In Conversation:
Taking on Christianity, Atheism, Islam, fundamentalism and the war on terror, Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D’Souza draw intellectual swords in an impassioned debate. From opposite sides of the spectrum they present cases for and against organized religion, its influence on world history and impact on current events. Together they explore the social, political and historical foundations of faith.

Christopher Hitchens:
Christopher Hitchens is one of the most prominent controversial writers and critics in the media. Described by The Economist as “one of the greatest living conversationalists,” he is a renowned author, journalist, critic and social intellectual. The author of the #1 best-seller God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Hitchens presents an ardent argument against organized religion from an intellectually charged, atheist perspective.

Dinesh D’Souza:
Dinesh D’Souza is one of the nation’s leading authorities on international issues. A best-selling author, scholar and former senior policy analyst for the Reagan Administration, The New York Times Magazine named him one of America’s most influential Conservative thinkers. His best-seller Whats So Great About Christianity answers atheist theories which denounce religion in general, and Christianity in particular.

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Dinesh D’Souza has been called one of the “top young public-policy makers in the country” by Investor’s Business Daily. The New York Times Magazine named him one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. The World Affairs Council lists him as one of the nation’s 500 leading authorities on international issues. Newsweek cited him as one of the country’s most prominent Asian Americans.

A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1983.

Dinesh D’Souza’s new book What’s So Great About Christianity is published by Regnery. It is the comprehensive answer to a spate of atheist books denouncing theism in general and Christianity in particular.

Mr. D’Souza’s books have had a major influence on public opinion and public policy. His 1991 book Illiberal Education was the first study to publicize the phenomenon of political correctness. The book was widely acclaimed and became a New York Times best-seller for 15 weeks. It has been listed as one of the most influential books of the 1990’s.

In 1995 D’Souza published The End of Racism, which became one of the most controversial books of the time and a national best-seller. D’Souza’s 1997 book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader was the first book to make the case for Reagan’s intellectual and political importance. In 2000, D’Souza published The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno Affluence, which explores the social and moral implications of wealth.

In 2002 he published his New York Times best-seller What’s So Great About America, which was critically acclaimed for its thoughtful patriotism. His 2003 book Letters to a Young Conservative has become a handbook for a new generation of young conservatives inspired by D’Souza’s style and ideas. The Enemy at Home, published in 2006, stirred up a furious debate both on the left and the right; even so, it became a national best-seller and will be published in paperback, January 2008, with a new Afterword by the author responding to his critics.

D’Souza’s articles have appeared in virtually every major magazine and newspaper, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, New Republic and The National Review. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including TODAY, Nightline, The News Hour, The O’Reilly Factor, Moneyline and Hannity and Colmes.

D’Souza writes a daily blog for AOL and a weekly column for Townhall.com

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A short list of the greatest living conversationalists in English would probably have to include Christopher Hitchens….Great brilliance, fantastic powers of recall and quick wit are clearly valuable in sustaining conversation at these cosmic levels. Charm may be helpful too….
–”The Economist,” Dec. 2006

Christopher Hitchens is among one of the best known controversial writers and critics in the media. He was a columnist for Vanity Fair, The Nation, and Slate. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and the Atlantic Monthly, among many other publications.

As foreign correspondent and travel writer, Hitchens has written from more than 60 countries — Afghanistan, Albania and Angola through Dublin, India, Iran, Iraq and Japan, to Vietnam, Western Sahara, Xylophagou and Zimbabwe. He is the only writer to have written, since 2000, from Iran, Iraq and North Korea.

Hitchens’ essays and articles have been collected or anthologized in The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Essays, Best American Essays of 2001, Best American Travel Writing of 2002, Best American Political Writing of 2004, and the “best of” collections published by The London Review of Books, The Spectator, The Nation, The New Statesman, The Weekly Standard and Best 50 Atlantic Monthly Book Reviews.

He is the author of many books including God Is Not Great,Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies, Karl Marx and The Paris Commune, The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain’s Favorite Fetish, International Territory: The UN After Fifty Years, The Palestine Question, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, and A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq.

Christopher Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, England and educated at The Leys School (Cambridge) and Balliol College (Oxford). He holds an Honors Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

From 1971-1981, Hitchens worked as a book reviewer in London for The Times and was social science editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He was assistant editor and staff writer The New Statesman, researcher/reporter for London Weekend Television and chief foreign correspondent for Daily Express.

Christopher Hitchens moved to the United States in 1981 and worked as a weekly book reviewer for New York Newsday. He since has continued on as a writer, commentator, critic and social intellectual for many publications.