Christopher Hitchens debates Larry Taunton, Executive Director of Fixed Point Foundation.
October 19, Billings, Montana. 7pm. More (fixed-point.org)

Does Atheism Poison Everything? Debate

Watch the debate: Does Atheism Poisons Everything with Christopher Hitchens and David Berlinski on C-SPAN2 here.


Hosted by the Fixed Point Foundation. Moderated by Larry Taunton.
Duration 1 h. 7 min.

‘Atheism Poisons Everything’: A Report

By Larry Taunton

A few days ago, Fixed Point Foundation sponsored its eighth major debate, our third in Birmingham, Alabama.  The participants on this occasion were Dr. David Berlinski and Christopher Hitchens.  The topic of the debate was this:  Is a purely secular society preferable to a religious one?     Read more (fixed-point.org)

Photos from the event (photos.al.com)

Also

My Father's Debate with Christopher Hitchens
By Claire Berlinski

Read her article here. (ricochet.com)

Does Atheism Poison Everything?

Christopher Hitchens debated David Berlinski in Birmingham, Alabama on Sept. 7, 2010.

"Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," defended atheism as a moral stance in a debate attended by about 1,200 at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions." Read more. (blog.al.com)



Hitchens spoke at a luncheon with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions."  Read more (blog.al.com)


Pre-Order 'Does Atheism Poison Everything? DVD here. (fixed-point.org)

Christopher Hitchens vs. Dinesh D'Souza at CU-Boulder (1/13)

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