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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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Assassins of the mind

by Nicole Greenfield

Christopher Hitchens on Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses and media self-censorship.

January 19, 2009

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How Obama can end the war on terror

by Ruth Braunstein

Mark Juergensmeyer at Religion Dispatches.

January 20, 2009

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Obama and the rise of secular spirituality

by Ruth Braunstein

In The Huffington Post, Deepak Chopra and Dave Stewart argue that Obama is "a symbol of the rise of secular spirituality in this country."

January 20, 2009

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Bampton Lectures in America: Irving Weissman

by Laura Duane

The Bampton Lectures in America, held at Columbia University from January 21 - January 29, 2009, will be delivered by Irving Weissman, Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology and Director of the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University.

January 20, 2009

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A historic moment

by Nicole Greenfield

From Andrew Sullivan.

January 20, 2009

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Invoking Rick Warren

by Nicole Greenfield

After objections to President Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the inaugural prayer, and a Gallup poll finding few actually object to Warren, some reactions to the invocation from around the Web.

January 20, 2009

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Obama’s moral impact

by Nicole Greenfield

Father William Franklin of the American Academy in Rome and Glenn Loury of Brown University discuss the moral significance of Barack Obama's presidency in this Bloggingheads video.

January 21, 2009

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