January 25, 2013

Religion at Obama's Second Inaugural; The Thousand-Dollar Genome; Rev. Lillian Daniel

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January 25, 2013 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Premiered January 25, 2013

January 25, 2013

We survey the expressions of religion on display at President Obama's second inauguration; talk with doctors and parents about the ethics of sequencing a child's genome; and listen to author Lillian Daniel, a Congregational minister, fault the shortcomings of "make-it-up-yourself" spirituality.

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The rituals of American civil religion were on full display in Washington.

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Religion at Obama's Second Inaugural

A minister describes all the shortcomings of “make-it-up-yourself spirituality."

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Rev. Lillian Daniel on "Spiritual but Not Religious"

Doctors are asking, “What should we tell people? How will they use this information?"

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The Thousand-Dollar Genome

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