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Title: "New Atheist vs Old Convert" Sept. 23 event

Fellow heathens —

I noticed a poster on grounds yesterday and had not seen a mention of it here. It reads:

"The Burke and Chesterton Societies present Christopher Hitchens and G.K. Chesterton: New Atheist vs. Old Convert, with Dr. Ralph Wood from Baylor University"

With a little digging, I found the Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/547247555324886/

New Atheist vs Old Convert, with Ralph Wood

Which is the more convincing and compelling--Hitchens' case for unbelief, or Chesterton's defense of what he called the Christian Thing?

The most celebrated of the New Atheists, Christopher Hitchens, spent his dying days writing an acerbic attack on the most jovial Christian convert of the 20th century: G. K. Chesterton. Hitchens accused Chesterton of being both an unserious and sinister thinker. Though he has been dead for more than 75 years, how (if he were alive) might Chesterton have responded to such a bitter parting shot? Amid our post-modern tournament of narratives, we will ask which is the more convincing and compelling--Hitchens' case for unbelief, or Chesterton's defense of what he called the Christian Thing?

Ralph Wood is University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

The event takes place this coming Monday, Sept. 23 at 5:45 in the Center for Christian Study and includes an email () for further info.

Unfortunately, I am unable to go, but some of you all might.

—Sean McCord

Sean Michael McCord

cell: 434.882.2241