10-18-2010, 08:48 PM
For years I have been a pretty regular listener to "Speaking of Faith," a thoughtful, intelligent, respectful discussion of faith, science, ethics, and all sorts of questions relating to them. It is moderated by Krista Tippett, who is wonderfully prepared and an excellent interviewer. Tippett recently renamed the show to "Being."
This week's guest was Richard Mouw, an evangelical Christian, president of Fuller Theological Seminary and author of "Uncommon Decency," who struggles to convince others that civil, respectful discourse is better than shouting and pounding fists on the pulpit. It was a wonderful talk. Mouw believes that gay marriage is wrong, but he wants the subject discussed in a thoughtful, loving manner without pandering to fear, and he asks other Christians how they would have received Tyler Clementi in their church. More here:
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/20...-civility/
Tippett has also compiled a dozen of her very absorbing conversations with scientists of all religions in the book "Einstein's God." I have a copy and read it often. It's really good stuff, and I get something new out of the conversations every time I read them.
"SOF" and "Being" are podcast. You can pick them up at being.publicradio.org.
Edit: dang typo.
This week's guest was Richard Mouw, an evangelical Christian, president of Fuller Theological Seminary and author of "Uncommon Decency," who struggles to convince others that civil, respectful discourse is better than shouting and pounding fists on the pulpit. It was a wonderful talk. Mouw believes that gay marriage is wrong, but he wants the subject discussed in a thoughtful, loving manner without pandering to fear, and he asks other Christians how they would have received Tyler Clementi in their church. More here:
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/20...-civility/
Tippett has also compiled a dozen of her very absorbing conversations with scientists of all religions in the book "Einstein's God." I have a copy and read it often. It's really good stuff, and I get something new out of the conversations every time I read them.
"SOF" and "Being" are podcast. You can pick them up at being.publicradio.org.
Edit: dang typo.