Tag: judaism
member name: Krista Tippett
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July 13, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
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Esther Sternberg is a scientist's scientist. She is wary of the commercialized self-help industry and of unsubstantiated . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Up to now I have resisted interviewing Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins, who have coined best-selling battle cries like "the end of faith" and "the God delusion." They validly critique . . .
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September 07, 2007 11:03 PM EDT --
At the beginning of this conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous and again at the end, we discuss a seminal prayer-poem of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Unetaneh Tokef. It is a recital of commonplace mortal . . .
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June 23, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
Sustaining Language, Sustaining Meaning
The word "sustainability" has entered our common vocabulary, a critical concept for the period ahead. But like every catchword, new and old, this . . .
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February 02, 2009 02:00 PM EST --
The Novelist as God
One of the driving assertions behind the life of this show is that we are all theologians. If, for example, as Christians and Jews believe, human beings are created in the image . . .
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May 16, 2008 11:09 AM EDT --
The Freelance Monotheism of Karen Armstrong
With sweeping books like A History of God and The Battle for God , Karen Armstrong is known for her singular insight into religion in our world. But . . .
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May 22, 2008 05:24 PM EDT --
Approaching Prayer
Prayer is as old as time and as vast as human experience, found in every culture across history. Counter-intuitively perhaps, prayer is a far more common bond among Americans . . .
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June 05, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel
A list of Abraham Joshua Heschel's books alone is evocative — among them God in Search of Man , Man Is Not Alone , and his epic works . . .
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July 06, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
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Our culture's rituals of marriage are infused with religious, largely biblical, language — such as the beautiful, . . .
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December 30, 2007 08:57 PM EST --
Listening Generously: The Medicine of Rachel Naomi Remen
Dr. Remen is a clinical professor at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine and a leader in the growing field of . . .
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September 26, 2008 11:14 AM EDT --
Days of Awe
At the beginning of this conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous and again at the end, we discuss a seminal prayer-poem of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Unetaneh Tokef . It is a recital . . .
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June 23, 2007 12:07 AM EDT --
Beyond the trauma of September 11th and all the upheavals it set in motion, Americans have experienced vulnerability, collectively, in a new way. We are learning the limits of our ability to shield ourselves . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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September 04, 2008 05:18 PM EDT --
Stress and the Balance Within
Esther Sternberg is a scientist's scientist. She is wary of the commercialized self-help industry and of unsubstantiated claims for alternative methods of healing. . . .
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January 30, 2009 06:22 PM EST --
A History of Doubt
Is doubt an absence of faith? Or is it an essential and enlivening purifier to human certainty, religious and otherwise? Historian of science and poet Jennifer Michael Hecht says . . .
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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 . . .
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December 01, 2008 11:43 AM EST --
Listening Generously: The Medicine of Rachel Naomi Remen
This is one of my favorite programs. I return over and over again to the formative story of hope Rachel Naomi Remen retold me, as her Orthodox . . .
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April 03, 2009 12:23 PM EDT --
Exodus, Cargo of Hidden Stories
This week we hold the Exodus story up to the light and turn it — like a jewel, the ancient rabbis would say. And Avivah Zornberg tells us what she sees: astonishing . . .
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November 20, 2008 02:02 PM EST --
Getting Revenge and Forgiveness
We had begun to produce this program weeks ago, and then the hard-to-get interview with Bishop Vashti McKenzie came through. And so forgiveness was put on ice, . . .
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