Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - January 4, 2013
January 4, 2013
We discuss religious diversity and the newly-sworn-in members of the 113th Congress; report on growing fears among Turkey's Alawite community about violence and extremism in Syria; and visit two Catholic schools, each in its own way fighting off declining enrollments and trying to preserve the...
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May 17, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America vote on their longstanding gay ban; the city of Baltimore feels the effects of sequestration; a former White House press secretary graduates from a Methodist theological seminary and says he wants to fix Washington's broken politics; and a Sikh community in northern...
Air date: 05/17/2013
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May 10, 2013
We look at the challenges facing those who decide to leave the confines of the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and we visit a program in San Quentin prison that helps inmates deal with the emotional pain at the root of their criminal behavior through meditation and contemplation.
Air date: 05/10/2013
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May 3, 2013
Haris Tarin of the Muslim Public Affairs Council talks about what US Muslims can do to stop extremism. We meet Iraqi refugees resettling in San Diego and talk with groups such as Catholic Charities and the International Rescue Committee who are helping them adjust to life in America. And we...
Air date: 05/03/2013
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April 26, 2013
Fifty years ago, hundreds of children faced down Bull Connor's police dogs and fire hoses to protest segregation. We go to Birmingham, Alabama to talk with participants in the 1963 Children's March. And we visit NYU President John Sexton in New York City to talk about his book on baseball as a road...
Air date: 04/26/2013
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April 19, 2013
We go to Boston to gather religious responses to the bombing of the marathon, and we mark Earth Day with a story about faith communities that are recognizing a mandate to care for creation.
Air date: 04/19/2013
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