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In this exclusive online conversation, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton talks with Rev. Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine and author of THE GREAT AWAKENING, about how the financial crisis may affect the presidential campaign. Wallis describes … More
What do religious voices have to say about the economic crisis and the proposals to solve it? More
Read more from the interview about the Jewish High Holidays with Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College: Sin is central to the holiday of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is literally the Day of Atonement, and so to … More
Read more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s interview with violinist Rachel Barton Pine: I grew up in a very musical congregation. The organist would play Bach toccatas and fugues for prelude music, and it only got better from there. The … More
Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, explains the Jewish High Holiday concepts of sin, repentance, and forgiveness. More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Our reporter Judy Valente in Chicago has a moving story today of a young violinist, once a child prodigy on her way to world-class status, who was struck down in a terrible accident. But she’s coming back … More
Some political pundits have suggested that Barack Obama’s campaign has made faith-based outreach a lower priority in the final weeks of the campaign. Obama representatives strongly deny this. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton was at an Obama … More
At a September 18 roundtable discussion with religion reporters, five Senate Democrats talked about the role of religion in politics and Democratic outreach to religious leaders and communities of faith. Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) spoke of the need for politicians … More
Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT Episode 1203 BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Coming up — ethics and the Wall Street crisis. We explore whether anyone was to blame. And if so, who? Also, Barefoot College in India where illiterate women … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, the financial crisis: more failures, fears, realignment, layoffs on Wall Street, with consequences around the world. Is anyone to blame? We explore the ethical issues underlying the financial meltdown with Rebecca Blank, an economist, a … More