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May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Air date: 05-17-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365014498/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The Boy Scouts of America vote on their longstanding gay ban; the city of Baltimore feels the effects of sequestration; a former White House press secretary graduates from a Methodist theological seminary and says he wants to fix Washington's broken politics; and a Sikh community in northern... /episodes/get/8789 /episode/8789 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: May 17, 2013 /episode-player/8789
May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
Air date: 05-10-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365010477/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false We look at the challenges facing those who decide to leave the confines of the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and we visit a program in San Quentin prison that helps inmates deal with the emotional pain at the root of their criminal behavior through meditation and contemplation. /episodes/get/8751 /episode/8751 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: May 10, 2013 /episode-player/8751
May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013
Air date: 05-03-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365007130/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Haris Tarin of the Muslim Public Affairs Council talks about what US Muslims can do to stop extremism. We meet Iraqi refugees resettling in San Diego and talk with groups such as Catholic Charities and the International Rescue Committee who are helping them adjust to life in America. And we... /episodes/get/8703 /episode/8703 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: May 3, 2013 /episode-player/8703
April 26, 2013
April 26, 2013
Air date: 04-26-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365003279/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Fifty years ago, hundreds of children faced down Bull Connor's police dogs and fire hoses to protest segregation. We go to Birmingham, Alabama to talk with participants in the 1963 Children's March. And we visit NYU President John Sexton in New York City to talk about his book on baseball as a road... /episodes/get/8655 /episode/8655 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: April 26, 2013 /episode-player/8655
April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013
Air date: 04-19-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365001706/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false We go to Boston to gather religious responses to the bombing of the marathon, and we mark Earth Day with a story about faith communities that are recognizing a mandate to care for creation. /episodes/get/8615 /episode/8615 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: April 19, 2013 /episode-player/8615
April 12, 2013
April 12, 2013
Air date: 04-12-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364998247/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false We visit a priest in Chicago who is urging churches to take more action against domestic violence, and we report on a devout Catholic doctor in upstate New York who specializes in working with severely disabled patients. /episodes/get/8561 /episode/8561 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: April 12, 2013 /episode-player/8561
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Abraham Foxman
Abraham Foxman
Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman discusses Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit to the UN this week, the lack of civility in American public discourse, and ongoing Jewish concerns about the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany.
Air date: 05/03/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1484271378/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman discusses Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit to the UN this week, the lack of civility in American public discourse, and ongoing Jewish concerns about the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany. /episodes/get/2832 /episode/2832 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: Abraham Foxman /episode-player/2832
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
Renowned essayist, farmer, poet, and conservationist Wendell Berry says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill demonstrates that "we're putting too much at stake" in the way we go after oil and mineral resources.
Air date: 05/05/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1486226510/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Renowned essayist, farmer, poet, and conservationist Wendell Berry says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill demonstrates that "we're putting too much at stake" in the way we go after oil and mineral resources. /episodes/get/8926 /episode/8926 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: Wendell Berry /episode-player/8926
Praying for an End to Nuclear Weapons
Praying for an End to Nuclear Weapons
The United Nations began a month-long conference in New York this week to review ways to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. Prior to the conference, leaders from several religious traditions gathered at an interfaith chapel across from the UN to pray for the abolition of all nuclear weapons....
Air date: 05/07/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1488048349/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The United Nations began a month-long conference in New York this week to review ways to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. Prior to the conference, leaders from several religious traditions gathered at an interfaith chapel across from the UN to pray for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.... /episodes/get/3080 /episode/3080 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: Praying for an End to Nuclear Weapons /episode-player/3080
All Religions Are Not the Same
All Religions Are Not the Same
Religion scholar and bestselling author Stephen Prothero has written a new book called "God is Not One," in which he takes issue with those who argue that religions are all just different paths up the same mountain. Religion...
Air date: 05/07/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1490156360/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Religion scholar and bestselling author Stephen Prothero has written a new book called "God is Not One," in which he takes issue with those who argue that religions are all just different paths up the same mountain. Religion... /episodes/get/2835 /episode/2835 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: All Religions Are Not the Same /episode-player/2835
The Priest and the People
The Priest and the People
With so many Catholics going their own way these days on issues such as divorce, sex, homosexuality, and abortion, the role of the pastor is perhaps more complicated than ever.
Air date: 05/07/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1487834239/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false With so many Catholics going their own way these days on issues such as divorce, sex, homosexuality, and abortion, the role of the pastor is perhaps more complicated than ever. /episodes/get/8925 /episode/8925 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: The Priest and the People /episode-player/8925
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