Nationality American | Name Larry Taunton | |
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Born May 24, 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-05-24 ) Books The Grace Effect: How the Power of One Life Can Reverse the Corruption of Unbelief | ||
Occupation Author, Public speaker | ||
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens by Larry Taunton
Larry Alex Taunton (born, May 24, 1967) is an American author, columnist, contributor to The Atlantic, and cultural commentator based out of Birmingham, Alabama who serves as the Executive Director of Fixed Point Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the public defense of the Christian faith. Larry Taunton's work has been covered by the BBC, The New York Times, and many others.
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- The Faith of Christopher Hitchens by Larry Taunton
- Christopher hitchens vs larry taunton god or no god debate
- Career
- Personal life
- Published works
- References
Christopher hitchens vs larry taunton god or no god debate
Career
Larry Taunton has personally engaged some of the most outspoken opponents of Christianity, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. In 2007, he organized "The God Delusion Debate" on the merits of Dawkins' arguments against Christianity as set forth in his bestselling book, The God Delusion. The discussion was heard by over a million people worldwide. In 2008, he chaired a follow-up debate at the University of Oxford. In 2010, Taunton publicly debated Christopher Hitchens. In 2015, he debated atheist Daniel Dennett and imam Zaid Shakir on Al Jazeera America, as well as skeptic writer Michael Shermer. In addition to producing several Fixed Point films, Larry, along with his team, launched LookUp316.com in February 2011, a project that displayed the message of John 3:16 before a Super Bowl audience. He has also been a guest on a variety of television and radio shows, and has been quoted by the New York Times and Vanity Fair, among other newspapers and magazines.
When not writing, teaching, or producing, Taunton travels widely, speaking on issues of faith and culture.
In 2016, Taunton published a book entitled The Faith of Christopher Hitchens about his friendship with the late atheist, in which he claimed that Hitchens seemed to be reevaluating his religious options, "if only theoretically," after his cancer diagnosis. But the author is nonetheless clear that he does not believe Christopher Hitchens made a deathbed conversion: "I make no Lady Hope-like claims regarding Christopher Hitchens. As we have seen, there were no reports of a deathbed conversion."
Personal life
Taunton was born at Fort Benning, Georgia. He and his wife, Lauri, have four children and live in Birmingham, Alabama.