Faith/Religion/Spirituality

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Terry Lindvall, God Mocks

Airs at: Sun, 04/24/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
What is the purpose of satire?  It is it effective?  Can it get you in trouble?  Terry Lindvall is the CS Lewis Professor of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan College.  He writes about humor and in his latest book, God Mocks:  A History of Religious S... Read more

Remi Kenazi

Airs at: Fri, 04/22/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
We hear a talk by Remi Kanazi,  a Palestinian-American performance poet and human rights activist based in New York City. His latest book is : Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine   He is the editor of the anthology of... Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee... Read more

John Shelby Spong, Biblical Literalism

Airs at: Sun, 04/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
A pioneer of the progressive Christian movement, John Shelby Spong, returns for the third time to Progressive Spirit.  We discuss his 25th book, Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy. The retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark demonstrates that the gospel writers were not writi... Read more

Jay Wexler, When God Isn't Green

Airs at: Sun, 04/03/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
What do palm fronds, statues of Ganesh, and eagle feathers all have in common?   They are religious objects that pose a challenge for the environment.  Jay Wexler is a professor at the Boston University School of Law.   He specializes in environmental law and church/state i... Read more

Bart Ehrman, Jesus Before the Gospels

Airs at: Sun, 03/27/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Were the authors of the gospels who told fanciful stories about Jesus making stuff up, or did they have faulty memories, or both?   Bart Ehrman, The James A Gray Professor of Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina tackles the issue of Jesus and memory.  He is... Read more

John Caputo, The Folly of God

Airs at: Sun, 03/20/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
John Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is a "radical" theologian.   From his website:  "Caputo treats "sacred" texts as a poetics of the human c... Read more

Ned Rosch, Jewish Voice for Peace

Airs at: Sat, 03/12/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Ned Rosch is a co-founder of the Portland chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.   He says that advocating for justice for the Palestinians has made him more Jewish than ever.  He talks to me, personally, about his own awakening, liberating and painful, and the rift in the Jewi... Read more

Manar Allatar, Islamic Center of Portland (Masjed As-Saber)

Airs at: Sun, 03/06/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The program is undergoing a name change.  Religion For Life is now  Progressive Spirit. It has the same focus on education, spirituality, and social justice, but with a new name! This week, I continue my series, Islam 101: Meet Your Muslim Neighbor. Manar Allatar is a Ph. ... Read more

Paul Kamolnick, Al Qa'ida and the Islamic State, Part 2

Airs at: Sun, 02/21/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Islamic Point of View
This is part five of my series, "Islam 101:  Meet Your Muslim Neighbor."  I continue the conversation with Paul Kamolnick.  (See Part One).    Paul Kamolnick is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University.    He writes mono... Read more