![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nick Cohen, a friend of Hitchens, was strongly critical of the book in The Guardian. The Faith of Christopher Hitchens received a mixed critical reception. He also suggested Hitchens' widow was "disgusted" by the book. Taunton's book attracted some media attention and Taunton was interviewed on Newsnight on BBC Two alongside Lawrence Krauss who strongly criticised the book and alleged Taunton was a "paid associate" and not a friend of Hitchens. The book "traces Hitchens spiritual and intellectual development" and includes claims that Hitchens flirted with Christianity after his diagnosis with terminal cancer and stared "into the depths of eternity, teetering on the edge of belief" and "was wading into Christian waters, getting more than his feet wet". Hitchens was a strong critic of religion and a proponent of atheism. Taunton, the Executive Director of Fixed Point Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to defence of the Christian faith, claims he was a friend of the author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and social critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens. The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World’s Most Notorious Atheist is a 2016 book by American author and evangelist Larry Taunton. ![]()
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