DISCUSSION TOPIC: THE ATHEIST BUS CAMPAIGN AND THE NEW ATHEISM

Possible Starting Places

• "Ariane Sherine," CBC Tapestry, February 1, 2008.

•   Atheist Bus Campaign -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

• "Richard Dawkins," BBC Hardtalk, August 5, 2007:

• Part 1; Part 2; Part 3.

Atheist Bus Campaign In The News

•  James C. McKinley, Jr., "Atheist Ads On Buses Rattle Fort Worth," New York Times, December 13, 2010.

• Daniel E. Slotnik, "Ads For Atheism Appear On Manhattan Buses," New York Times, June 25, 2009.

•   "'God Exists' Group Buys Own Bus Ads In Calgary," CBC News, March 20, 2009.

• Rebecca Smithers, "Christian Party Advert Draws More Than 1,000 Complaints," Guardian, March 11, 2009.

• "Protesters Cry Censorship In Atheist Bus Ad Decision," CBC News, February 24, 2009.

• "'Good Without God' Ad Campaign Raises Questions In Vancouver," CBC News, February 3, 2009.

• "Halifax Is Keeping God Off Its Buses," CBC News, February 2, 2009.

• "Atheist Ad Campaign Targets Calgary," CBC News, January 27, 2009.

• "Man Refuses To Drive 'No God' Bus," BBC News, January 16, 2009.

• Mark Sweney, "Atheist Bus Campaign Is 'Offensive,' Say Complaints To ASA," Guardian, January 9, 2009.

•   Giles Tremlett, "Atheist Bus Campaign Provokes Bitterness In Barcelona," Guardian, January 7, 2009.

• Sarah Lyall, "Atheists Send A Message, On 800 British Buses," New York Times, January 6, 2009.

• "'No God' Campaign Raises 140,000 Pounds," BBC News, October 29, 2008.

• Joanna Heath, "'Stop Worrying: There Is No God,'" Newsweek (October 22, 2008).

• "'No God' Slogans For City's Buses," BBC News, October 21, 2008.

Atheist Bus Campaign Audio Sources

• "Atheist Advertising Campaign Coming To Toronto Transit," TVO Agenda, February 12, 2009.

•   "Advertising Atheism," Talk Of The Nation, January 15, 2009.

Atheist Bus Campaign Web-Sites

• AtheistCampaign.Org: The official web-site of the British Atheist Bus Campain.

•   AtheistBus.Ca:  Official web-site of the Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign.

New Atheism In The News

•   Thomas Jackson, "Richard Dawkins, The Protestant Atheist," Guardian, February 8, 2011.

• Mark Vernon, "God, Dawkins and Tragic Humanism," Guardian, June 11, 2009.

•   Laurie Goodstein, "More Atheists Shout It From The Rooftops," New York Times, April 26, 2009.

•   John Gray, "The Atheist Delusion," Guardian, March 15, 2008.

• Brendan O'Neill, "The New Atheism," Guardian, December 2007.

• Andre Mayer, "Nothing Sacred: Journalist And Provocateur Christopher Hitchens Picks A fight With God," CBC News, May 14, 2007.

•   Michael Kinsley, "In God, Distrust," New York Times, May 13, 2007.

• Peter Steinfels, "Books On Atheism Are Raising Hackles In Unlikely Places," New York Times, March 3, 2007.

New Atheism Articles

•   Anthony Gottlieb, "Atheists With Attitude," New Yorker (May 21, 2007).

• Christopher Hitchens, "Transcending God," Atlantic (July 12, 2007).

• Brian Bethune, "Is God Poison?," Macleans (April 16, 2007).

• H. Allen Orr, "A Mission To Convert," New York Review Of Books, 54 (January 11, 2007).

•   Richard Dawkins, "The Flying Spaghetti Monster," Salon (October 13, 2006).

• Lauren Shaehen, "The Problem With God: Interview With Richard Dawkins," Beliefnet.

• Richard Dawkins, "Why I Am Hostile Toward Religion," Beliefnet.

New Atheism Audio Sites

•   "The Munk Debates: Be It Resolved That Religion Is A Force For Good In The World -- Tony Blair And Christopher Hitchens," CBC Ideas, December 15, 2010.

•   "Richard Dawkins," CBC Tapestry, July 18, 2010.

•   "A 'Collision' Of Beliefs: Atheists Vs. Theologian," All Things Considered, NPR, October 25, 2009.

•   "Taking On Celebrity Atheists," CBC Tapestry, July 25, 2010.

• "Atheism On The Rise?," ABC Encounter, April 18, 2010.

• "Camp Atheist," PRI The World, July 1, 2009.

• "Richard Dawkins: An Argument For Atheism," Fresh Air, WHYY, March 7, 2008.

• "Christopher Hitchens: The Three New Commandments," Big Ideas, TVO, October 3, 2009.

New Atheism Video Sites

• "Sam Harris: Science Can Answer Moral Questions," TED Talks, February 2010.

• "Richard Dawkins On Militant Atheism," TED Talks, February 2002.

• "A Conversation With Journalist Christopher Hitchens," Charlie Rose Show, PBS, May 4, 2007.