http://ktippett.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Krista Tippett en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:59:11 GMT 2010-01-02T07:59:11Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721541 Fragility and the Evolution of Our Humanity — A Geophysicist's View People often ask me to name my favorite interviews — the people who have made the deepest impression. That is an impossible . . . Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:22:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721541 Krista Tippett 2009-06-25T21:22:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715995 Joe Carter and the Legacy of the African-American Spiritual I once met an American tourist who went to Siberia — and was peppered with questions about Joe Carter. Joe had made one of his riveting . . . Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:18:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715995 Krista Tippett 2009-06-19T20:18:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709382 The Long Shadow of Torture In the post-September 11th era, torture became an aspect of U.S. identity, a defining part of our national repertoire of intelligence gathering and military detention. . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:18:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709382 Krista Tippett 2009-06-12T19:18:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694586 Obama's Faith-Based Office — Meeting Joshua DuBois I've been intrigued ever since I first heard about Joshua DuBois when he was the even younger director of religious affairs for Barack Obama's . . . Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:00:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694586 Krista Tippett 2009-06-03T19:00:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687654 Repossessing Virtue: Living Differently, Beyond Economic Crisis This is a new installment in our ongoing series, Repossessing Virtue , which we've been building online and on-air since the economic . . . Wed, 20 May 2009 21:01:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687654 Krista Tippett 2009-05-20T21:01:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679880 The Spirituality of Parenting The notion of God as father is a metaphor, of course, like much religious language. It is necessary approximation and analogy. When I became a mother myself, I was stunned . . . Mon, 11 May 2009 17:55:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679880 Krista Tippett 2009-05-11T17:55:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673407 Planting the Future with Wangari Maathai Many of my interviews are conducted over long distances, by way of a clear channel communications miracle called an ISDN line. People are often surprised . . . Mon, 04 May 2009 15:18:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673407 Krista Tippett 2009-05-04T15:18:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667527 The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi We've created a memorable hour of listening that's fresh and lush with the sounds and the texture of the great Sufi poet, Rumi. There is no formula for our programs, . . . Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:51:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667527 Krista Tippett 2009-04-27T20:51:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658757 Opening to Our Lives — Jon Kabat-Zinn's Science of Mindfulness I'd read and heard of Jon Kabat-Zinn for years. But I hadn't really grasped, until recently, that he is first a scientist . . . Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:05:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658757 Krista Tippett 2009-04-17T17:05:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654957 Restoring the Senses: Life, Gardening, and an Orthodox Easter I have long been fascinated by Eastern Orthodox spirituality and theology, and I'm delighted to throw a spotlight on it in this holiest . . . Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:13:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654957 Krista Tippett 2009-04-13T19:13:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645584 Exodus, Cargo of Hidden Stories This week we hold the Exodus story up to the light and turn it — like a jewel, the ancient rabbis would say. And Avivah Zornberg tells us what she sees: astonishing . . . Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:23:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645584 Krista Tippett 2009-04-03T16:23:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644452 Alzheimer's, Memory, and Being When I came to study theology in my early 30s, I wanted from the first to be doing "field work," not just scholarship. I arrived in the middle of the . . . Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:54:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644452 Krista Tippett 2009-04-02T13:54:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977634732 Laying the Dead to Rest: Meeting Forensic Anthropologist Mercedes Doretti I'm often asked about our process for choosing people and topics. The answer goes something like this. We are always . . . Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:52:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977634732 Krista Tippett 2009-03-23T19:52:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623308 The Biology of the Spirit In the summer of 2005, a few colleagues and I went to the Chautauqua Institution's week on "The Brain." We were invited by Chautauqua's Religion Department, . . . Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:51:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623308 Krista Tippett 2009-03-13T18:51:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977615982 Repossessing Virtue — Wise Voices from Religion, Science, Industry, and the Arts As global economic crises began to unfold this past fall, my producers and I wanted to respond immediately, in our . . . Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:12:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977615982 Krista Tippett 2009-03-06T16:12:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977608804 The Soul in Depression We're increasingly aware in our culture of the many faces of depression, and we've become conversant in the language of psychological analysis and medical treatment . . . Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:16:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977608804 Krista Tippett 2009-02-27T17:16:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977600244 Mathematics, Purpose, and Truth I picked up Janna Levin's novel off a table at a bookstore, drawn to it initially perhaps because we had just completed our program with Paul Collins and Jennifer . . . Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:40:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977600244 Krista Tippett 2009-02-19T22:40:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597538 Obama's Theologian: David Brooks and E.J. Dionne on Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present This is our second program on Reinhold Niebuhr's fascinating thought and legacy . And as I prepared . . . Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:46:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597538 Krista Tippett 2009-02-17T15:46:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585674 Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. We've come to imagine him as a godless naturalist and to see the publication of this . . . Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:47:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585674 Krista Tippett 2009-02-05T21:47:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582529 The Novelist as God One of the driving assertions behind the life of this show is that we are all theologians. If, for example, as Christians and Jews believe, human beings are created in the image . . . Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:00:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582529 Krista Tippett 2009-02-02T19:00:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582389 The Buddha in the World Do desiring and acquiring make us happy? Does large-scale political change really address human suffering? These are the questions with which our program with Pankaj Mishra . . . Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:56:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582389 Krista Tippett 2009-02-02T16:56:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582351 Preserving Words and Worlds There is a grand synchronicity in the work of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and the sweep of the 1500-year-old tradition of the order of St. Benedict. Across . . . Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:27:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582351 Krista Tippett 2009-02-02T16:27:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977579930 A History of Doubt Is doubt an absence of faith? Or is it an essential and enlivening purifier to human certainty, religious and otherwise? Historian of science and poet Jennifer Michael Hecht says . . . Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:22:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977579930 Krista Tippett 2009-01-30T23:22:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548482 Hanukkah and a Rediscovery of Jewish Customs Scott-Martin Kosofsky is a designer of books, an author and editor, and an aficionado of early music. Like many post-war American Jews, he grew up "nonobservant . . . Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548482 Krista Tippett 2008-12-30T15:56:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533511 Repossessing Virtue: Parker Palmer on Economic Crisis, Morality, and Meaning As the indicators by which we've measured our collective well-being in recent years continued to plummet, I found . . . Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:52:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533511 Krista Tippett 2008-12-12T16:52:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533205 The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective A few months ago, I picked up a book called Dark Star Safari . It is the writer Paul Theroux's account of traveling by land from the northernmost . . . Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:17:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533205 Krista Tippett 2008-12-12T08:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977522654 Listening Generously: The Medicine of Rachel Naomi Remen This is one of my favorite programs. I return over and over again to the formative story of hope Rachel Naomi Remen retold me, as her Orthodox . . . Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977522654 Krista Tippett 2008-12-01T16:43:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517720 The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam Sectarian violence appears as the greatest stumbling block, perhaps, to the creation of civil society in Iraq and a responsible U.S. withdrawal. In this . . . Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:19:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517720 Krista Tippett 2008-11-25T22:19:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977512271 Studs Terkel on Life, Faith, and Death I was in Chicago, Studs Terkel's home town, when news of his death hit the airwaves on October 31. His famous voice was everywhere for the next few days, . . . Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:04:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977512271 Krista Tippett 2008-11-20T19:04:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500689 Getting Revenge and Forgiveness We had begun to produce this program weeks ago, and then the hard-to-get interview with Bishop Vashti McKenzie came through. And so forgiveness was put on ice, . . . Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:02:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500689 Krista Tippett 2008-11-20T19:02:10Z