Is Christianity the Problem? CSPAN

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OCTOBER 22, 2007, Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens debated the question “Is Christianity the Problem?” After speeches and rebuttals, the authors then questioned each other. Then they responded to questions from members of the audience. The debate was moderated by Marvin Olasky.

Dinesh D’Souza is the author of What’s So Great About Christianity, published by Regnery Publishing. Christopher Hitchens is the author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, published by Twelve. Marvin Olasky, the King’s College provost and World magazine editor-in-chief, is the author of Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America, published by Free Press.

The debate at King’s College was sponsored by the Society for Ethical Culture, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), and tothesource.org.

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