Tag: politics
member name: Krista Tippett
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June 12, 2009 03:18 PM EDT --
The Long Shadow of Torture
In the post-September 11th era, torture became an aspect of U.S. identity, a defining part of our national repertoire of intelligence gathering and military detention. . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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June 25, 2009 05:22 PM EDT --
Fragility and the Evolution of Our Humanity — A Geophysicist's View
People often ask me to name my favorite interviews — the people who have made the deepest impression. That is an impossible . . .
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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 . . .
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October 03, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
The Faith Life of the Party — Part I, The Left
When I use words like "refreshing" and "thought-provoking" to describe this conversation with Amy Sullivan and next week's with . . .
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December 12, 2008 03:17 AM EST --
The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective
A few months ago, I picked up a book called Dark Star Safari . It is the writer Paul Theroux's account of traveling by land from the northernmost . . .
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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 . . .
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October 24, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
African American, Woman, Leader — Meeting Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
The 2008 U.S. presidential election has illustrated how gender, race, and religion can become lightning rods, and seen as potential . . .
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December 22, 2007 10:49 PM EST --
SOF Observed Blog (http://speakingoffaith.tumblr.com)
We're experimenting with Tumblr for our staff blog before we incorporate it into the SOF site. We have all levels of expertise and familiarity . . .
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July 27, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
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Several readers took exception last week to my assertion that "we" all threw litter out of our cars in recent history, . . .
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June 03, 2009 03:00 PM EDT --
Obama's Faith-Based Office — Meeting Joshua DuBois
I've been intrigued ever since I first heard about Joshua DuBois when he was the even younger director of religious affairs for Barack Obama's . . .
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