The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to a book release party for:
Anarchy Evolution:
Faith, Science, and Bad Religion
in a World Without God
By Greg Graffin & Steve Olson
Reading, Signing, and Discussion
Drinks Will Be Served
Tuesday, September 28, 7–9PM
The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP: RSVP@powerHouseArena.com
"I've always had a problem with authority." This is how most of the world knows Greg Graffin, the lead singer of the legendary punk band Bad Religion, which celebrates it's 30th anniversary this year.
What few people know is that Graffin also received a doctorate from Cornell University and teaches evolution at UCLA. In Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God, Graffin weds his experiences in punk culture and the academic world, and explores the deep connection between art, religion, and science—in a book that's equal parts memoir and manifesto.
About the book:
As an adolescent growing up when "drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night," Graffin discovered that science provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world. In this provocative and personal book Graffin describes his own coming of age as an artist in the early L.A. punk scene, as well as how punk rock helped form his naturalist worldview on questions involving God, science, and human meaning.
Anarchy Evolution provides fresh and nuanced insights into the long-standing debate about atheism and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists.
About Bad Religion:
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the birth of quintessential Los Angeles punk rock pioneers Bad Religion. In the fall, they plan to release their 15th studio album, and will tour every major city in the USA and Canada. Greg Graffin will be promoting Anarchy Evolution throughout the tour.
Formed in 1980 in the suburbs of Los Angeles by teenage friends, Bad Religion have become synonymous with intelligent and provocative West Coast punk rock and are considered one of the most influential and important bands in the genre. Over the past 3 decades the band has continually pushed social boundaries and questioned authority and beliefs armed only with propulsive guitars, charging drumbeats, thoughtful lyrics, and an undying will to inspire and provoke anyone who will listen.
About the authors:
Greg Graffin, born in Madison, Wisconsin, obtained his PhD at Cornell University in Zoology, and his master's degree at UCLA in Geology. Graffin was the recipient of the Bryan Patterson prize from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists and also received the Harvard Cultural Humanism award. He has lectured on life science and paleontology at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Steve Olson, author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins, which was one of five finalists for the 2002 nonfiction National Book Award and received the Science-in-Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers. He has been a consultant writer for the National Academy of Sciences as well as other organizations, and his writing has been featured in Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, Nature, Scientific American, and Wired, among other publications.
Watch Greg Graffin talk about Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God.
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