Tag: krista tippett
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March 28, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
Exploring a New Humanism
I first met Greg Epstein, as it happens, at a fantastic conference pulled together by Eboo Patel's Interfaith Youth Core in Chicago. This was an energetic gathering . . .
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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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July 03, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
The Ethics of Eating
I like to say that I'm not an an optimist, but I am a person of hope. That is to say, I cultivate the virtue of hope in myself. Hope takes account of the enormity and darkness . . .
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August 03, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
If we have an archive of Speaking of Faith "classic" programs, this is one of them. It is quite unlike anything else we've done, but we have broadcast it every winter for the past few years. . . .
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October 20, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
Twenty-five years after The Secular City , Harvey Cox wrote some lines that help me frame what I hope to accomplish with my program "Beyond the Atheism-Religion Divide," and how I want to . . .
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August 14, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
The Business of Doing Good
I am moving into a new house this week, and e-mail slows down this time of year for all of us (or it should). So here's a shorter reflection.
This week's . . .
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August 15, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
The Power of Eckhart Tolle's Now
I came to this interview reluctantly. I read Eckhart Tolle's first book, The Power of Now , years ago and had been struck by its sense and force. But since . . .
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October 17, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
Being Autistic, Being Human
The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum of autism. In other words, this is a condition that . . .
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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. . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:52 PM EDT --
Fishing with Mystery
We've been producing Speaking of Faith for over five years, and we've covered a far-flung spectrum of topics. But my colleagues — and you — keep reminding me that we . . .
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February 02, 2009 11:27 AM EST --
Preserving Words and Worlds
There is a grand synchronicity in the work of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and the sweep of the 1500-year-old tradition of the order of St. Benedict. Across . . .
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September 30, 2007 01:56 AM EDT --
The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum of autism. In other words, this is a condition that affects many lives, many families. . . .
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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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April 20, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
As perpetually horrified as we are of terror and violence, we are riveted by them and we let them define our take on reality. The communications miracles of the 21st century make wondrous connections possible, . . .
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November 03, 2007 08:27 AM EDT --
I was transfixed by the news from Rangoon in September — pictures and headlines juxtaposing the gentlest of traditions and the harshest of regimes. But as often happens when religion enters the . . .
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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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October 31, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
Liberating the Founders
I've enjoyed Steven Waldman as a journalist and commentator through the last two election seasons because he refused to tolerate or perpetuate the culture wars that embittered . . .
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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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March 17, 2008 03:23 PM EDT --
Liberating the Founders
I've enjoyed Steven Waldman as a journalist and commentator through the last two election seasons because he refused to tolerate or perpetuate the culture wars that embittered . . .
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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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