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TIM O’BRIEN, guest anchor: Because of fundamental religious differences, people of different faiths have often had problems talking to each other about their beliefs. Some theologians are now trying a new approach. It’s called scriptural reasoning. Bob Abernethy reports. BOB … More
Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview about scriptural reasoning with David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme at the University of Cambridge. More
Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview about scriptural reasoning with Peter Ochs, professor of modern Judaic studies at the University of Virginia. More
Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview about scriptural reasoning with Brown University Muslim chaplain Rumee Ahmed. More
Ever since 9/11, all over the U.S. Christians and Jews have tried to better understand Muslims, searching for common ground in spite of theological differences. But some scholars now favor a kind of interfaith dialogue that emphasizes neither common ground nor differences, but the study of each other’s sacred texts. They call it scriptural reasoning. More
Read more of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly correspondent Kim Lawton’s September 16, 2007 interview with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. More
As the race for the White House moves forward, religion is playing a prominent role in the campaign. We look at indecision among evangelical voters about which presidential candidate to support in 2008. More
Read more of the R & E interview about religious investing with Fortune magazine writer Marc Gunther, author of FAITH AND FORTUNE: HOW COMPASSIONATE CAPITALISM IS TRANSFORMING AMERICAN BUSINESS: I think what religious investors do is working, but in combination … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, a group of Catholic monastics who invited a prominent Muslim to tell them about her religion. At St. John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Benedictine monks and nuns gathered to hear what people of other … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Around the U.S., there are more than a million warrants out for the arrest of people who’ve been accused of an offense, often minor, but who have not paid their fines or shown up in court. We … More