Spirituality & Religion


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Creativity and Stress
Creativity and Stress
Debra Wise
April 22, 2012
01:20:30
In Terezin, the concentration camp in which Jewish artists, writers, and musicians were imprisoned, the opportunity to practice art—to draw, to write, to perform—provided a kind of spiritual or emotional sustenance for the prisoners.
A Profile in Color: A Conversation with Reverend Michael E. Haynes
A Profile in Color: A Conversation with Reverend Michael E. Haynes
Michael Haynes
February 8, 2012
01:23:00
Reverend Michael E. Haynes provides insight into his life growing up in Boston, his 40-year ministry at the historic Twelfth Baptist Church, and friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in this intimate conversation.
Being Alive and Having to Die: Forrest Church
Dan Cryer
January 25, 2012
01:09:00
Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Cryer discusses his new biography of the Rev. Forrest Church. Church, one of the foremost Unitarian Universalists in the modern era, championed the separation of church and state, and a religion that fostered tolerance.
Where Does Democracy Come From? Popular Uprising and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
Where Does Democracy Come From? Popular Uprising and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
Joel Beinin
January 22, 2012
01:06:00
Stanford University Middle East specialist Joel Beinin discusses the results of the Egyptian elections. What is their significance for the future of the Arab Spring movement in Eqypt? In the region?
How Poets and Novelists Came to Comfort the Faithful and Strengthen Doubters
Alan Jacobs
November 16, 2011
00:54:02
Alan Jacobs, professor of English at Wheaton College, and Judith Wilt, the Newton College Alumnae Professor Emerita, discuss the role of literature in sustaining religious belief. It is not uncommon for modern American Christians to say that writers such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, T. S.
Evangelicals in the Electorate
Evangelicals in the Electorate
Karl Giberson
November 10, 2011
01:34:00
How are Evangelical Christians impacting politics in the U.S.? Although some dismiss Evangelical Christians as zealots with uncommon social values and little regard for science, others argue that they are misunderstood.
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
A.C. Grayling
April 8, 2011
00:27:00
Philosopher A.C. Grayling discusses his book The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, a non-religious Bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions. How can one live a humane, meaningful life without following a specific religion?
Reflections on the Problem of the “Black Church”
Curtis Evans
March 31, 2011
01:08:00
Curtis J. Evans, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School discusses the construct of the "Black church" in the United States.