Today marks the hundredth entry in Frequencies.
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Announcements, events, and opportunities related to topics of interest to TIF readers are posted here. Additionally you may find round-ups of news items and brief commentary on current events.
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Goldman’s foray into Islamic finance
by Wei ZhuGoldman Sachs is facing new controversy, this time in the Islamic world.
January 23, 2012
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A coherent integration policy for Europe
by Charles GelmanIn the New York Times opinion pages, Boston College political science professor Jonathan Laurence argues that it's up to---and in the interest of---Europe's governments to devise a coherent policy of integration for the continent's growing Muslim population.
January 24, 2012
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Modern enchantment
by Jessica PolebaumRecently released by Oxford University Press, Michael Saler's latest volume explores the imaginary realms of the modern world.
January 24, 2012
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Religion and the Harlem Renaissance
by Taline CoxIn honor of Black History Month, Rethinking Religion, a radio series associated with Columbia University’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, will air a two-hour special entitled “The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race.”
January 25, 2012
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NYPD cops to showing inflammatory film
by Wei ZhuThe New York City Police Department, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly in particular, is in hot water over a documentary-style film shown to officers as part of training.
January 26, 2012
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Brazil’s religious right
by Jessica PolebaumIn the Guardian, Tom Phillips profiles Jean Wyllys, Brazil's first openly gay MP---and explores the growing political voice of the country's far-right evangelical leaders who oppose him.
January 27, 2012
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“De-baptism”
by Wei ZhuWhile religiosity has been on the decline in Europe for several years, some Europeans are taking more radical steps in distancing themselves from Christianity and the Church hierarchy; they aren’t just leaving their congregations, but taking steps to become officially “de-baptized."
January 30, 2012
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Religious roots of the secular
by Jessica PolebaumAt the Harvard University Press Blog, historian Brad S. Gregory discusses his latest book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society: Brad S. Gregory’s new book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society, is very much in the tradition of and in conversation with Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. Both are […]
January 31, 2012
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“On Being” Buddhistipalian with Rosanne Cash
by Taline CoxJanuary 5, 2012’s episode of “On Being with Krista Tippet” is a conversation with Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, a singer-songwriter and author in her own right.
February 1, 2012