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member name: Krista Tippett
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January 06, 2008 09:52 AM EST -- Diplomacy and Religion in the 21st Century Douglas Johnston is a military and diplomatic strategist. Instead of approaching religion as a problem in global crises, he is modeling a new kind of diplomacy. . . . more
November 25, 2008 05:19 PM EST -- The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam Sectarian violence appears as the greatest stumbling block, perhaps, to the creation of civil society in Iraq and a responsible U.S. withdrawal. In this . . . more
December 13, 2007 06:54 AM EST -- Sometime last year I had in interesting informal conversation with Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, a respected center of Evangelical scholarship and learning. Mouw has spoken . . . more
April 26, 2007 10:52 PM EDT -- I often write these reflections about the qualities of character of the people I interview, and about the relevance or importance of what they are doing. Jimmy Carter is clearly a person of relevance and . . . more
September 23, 2007 10:50 AM EDT -- Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. We've come to imagine him as a godless naturalist and to see the publication of this book as a dramatic moment in history, one that created an . . . more
December 01, 2007 12:24 AM EST -- In a handful of years, Jim Wallis has become a best-selling author, a sought-after pundit and preacher, and a high-profile spiritual adviser to powerful people. But for over three decades, he has been . . . more
December 22, 2007 05:49 PM EST -- The Wisdom of Tenderness The Canadian philosopher and Catholic social innovator, Jean Vanier, founded a community centered around people with mental disabilities, L'Arche, that has now become . . . more
February 24, 2008 12:11 PM EST -- Whale Songs and Elephant Loves Katy Payne is an acoustic biologist with a Quaker sensibility. In a career that has spanned the wild coast of Argentina and the rainforests of Africa, she discovered . . . more
November 09, 2007 04:23 AM EST -- Eighteen years ago this week the Berlin Wall opened up. I spent most of the 1980s, most of my 20s, as a journalist and diplomat in the divided city. I was immersed in the human and geopolitical dynamics . . . more
April 18, 2008 05:27 PM EDT -- Evangelical Politics: Three Generations I am fascinated this year by how some of the religious dynamics of recent electoral cycles have been turned on their head. Public faith ceased to be the sole . . . more
February 17, 2009 10:46 AM EST -- Obama's Theologian: David Brooks and E.J. Dionne on Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present This is our second program on Reinhold Niebuhr's fascinating thought and legacy . And as I prepared . . . more
August 10, 2007 10:21 AM EDT -- I've said this before, and I'll keep saying it: Pentecostalism is one of the great under-reported and misunderstood "religion stories" of our time. This faith with a strong egalitarian, . . . more
October 05, 2007 09:49 AM EDT -- I first met Joan Chittister a decade ago. I'd heard many entertaining and admiring stories about Sr. Joan's passion and intelligence and wit. She would scribble notes for her next book or column . . . more
January 29, 2008 05:06 AM EST -- Inside Mormon Faith Americans have been hearing about Mormonism in the context of the presidential campaign. But we're learning about this faith of 13 million people indirectly, by way of rhetoric . . . more
August 21, 2008 05:19 PM EDT -- Rick and Kay Warren at Saddleback Sometime last year I had an interesting informal conversation with Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, a respected center of Evangelical . . . more
February 05, 2009 04:47 PM EST -- Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. We've come to imagine him as a godless naturalist and to see the publication of this . . . more
May 11, 2009 01:55 PM EDT -- The Spirituality of Parenting The notion of God as father is a metaphor, of course, like much religious language. It is necessary approximation and analogy. When I became a mother myself, I was stunned . . . more
September 19, 2008 02:33 PM EDT -- The Origins and Impact of Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is sometimes confused with Fundamentalist Christianity, but it is historically distinct and spiritually different. In Africa, Asia, and Latin . . . more
April 20, 2007 04:12 PM EDT -- Richard Cizik's way of thinking strikes a contrast with some of the higher-profile images of Evangelical Christianity in American culture in recent times. But a year ago, it was not at all clear how . . . more
April 08, 2008 11:23 AM EDT -- The Spirituality of Parenting The notion of God as father is a metaphor, of course, like much religious language. It is necessary approximation and analogy. When I became a mother myself, I was . . . more
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