AWAY WITH ALL GODS release party Friday night

On Friday, April 4, at 7:00 PM, join us at Revolution Books to celebrate the release of Bob Avakian's latest book, Away With All Gods: Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World. [Note: You may also want to check out another book from Insight Press, Ardea Skybreak's The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: Knowing What's Real and Why It Matters. It is (surprisingly) readable and informative both for people with very little scientific education (and who may be influenced by creationism) and for people who already have some understanding of evolutionary biology. It is also available at Revolution Books.]

Is believing in gods actually harmful? How has Christianity for centuries served as an ideology of conquest and subjugation? Why is the "Bible Belt" in the U.S. also the "lynching belt"? Why is there a rise of religious fundamentalism throughout the world? In the intensifying conflict between U.S. imperialism and Islamic fundamentalism, is the only choice to take one side or the other? Why is patriarchy and the oppression of women foundational to so many religions? Can people be good without god? These are just some of the questions explored in this provocative work by Bob Avakian.

Bringing a unique revolutionary communist voice to the current discourse about god, atheism and morality, Avakian demystifies religious belief and examines how, even in its most progressive interpretations, religion stands in the way of the emancipation of humanity. A thread deeply woven throughout Away With All Gods! is the need to fully rupture with all forms of superstition, and to take up instead a truly scientific approach to understanding and transforming reality.

Whether you believe in god, or are an agnostic or an atheist, Bob Avakian will challenge you with his powerful critique of long-established traditions and his liberating vision of a radically different world.

Revolution Books ((212) 691-3345) is at 9 West 19th Street in the Flatiron district, just west of Fifth Avenue--near the 14th Street-Union Square N/R/Q/W/4/5/6/L and 14th Street F/V subway stations. If you're coming by NJ Transit, take the 1 train from Penn Station downtown to 18th Street (and 7th Avenue), and walk east to 19th Street between 6th and Fifth Avenues.

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