Topic: Faith and Spirituality
Despite America’s trials and tribulations, one of the country’s redeeming qualities is that somehow it eventually finds a way to “get it right.” More
As Congress debates the budget, religious conservatives say the debt is a moral issue, and an interfaith coalition has launched a campaign to reduce military spending and prevent cuts for the poor. More
Watch much more of correspondent Judy Valente’s conversation with Mary Karr about God, prayer, poetry, and the Catholic faith. More
Three expert movie-watchers discuss the moral, ethical, religious, and spiritual themes they saw in some of this year’s Oscar nominees. More
“You have a whole new generation of Jews and Christians for whom all this either seems old-fashioned or unnecessary or the job has been done. There’s nothing more to do. Maybe they think we’ve succeeded, but we haven’t,” says one interreligious affairs leader. More
“I don’t sing like a showman,” says the famous baritone who began singing in 1947 for evangelist Billy Graham’s crusade ministry. “That’s the opposite of the way I feel.” More
All the great religious creeds, said writer Reynolds Price, “have known forever that if we’re ever to arrive at the state of anything called wisdom, pain seems to be the way we get there.” More
Mariners and sailors, says Rev. David Rider, often experience God’s presence and absence in the depth of their souls, and for almost two centuries an ecumenical ministry based in the Port of New York and New Jersey has advocated for their spiritual and professional well-being. More
“Deep down there is only one faith that all human beings have, and that is deep trust in life.” More