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Back to Search‘At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life' Parts 1 & 2
Episode 123
Dr. Sam Harrington joins us for conversation on his book, ‘At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life.’ Sam Harrington is an honors graduate o…
5 years, 7 months ago
‘Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.’
Episode 122
Fr. James Martin has a reputation of being a very inclusive thinker in Catholic circles. So much so that he occasionally get in trouble Case in point…
5 years, 8 months ago
‘The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching,’ ‘A Pursued Justice: Black Preaching from the Great Migration to Civil Rights’ Parts 1 & 2
Episode 121
When we think of the truly unique American Religious experiences, we must include the African-American church. And of course, the hallmark of that wo…
5 years, 8 months ago
CPR For the Soul Parts 1 & 2
Episode 120
It's always a treat to have my cousin Fr. Tom Stella on as a guest. He's been on multiple times, but it seems some of the older episodes are lost in …
5 years, 8 months ago
The Proselytizers and the Privatizers: The Ruinous Reign of Betsy DeVos Parts 1 & 2
Episode 119
Ah, yes. Another couple of shows on the corrupt &incompetent Trump administration, as it once again intersects with the world of religion. Here we in…
5 years, 8 months ago
Remember Roy Moore? That Kinda Creepy Guy Revisited Parts 1 & 2
Episode 118
I know that one could dismiss these episodes as being rather dated. The originally aired in January of 2018, shortly after the special election in A…
5 years, 8 months ago
So What Happens When a Rabbi Gets a Really, Really Nasty Anti-Semitic Letter? Parts 1 & 2
Episode 117
This is an amazing story, seriously. My good friend Rabbi David Krishef gets a letter that is just one long anti-Jewish screed from a Christian man t…
5 years, 8 months ago
Lived Hinduism: Religion Beyond Academics Parts 1 & 2
Episode 116
One of the major beefs (OK, not the best word in this context here) that so many Hindu friends have with academia is that when they study Hinduism in…
5 years, 8 months ago
Understaning Coptic Christianity Parts 1 & 2
Episode 115
It occurred to me back in 2017 that of all the different expressions of Christianity there are, the Coptic Church gets very little ink. They have be…
5 years, 8 months ago
Antisemitism from the Right & Left Parts 1 & 2
Episode 114
Shortly after the march in Charlottesville, where "fine people on both sides" (yeah, right) met to protest with tiki torches (2017) I decided to call…
5 years, 8 months ago