Update: Thanks to everyone who attended the event - in person or online. We’ve taken down the live-stream player. A full video archive of the event will be available soon.

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Is the Religious Right really on the decline? Is Christianity undergoing a third period of transformation marked by a disregard of dogma in favor of a more open “spirituality,” and a collapse of barriers between different religions? What are the consequences of these shifts as we debate health care - particularly the controversial Stupak Amendment?

Join us tonight, at 6pm Eastern, as Harvard divinity professor Harvey Cox, and Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne discuss Cox’s new book, The Future of Faith.

If you are in New York City, join us at the WNYC Greene Space for this important - and FREE - event.

If you are not in New York, watch the live stream here on the PBC blog, or join our partners at Street Prophets, an online community for progressives of faith, who will also be hosting a live stream of the event.

Here’s the video from last night’s launch of the PBC/CAP author series - Moving Forward: Foundations of a New Progressive Era.

Both PBC and CAP live-tweeted the event, you can read the comments at #psppbc.

This first event featured Kevin Mattson and James Fallows discussing the Carter “malaise” speech, and how a revolutionary message on the need for a new energy economy was hijacked by the birth of Reagan Republicanism.

Some of the main points discussed:

• The positive initial reaction to Carter’s speech, and the media’s role in creating a negative frame.
• The way the potency of the new conservative movement was underestimated by Democrats.
• Reagan’s political jujitsu, which upended perceptions of Carter and his address.
• The Carter/Kennedy rivalry during the 1980 campaign.
• Similarities between Carter and Obama, and lessons learned that can be applied to today’s political debate.

Watch the video for yourself.  And congratulations to our partner, the Center for American Progress, on a great launch event.

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Don’t forget that tonight, at 6:30 pm, PBC and the Center for American Progress are launching our new author series - Moving Forward: Foundations for a New Progressive Era.

Join us tonight, as the event is streamed live from the Center for American Progress website.

PBC will also be live tweeting the event.  Follow along @pbcbooks and join the conversation using the hashtag #PSPPBC.

This first event will feature author Kevin Mattson, author of What the Heck Are You Up To Mr. President? and James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic and former Carter speech writer.  The two will discuss the origins of Jimmy Carter’s  now-infamous “malaise” speech, and how an address that should have sparked the drive for a new energy economy was hijacked by the  Republicans to sink a presidency.

Introductory remarks will be delivered by PBC Chairman Governor Howard Dean.

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