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.
On September 29th, 1962, Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett spoke before a
halftime crowd at a University of Mississippi football game. He said he
loved Mississippi's heritage. This compelled him to personally block
African-American James Meredith from enrolling at Ole Mi...
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The Kamasutra brings to mind (and to Google searches) erotic and exotic
sexual positions. OK, it is that. But it is much more. It is about the
art of living. Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service
Professor of the History of Religions at the University of ...
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Host John Shuck speaks with John Loftus about "How To Defend the Christian
Faith: Advice from An Atheist." John W. Loftus is an American author and
atheist activist who writes about his conversion from Christianity
to atheism.
During his almost twenty years as an evange...
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America’s leading atheist, the co-president of the Freedom From Religion
Foundation, and co-host of Freethought Radio, Dan Barker, talks about his
latest book, God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction (audiobook)
The roots of the book go to Richard Dawkins’ famous...
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John Loftus was an evangelical minister. He has several degrees in
Christian apologetics. He pastored churches and taught at Christian
colleges. Then he left it all. He has written a dozen books with titles
such as Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects
Ch...
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What is the purpose of satire? It is it effective? Can it get you in
trouble? Terry Lindvall is the CS Lewis Professor of Communication and
Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan College. He writes about humor and
in his latest book, God Mocks: A History of Religious S...
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Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian
with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public
policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White
Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee...
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A pioneer of the progressive Christian movement, John Shelby Spong, returns
for the third time to Progressive Spirit. We discuss his 25th book,
Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy. The retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark
demonstrates that the gospel writers were not writi...
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What do palm fronds, statues of Ganesh, and eagle feathers all have in
common? They are religious objects that pose a challenge for the
environment. Jay Wexler is a professor at the Boston University School of
Law. He specializes in environmental law and church/state i...
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Were the authors of the gospels who told fanciful stories about Jesus making
stuff up, or did they have faulty memories, or both? Bart Ehrman, The
James A Gray Professor of Religious Studies at The University of North
Carolina tackles the issue of Jesus and memory. He is...
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