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Dispatches from the Religious Left will be released in about a week, on Oct. 1, 2008.  The book contains a wide variety of thoughtful essays on what the Religious Left is and how it should move forward, including a brief chapter on new media that my wife and I co-write.  If you happen to be in New York on Oct. 7, please drop in for the book launch:

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th St., New York, NY
RSVP: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?ei d=25908349317

This will certainly be a fascinating event, with featured speakers including Chris Hedges (author of "I Don't Believe in Atheists", and "American Fascists"); Rev. Debra Haffner (Director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing); and Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou (Associate Minister for Missions, Social Justice and Community Action at Middle Collegiate Church).  Frederick Clarkson, the book's editor and one of the main contributors at Talk2Action, will also be appearing.  The event will be moderated by the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, and will feature the church's gospel choir.

I won't be speaking, although you will get to see me in a suit, which, apparently, is still something of a shock to my college friends.  And I imagine there'll be a pretty lively Q&A.

It's quite exciting to be able to attend this event; I view this book as an answer, of sorts, to Michael Lerner's call for a movement of spiritual progressives in The Left Hand of G-d, with plenty of specifics.  I hope to see plenty of MyDD readers there!