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	<title>Lilian Calles Barger</title>
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	<description>An idea lab about life, culture and faith</description>
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		<title>Why I love libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great post on libraries. When asked who has influenced, inspired and motivated me in my work; I must respond, many who now live at the library. A sample of the post:
The library is the most solid and enduring item in the whole apparatus of intellectual life. In time our academic fads and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2010-02-16T11:54:06Z</link>
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		<title>Mary&#8217;s Song</title>
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An old tune which still speaks: Merry Christmas!
Canticle of the Turning
Lyrics: Rory Cooney
Music: Irish Traditional, Star of the County Down
My soul cries out with a joyful shout that the God of my heart is great, And my spirit sings of the wondrous things that you bring to the one who waits. You fixed your sight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-12-24T20:43:30Z</link>
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		<title>Dr. West  and my time at Princeton</title>
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I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Cornel West last week and I thought you would enjoy the photo. I am wrapping up my work here at Princeton this fall. It has been a tremendous time to focus on my next project (hint: it&#8217;s about human liberation) and how my work might aid in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-12-14T15:12:58Z</link>
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		<title>Defining freedom for women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This conversation in which western feminists are debating the significance of the Muslim veil for women brings up many issues. It points to the historical meaning of women&#8217;s bodies and the battle over who ultimately controls them. It&#8217;s easy to romanticize the veil or to condemn it off hand without consideration of the degree of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-09-05T19:31:24Z</link>
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		<title>Openness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This story causes me to ask, can we have a free and democratic society when you can not see the face of your fellow citizen? The implications in this story are more than individual freedom of expression or religion.
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		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-08-31T17:37:33Z</link>
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		<title>Feminism vs motherhood?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately many feminist have not been able to reconcile motherhood and its demands and a full functioning human being. This is evident in the recent essay by Katie Rophie, a diehard feminist, regarding her shockingly loving relationship with her new baby. Some  feminist are besides themselves of how to explain this lapse. It&#8217;s worth remembering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-08-27T18:48:17Z</link>
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		<title>Missing women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read  this extensive report from the New York Times on the global state of women. No woman any where can be assured of her life and liberty while millions suffer simply because they are women.
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		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-08-19T16:27:05Z</link>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s time</title>
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One of the most exciting things happening right now for women globally is in Iran. See this story in the Washington Post on the role of women who are demanding change.The Muslim world is known for its repressive laws against women&#8217;s freedom from denial of education to stoning for accusations of adultery. The women of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-07-03T15:42:15Z</link>
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		<title>The american devil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from a three week trip to Argentina, the land of my birth, I was both pleased and alarmed. Buenos Aires has all those things you hear about: The ever popular Evita, tango, Malbec wine, lots of grass fed beef, soccer fanatics, and wild traffic.  I enjoyed it cafes, old architecture and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-07-02T20:18:23Z</link>
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		<title>A numbers game</title>
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I found this story in the New York Times to be telling of the mental state of America. A former facility of Bethlehem Steel has been converted to a $743 million Sands casino and enjoying a lucrative opening. We have come to believe that the main component of success is luck. Instead of work, thrift, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2009-05-23T19:41:11Z</link>
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