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:
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.