Paul Elie, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Robin Lovin — Moral Man and Immoral Society: Rediscovering Reinhold Niebuhr
We explore the ideas and present-day relevance of 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, an influential, boundary-crossing voice in American public life. Niebuhr created the term “Christian realism...
25 Okt 200753min
Harvey Cox, Jr. — Beyond the Atheism-Religion Divide
In 1965, a young Harvard professor became the best-selling voice of secularism in America with his book The Secular City. He sees the old thinking in the “new atheism” of figures like Richard Dawkins ...
18 Okt 200753min
Sister Joan Chittister — Obedience and Action
In over 50 years as a Benedictine nun, Sister Joan Chittister has emerged as a powerful and uncomfortable voice in Roman Catholicism and in global politics. If women were ordained in the Catholic Chur...
4 Okt 200753min
[Unedited] Sister Joan Chittister With Krista Tippett
In over 50 years as a Benedictine nun, Sister Joan Chittister has emerged as a powerful and uncomfortable voice in Roman Catholicism and in global politics. If women were ordained in the Catholic Chur...
4 Okt 20071h 22min
Eboo Patel — Religious Passion, Pluralism, and the Young
A 30-year-old, Indian-American Muslim and former Rhodes Scholar is setting out to change the way young people relate to their own religious traditions and those of others. Al-Qaeda is the most effecti...
16 Aug 200753min
[Unedited] Eboo Patel With Krista Tippett
We revisit Krista’s 2005 conversation with Eboo Patel, who calls al-Qaeda the most effective youth organization in the world. But contrary to the wisdom of secular society, he’s working to deepen rath...
16 Aug 20071h 23min
Jean Vanier and Jo Anne Horstmann — L'Arche: A Community of Brokenness and Beauty
Editor’s note added 02/25/20: In February 2020, L’Arche International released the results of anindependent investigation that it commissioned into Jean Vanier, who died in 2019. The investigation det...
2 Aug 200753min
[Unedited] Krista Tippett — Remembering Forward
Before a live audience at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, Krista reads from her book, “Speaking of Faith.” She traces the intersection of human experience and religious ideas in her own...
7 Juni 200759min
