Peter J. Gomes, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Chris Hedges — Religion in a Time of War
More than any crisis in modern memory, the War on Terror—including the current U.S. military presence in Iraq—is being debated in religious, usually Christian, terms. We explore the nuances of that de...
27 Mar 200352min
Mario Cuomo and Mark Souder — Faith and Politics in America
Even among deeply religious Americans, there’s no consensus on the proper role of religion in politics. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C., recently invited two veteran poli...
20 Feb 200351min
Thomas Moore, Debra Haffner, and Anthony Ugolnik — Spirituality and Sexuality
Christian scripture and tradition have overwhelmingly shaped American attitudes toward sexuality. And in the past year, our national attention has been riveted on sexual scandal within the Catholic Ch...
19 Des 200252min
Parker Palmer, Phyllis Tickle, and Ingrid Mattson — The Spiritual Fallout of 9/11
In this program, we delve into uncomfortable religious and moral questions that the September 2001 terrorist attacks raised—questions of meaning that Americans have only begun to ponder one year later...
5 Sep 200252min
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Richard J. Mouw, and Yossi Klein Halevi — The Power of Fundamentalism (Aug 19, 2004)
Religious fundamentalism has reshaped our view of world events. In this show, host Krista Tippett explores the appeal of fundamentalism in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, as experienced from the ins...
18 Apr 200252min
Robert Pollack, Rami Nashashibi, Lisa Lampman, Leon Weinstein, and M. Scott Peck — The Problem of Evil
Many around the world labeled the events of September 11 as “evil.” President Bush in his recent State of the Union speech described “an axis of evil.” But what does the word mean? It is a subject of ...
15 Feb 200251min
Robert Coles, Diane Komp, and Carol Dittberner — Children and God (Dec 16, 2004)
Maria Montessori, the great 20th-century educational pioneer, observed that children have an intuition for religious life at an early age that is matched only by their capacity to acquire language. Du...
14 Des 200152min
Jean Bethke Elshtain, John Paul Lederach, and Michael Orange — Justice and a Just War
Just-war theory was set in motion in the 5th century as St. Augustine agonized over how to reconcile Christianity’s high ethical ideals with the devastating world realities which were bringing about t...
9 Nov 200151min
