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• The Evolution of God
  Award-winning journalist and author Robert Wright is out with a new book about how our conceptions of God have changed over the centuries. Wright spoke about his book, "The Evolution of God" at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado.Midday, August 18, 2009
• Gays in the clergy
  Evangelical Lutherans are gathering in Minneapolis to consider whether to permit gay and lesbian ministers to lead churches if they are in a committed relationship. Midmorning discusses the tension this issue has created regarding inclusion and unity among other mainline Protestant churches.Midmorning, August 18, 2009
• Debate divided on gay clergy in Lutheran church
  Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are in Minneapolis this week debating many issues, most notably whether or not to allow sexually active homosexuals in committed relationships to serve as clergy.August 17, 2009
• How to improve U.S.-Middle East relations
  Middle East expert Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and author of "The Stakes: America and the Middle East," discusses the influence of religion and culture on diplomacy. Telhami spoke at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.Midday, August 12, 2009
• What makes us moral?
  A Chautauqua Lecture series this week features theologians, ethicists and Nobel winners. Today on Midday, Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire.Midday, July 30, 2009
• IRS closes inquiry into pastor's McCain endorsement
  The Internal Revenue Service has told a pastor in Warroad, Minn. it's closed an inquiry into complaints that he was preaching politics from the pulpit in violation of federal tax law.July 29, 2009
• Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks about morality
  Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the Chautauqua Lecture Series in New York about what makes us moral.Midday, July 29, 2009
• Moving toward peace in the Middle East
  At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, Ambassador Michael Oren of Israel and Ambassador Imad Moustapha of Syria discussed the relationship between the U.S. and their countries, and the chances for peace in their region.Midday, July 20, 2009
• Advocates for abuse victims protest seminary reunion
  A group of advocates for victims of sexual abuse by clergy is holding a protest outside a weekend reunion at a former seminary of the Catholic order of Crosiers in Onamia.July 11, 2009
• Fireworks pulled after complaint from Muslim group
  A Wisconsin fireworks store has yanked a brand off its shelves after complaints from a Minnesota Muslim group.July 5, 2009
• Minnesota's largest Hindu temple gets grand ceremony
  Thousands of people are expected to flock to Maple Grove this weekend for the grand opening of the Hindu Temple of Minnesota.June 26, 2009
• Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world
  Best-selling novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon says he set out to recreate the storytelling of the great Victorian writers while including modern sensibilities.June 25, 2009
• Priest dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq
  A Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis confirmed Sunday.June 22, 2009
• Breakaway Catholic group to ordain 13 in Minnesota
  A breakaway Catholic group plans to ordain 13 priests in Winona Friday, but they won't be recognized by the Roman Catholic church.June 18, 2009
• Vatican declares Cathedral of St. Paul a national shrine
  The Vatican has designated the Cathedral of Saint Paul as a national shrine, the first in Minnesota. The cathedral also becomes the the only national shrine in North America dedicated to honor the Apostle Paul.June 16, 2009

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