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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John Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse
University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at
Villanova University. He is a "radical" theologian. From his website:
"Caputo treats "sacred" texts as a poetics of the human c...
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Ned Rosch is a co-founder of the Portland chapter of Jewish Voice for
Peace. He says that advocating for justice for the Palestinians has made
him more Jewish than ever. He talks to me, personally, about his own
awakening, liberating and painful, and the rift in the Jewi...
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The program is undergoing a name change. Religion For Life is now
Progressive Spirit. It has the same focus on education, spirituality, and
social justice, but with a new name!
This week, I continue my series, Islam 101: Meet Your Muslim Neighbor. Manar
Allatar is a Ph. ...
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This week on Progressive Spirit, I continue my series, Islam 101: Meet Your
Muslim Neighbor. Manar Allatar is a Ph. D. student at Portland State
University in the School of the Environment. She volunteers with youth at her
mosque, Masjed As-Saber, and speaks with me about I...
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This is part four of my series, "Islam 101: Meet Your Muslim Neighbor."
One of the ways to combat Islamophobia is to be clear about the differences
between Muslims and violent psychopaths who use religion as a cover for their
terrorism. Paul Kamolnick is a professor in ...
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Harris Zafar (Twitter) is the National Spokesperson and Director of Youth
Outreach for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. He lives in Portland and is
a member of the Portland Rizwan Mosque. He has been on national media
talking about Islam, human rights, pluralism, and f...
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In the second in my series, "Islam 101: Meet Your Muslim Neighbor" I speak
with Joseph Lumbard. He is the General Editor of The Study Qur'an: A New
Translation and Commentary. Dr. Lumbard is a professor at the American
University of Sharjah in the Department of Arabic a...
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With the increase in instances of Islamophobia and certain presidential
candidates calling for "a ban on all Muslim travel to the U.S.," it is long
past time to get to know our neighbors. For the next several weeks I am
presenting a series, "Meet Your Muslim Neighbor." A...
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They went into the wilderness to discover religion. What is it all about?
Why are people religious? The adventure is recounted in Dr. Tom
Boyd's, Lusting For Infinity: A Spiritual Odyssey. Dr. Boyd is
professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies at the Unive...
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John Van Hagen is a licensed psychologist with 30 years experience in a
variety of clinical, training, and teaching positions. In his book
Rescuing Religion: How Faith Can Survive Its Encounter With Science, he
offers a way to retain a connection to biblical stories even...
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