Dinesh D’Souza to Speak at Brown University | Monday

The BROWN COLLEGE REPUBLICANS are pleased to invite all ladies, gentlemen, students, faculty, and anyone else with the slightest interest to a lecture by Mr. Dinesh D’Souza entitled “Is God the Problem?”.

A strong Conservative debater (a more comprehensive biography is pasted below this description; I implore all of you to examine it), Mr. D’Souza strives to elucidate the misconceptions about the effects of religion and religious behavior on our society as a whole. As Dinesh said to me himself, the topic of his speech, “Is God the Problem?”, will address the following:

“Many people, notably atheists, allege that belief in God is not merely unscientific and irrational; it is also dangerous. They argue that religion is the cause of many of the evils in the world, from the Crusades and the Inquisition to 9/11 and the current unrest in the Middle East. In this talk I will challenge this critique of God and religion and show that God, far from being the problem, is actually the main part of the solution. This is not just a case for the utility of religion, however; it is also an argument for the truth of religious belief.”

Does this sound interesting to you? If so, please join the College Republicans in MACMILLAN HALL 117, at 8PM on MONDAY APRIL 26th! View the additional material (provided below) if you want to get a feel for what the speech will be like.

Dinesh’s personal website:  http://www.dineshdsouza.com

DINESH D’SOUZA (Biography by the Young America’s Foundation):

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.

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 bestseller 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 bestseller. 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 bestseller “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 bestseller 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 National Review. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including the Today Show, Nightline, The News Hour, O’Reilly Factor, Moneyline, and Hannity and Colmes.