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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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Reconceiving human life

by John D. Boy

Fred Clark on evangelicals and the view that human life begins at conception.

February 28, 2012

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The New York Times reports on a member of an Amish community in Ohio accused of running a Bernie Madoff-like Ponzi scheme involving numerous fellow believers that wiped out 16 million dollars in savings.

February 29, 2012

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New UNICEF guide on partnering with religious groups

by Wei Zhu

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recently released a new guide, Partnering with Religious Communities for Children, intended to support UNICEF staff and other child rights organizations build effective partnerships with religious communities, in particular religious leaders, networks, and local faith communities.

March 1, 2012

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#OccupyLSX and the church

by John D. Boy

Following the recent eviction of the Occupy London encampment outside St. Paul's Cathedral, Joseph Cottrell-Boyce argues that the episode illustrates the church's growing irrelevance.

March 2, 2012

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College, religion, and Santorum

by Wei Zhu

A 2007 SSRC study on religion and higher education contradicts Rick Santorum's claims about loss of faith and college attendance.

March 2, 2012

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Postdoc fellowship: The Bible and Antiquity in 19th-Century Culture

by Justin Reynolds

The Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge is accepting applications for six postdoc fellowships in relation to a new project, The Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture.

March 6, 2012

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Decoding religious freedom claims

by Jessica Polebaum

Molly Worthen, in the New York Times' Campaign Stops blog, considers the undertones of recent conservative claims regarding the Obama administration's purported disregard of religious freedom.

March 7, 2012

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