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Conventional wisdom in the west suggests that religion is to blame for many of the world's violent conflicts. Theologian and historian William Cavanaugh will challenge this assumption by exploring western ideas about religion, secularism, and power. Speaker: William Cavanaugh is an associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., where his research and teaching focus on the intersection of violence and religion. He is the author of The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict (2009). Respondents: Margaretha Geertsema is an assistant professor of journalism at Butler University. Her research draws on studies of globalization, media, culture, sociology, and gender. Lawrence Gerstein is a professor of psychology at Ball State University and director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Ball State. He is president of the International Tibet Independence Movement.