christopher hitchens was itself professed atheist but a person religious and my definition of the termand that is you want history no answers and he spent his life looking for those answers and there is no doubt. that should be a preposterous answer. if i didn't have my it's about human dignity, not proposition or, you know, in posing my beliefs on you, but to answer the question, i believe is entirely catholic with their faith, so it hasn't deepened. as a catholic i am making sure. a world fifa and freedom, will international of r. dee is vital to the american national security. what is the weather's been institute? >> the witherspoon institute is a privately funded think tank in new jersey. if you are going to want one, it has a whole host of programs that intersect between religious and public life. i'm fortunate enough to be the director of their cash course on international and religious freedom and have been now for about three years. people were interested can find it on the web site. likelier coming out with a volume it turns on march 1st of this year. we will have at georgetow

christopher hitchens was a self-professed athiest but he was a person who was religious in my definition of the term in terms of he wanted to know the answer. he thought he found, there is no god. i think that's a preposterous answer but that was his answer. it was a religious question. i presume he knows the answer to those questions now. it's about human dignity. not about imposing my beliefs on you. but to answer your question, i believe that what i just said is entirely consistent with the catholic faith. so it has deepened my faith. as a catholic i believe i am being catholic in making these arguments. >> host: what this book has been published by oxford, world of faith and freedom. what is the witherspoon institute? >> guest: it's a privately funded think tank in princeton, new jersey. it is -- it has a whole host of programs that intersect between religion and public life. i am fortunate to be the director of their task force on international religious freedom, and i have been now for about three years. people who are interested in witherspoon can find itit on the web site. we are

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