Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world.
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In my second series of three on the Bible, world-renowned scholar on the
historical Jesus, John Dominic Crossan returns to Religion For Life, to
address one of the most troubling aspects of the Bible, the violence of
God. How do we read and trust a book whose main charact...
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David Felten, co-creator of Living the Questions, is also pastor of The
Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He found himself under attack by
fellow clergy who do not approve of his brand of Christianity. These
clergy have used the op ed page of the local paper, newspape...
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I am doing a three part series on the Bible, what it is and how to read it.
Three excellent scholars and teachers will be our guides, Harvey
Cox, John Dominic Crossan, and Jennifer Grace Bird. Leading off is
Harvard University professor, Harvey Cox, author of the famous...
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Spend the apocalypse with someone you love. Carolyn Baker returns
to Religion For Life to talk about her book, Love in the Age of Ecological
Apocalypse: Cultivating the Relationships We Need to Thrive. The Long
Descent is not a pretty picture. As industrial civilizatio...
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Doug Pagitt is the pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis and the
author of Flipped: The Provocative Truth That Changes Everything We Know
About God. We talk about many different emergent movements including
emergent atheism as well as the progressive evangelical move...
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Lloyd Geering is a Presbyterian minister and scholar from New Zealand. He
has written over a dozen books. His latest book is a collection of essays
that chronicle his intellectual and spiritual journey, Reimagining God: The
Faith Journey of A Modern Heretic. He was tried...
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