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Days of Awe
Sharon Brous, a young rabbi in L.A., is one voice in a Jewish spiritual renaissance that is taking many forms across the U.S. The vast majority of her congregation are people in their 20s and 30s, who, she says, are making life-giving connections between ritual, personal transformation, and relevance in the world.
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The Origins and Impact of Pentecostalism
In 2006, Pentecostals from all around the globe traveled to the birthplace of this tradition — Azusa Street in Los Angeles. We were there to cover the centennial celebration — and now we bring this program into the present, exploring the origins, theology, and impact of this faith that now reaches an estimated half a billion people globally.
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Yoga. Meditation in Action.
Yoga studios are cropping up on street corners across the U.S., and there are now yoga classes at YMCAs, law schools, and corporate headquarters. Seane Corn takes us inside the practicalities and power of yoga, and describes how it helps her face the darkness in herself and the world.
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Stress and the Balance Within
Esther Sternberg says that, until recently, modern science did not have the tools or the inclination to take emotional stress seriously. She shares fascinating new scientific insight into the molecular level of the mind-body connection.
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Fishing with Mystery
James Prosek is a 33-year-old artist, fly-fisher, and author who has always, as he puts it, found God "through the theater of nature." We explore the sense of meaning and mystery he has developed through fishing and painting along the way.
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Rick and Kay Warren at Saddleback
With Rick Warren hosting the two presidential candidates at his megachurch, we revisit our 2007 conversation with these two Evangelical leaders — exploring where they came from and what motivates them.
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Between the Polarized Extremes of Abortion
Amy Sullivan and Rod Dreher discuss how abortion has becomes such an intractable subject on the left and right. It's also a topic SOF would like to approach from a fresh perspective. We're asking for your help.
We know that a majority of Americans fall somewhere between the limiting phrases of "pro-choice" and "pro-life." There's also a growing impulse within both parties to move beyond entrenched positions that make common reflection — or even civility in disagreement — impossible. Help us reframe how you and others might engage in this dialogue in ways not yet imagined.
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SoundSeen: Video + Narrated Slideshow
» Video: "Body Prayer"
Yoga instructor and activist Seane Corn uses what she calls "body prayer" as a way to connect the physical and the spiritual. Watch a video of her demonstrating this graceful and athletic practice.
» Narrated Slideshow: "The Myth of Order"
James Prosek has spent his life capturing wildlife — whether it be literally as an avid fly-fisher, or figuratively through writing, drawing, and painting. View some of his artwork as he talks about these "mystical creatures," the names we give them, and ultimately why it's necessary to protect them.
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The Faith Life of the Party — Part II, The Right
(October 9)
Next week, conservative columnist Rod Dreher. Dreher is an outspoken critic of mainstream Republican economic and environmental ideas and the conduct of the Iraq war, but he voted for George W. Bush twice. He understands and explains why Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy has resurrected the culture wars — becoming, he says, a kind of "cultural Rorschach test." With Dreher, we explore the little-known story of religiously influenced impulses within the conservative movement that diverge from the Religious Right. |
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