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As part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Faculty of Arts and the Department of English Language and Literature are pleased to announce a debate between<br />
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<font size="4">Christopher Hitchens and Barry Brummett (University of Texas at Austin) on the Role of Religion in Culture</font><br />
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Noted public intellectual <strong><font size="2">Christopher Hitchens</font></strong> (<em>God Is Not Great</em>, <em>Hitch-22: a Memoir</em>) and well-known rhetoric scholar <strong><font size="2">Barry Brummett</font></strong> (<em>Contemporary Apocalyptic Rhetoric</em>, <em>The Rhetoric of Popular Culture</em>) will debate on stage at the Hagey Hall Theatre of the Humanities on Saturday, June 4, starting at 7:00 pm.<br />
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The debate will be moderated by <font size="3">Jian Ghomeshi</font> of CBC Radio's Q, and will responded to by University of Toronto philosopher <font size="3">Mark Kingwell</font>.<br />
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Tickets are $20, first come, first serve; please register online at<br />
<a target="_blank" href="https://dogwood.uwaterloo.ca/alumnievents/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=377">https://dogwood.uwaterloo.ca/alumnievents/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=377</a><br />
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For more information contact Shelley Hulan (shulan@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca).<br />
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