http://speakingoffaith.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Speaking of Faith from American Public Media en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:03:39 GMT 2010-01-07T18:03:39Z 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-06-25T21:22:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715995&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-06-19T20:18:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709382&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-06-12T19:18:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694586&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-06-03T19:00:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679880&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-05-11T17:55:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673407&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-05-04T15:18:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667527&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-04-27T20:51:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658757&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-04-17T17:05:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654957&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-04-13T19:13:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645584&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-04-03T16:23:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644452&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-04-02T13:54:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977634732&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-03-23T19:52:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623308&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-03-13T18:51:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977615982&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-03-06T16:12:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977608804&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-02-27T17:16:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977600244&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-02-19T22:40:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597538&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2009-02-17T15:46:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533205&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-12-12T08:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533511&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-12-12T16:52:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450374&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Yoga. Meditation in Action. After my interview with Matthew Sanford a few years ago, I started thinking about yoga again. I had dabbled in it intermittently across the years, but until very recently . . . Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:06:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450374&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-09-16T14:06:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453499&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace The Origins and Impact of Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is sometimes confused with Fundamentalist Christianity, but it is historically distinct and spiritually different. In Africa, Asia, and Latin . . . Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:33:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453499&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-09-19T18:33:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466774&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace The Faith Life of the Party — Part I, The Left When I use words like "refreshing" and "thought-provoking" to describe this conversation with Amy Sullivan and next week's with . . . Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:02:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466774&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-10-03T16:02:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977480520&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Being Autistic, Being Human The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum of autism. In other words, this is a condition that . . . Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:08:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977480520&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-10-17T15:08:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487562&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace African American, Woman, Leader — Meeting Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie The 2008 U.S. presidential election has illustrated how gender, race, and religion can become lightning rods, and seen as potential . . . Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:03:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487562&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-10-24T16:03:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977493910&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Liberating the Founders I've enjoyed Steven Waldman as a journalist and commentator through the last two election seasons because he refused to tolerate or perpetuate the culture wars that embittered . . . Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:51:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977493910&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-10-31T15:51:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977512271&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-11-20T19:04:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517720&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-11-25T22:19:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977522654&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace 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&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-12-01T16:43:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935868&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace As creator and host of NPR's Speaking of Faith radio program , Krista Tippett has spent countless hours doing just that. Her conversations with religious authorities, scholars and others . . . Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:05:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935868&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Diana Raabe 2007-03-19T19:05:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977395403&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace A Sophisticated Theology Behind the Musical Tradition 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, 11 Jul 2008 15:20:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977395403&grpId=3659174697238682&nav=Groupspace Krista Tippett 2008-07-11T15:20:42Z