Micael Parenti discusses "God and His Demons," a look at the dark side of religion

Hosted by:

Per Fagereng

Produced by:

KBOO

Program::

Fight the Empire

Air date:

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 9:30am to 10:00am

Michael Parenti on his new book, "God and His Demons"

Host Per Fagereng speaks with political analyst and author Michael Parenti about his new book, God and His Demons, a look at the dark side of religion, the many evils committed in the name of godly virtue throughout history. Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Censored, the Caucus for a New Political Science, the city of Santa Cruz, New Jersey Peace Action, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and other organizations. He now serves on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network, Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation; as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought. He also served for some 12 years as a judge for Project Censored.

He is the author of twenty-two books:

• God and His Demons (Prometheus Books, 2010)

• Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, 9th edition, 2010)

• Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (City Lights Books, 2007)

• Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, 8th edition, 2007)

• The Culture Struggle (Seven Stories Press, 2006)

• Superpatriotism (City Lights Books, 2004)

• The Assassination of Julius Caesar (The New Press, 2003)

• The Terrorism Trap (City Lights Books, 2002)

• To Kill a Nation (Verso Books, 2001)

• History as Mystery (City Lights Books, 1999)

• America Besieged (City Lights Books, 1998)