New World Notes- Michael Parenti vs. God & His Demons

In a telephone interview on April 6, 2010, Left-leaning political scientist Michael Parenti discusses his new book, God and His Demons (Prometheus Books)--a survey of the woes caused in the name of, and by, Organized Religion. In this second of two parts, Parenti discusses the unholy alliance of the Church, the nation-state, and economic power; ... FEMA's enlistment of the clergy to preach obedience to authority; ... and the Christian Right's takeover of the Air Force Academy. He ends with praise for 2 unorthodox 16th-century Christians--Montaigne and Giordano Bruno--and explaining why, despite everything, he's not an atheist. www.michaelparenti.org www.prometheusbooks.com newworldnotes.blogspot.com