Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence

Published: June 2, 2007, 2:54 p.m.

b'Guest Hector Avalos, who went from Mexican child evangelist to\\nan atheist and leading bible scholar, talks about his book, Fighting\\nWords: The Origins of Religious Violence, as well as his academic\\nactivism at Iowa State University to counter creationism and a sports\\nchaplaincy. For fun, a clip of Bill Maher as "meteroevangelist" plays.\\nA dividend: an excerpt of Kingdom Coming author Michelle Goldberg\'s\\nexcellent speech to the 2007 FFRF convention, "The Rise of Christian\\nNationalism." The timely song: Philip Appleman\'s poignant "In a Dark\\nTime," set to music by Dan Barker. The weekly show is hosted by Dan\\nBarker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From\\nReligion Foundation. (MP3, 53 min, 24.5 MB)'