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4. Burchill goes on sabbatical for God | It's a career move that may come as a surprise to some victims of her occasionally poisonous wit: Times columnist Julie Burchill has announced she is temporarily leaving journalism to study God (The Guardian, London)
   
   

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Spirituality:

1. Dissecting God | Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that religion needs to be scientifically analyzed, regardless of the fallout. "We cannot let any group, however devout, blackmail us into silence" (Salon.com)
   
   
2. Exorcisms in high demand in Mexico | With more people going through the process than ever, priests in Mexico are doing their best to keep up with the demand to drive demons from people's souls (KENS, San Antonio)
   
   
3. The war on Saint Valentine's Day | What is it with fair-weather Christians? They get their rosaries in a bunch about the War on Christmas but don't raise a peep about the other holy days—or "holidays"—that have been co-opted by the forces of militant secularism (The Stranger, Seattle)
   
   
4. Speaker challenges men to tread spiritual path | Bill Perkins of West Linn will speak about what he calls religion's feminization (The Oregonian)
   
   

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Coretta Scott King funeral:

1. Funeral site for King stirs unease | Some want it held at Ebenezer Baptist, where her husband preached, rather than a "prosperity gospel" pastor's mega-church (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
2. New Birth Missionary Church hosts King's funeral | The funeral for Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is being held Tuesday at the New Birth Missionary Church in a suburb of Atlanta, Ga. Bernice King, the couple's youngest child, serves as an elder at the church, the largest predominantly African-American church in the region (Day to Day, NPR)
   
   

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Other articles of interest:

1. End is not near enough for pastors | Evangelical ministers meet in Inglewood to discuss ways to convert millions and hasten the Second Coming (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
2. Officials will attend interfaith breakfast | Two years after a longtime Beaverton mayors' prayer gathering folded, a new one will emerge (The Oregonian)
   
   
3. The Rev. William A. Jones, civil rights activist, dies at 71 | Dr. Jones exerted influence far beyond his Brooklyn pulpit in support of local and national civil rights causes (The New York Times)
   
   

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