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Terry Eagleton: The New Atheism and the War on Terror

International Affairs Building Room 1501, 420 W. 118th St., New York

A talk by Terry Eagleton, influential literary theorist and Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster. He has written more than forty books, including Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996), and, most recently, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (2009). Co-sponsored with the Heyman Center for the...

Choreography of Sacred Space: State, Religion and Conflict Resolution

Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Istanbul

A conference on how some religions in conflict have collaborated on shared access to religious sites they hold sacred.  Negotiations over these sites in Turkey, North Africa, the Balkans and Palestine/Israel serve as models for toleration. Co-sponsored by Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and...

Charles Taylor: Can Human Action Be Explained?

Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center 530 W. 120th St., NY

A lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize. Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion. audio: https://ircpl.org/audio/IRCPL-Taylor.Human.Action.mp3 video: https://www.ircpl.org/video/ircpl_charles_taylor_994.m4a