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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He has been called "the most radical theologian in the world." Don
Cupitt is a philosopher of religion and a former priest in the Church of
England. He has written 50 books. His latest is Creative Faith:
Religion As A Way of Worldmaking. He is the founder of the Sea o...
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The number of people not interested in religious institutions is rising.
They are called the "Nones." Yet even though they may leave institutional
religion behind many are still interested in spirituality and meaning-making.
Margaret Placentra Johnston tells the stories ...
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"Fierce" is not a word one would expect to associate with Mister Rogers of
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. But Michael G. Long author of Peaceful
Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers writes that Fred
Rogers was a "fierce peacemaker" and his show that spann...
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Hemant Mehta is the owner of the largest atheist blog on the web, The
Friendly Atheist. He is the author of I Sold My Soul on eBay, The Young
Atheist's Survival Guide, and The Friendly Atheist: Thoughts on the Role of
Religion in Politics and Media. He talks with me abou...
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I welcome back Peter Rollins to discuss his new book, The Divine Magician:
The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith. Religion is a magic
trick promising something at the end of the rainbow (eternal life, certainty,
etc.) but the trick is that there is nothin...
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Nicole Garcia is seeking ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. When that happens she will be the first transgender woman of color
to be ordained in the ELCA. She speaks with me about her journey from male
to female, her counseling practice, Our Lady of...
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Nearly three years ago, Alex McNeill was on Religion For Life to discuss
two journeys. His ordination to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church
(USA) and his transition from female to male. Since then, Alex has become
the executive director of More Light Presbyterians. ...
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A sage once quipped: "Galileo put God out of a home and Darwin put God out of
a job." In our modern understanding of the universe that requires no
"supernatural shenanigans" to operate, is there "anything in the universe
worthy of the name, God?" Nancy Ellen Abrams asks thi...
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Rachel Held Evans is from Dayton, Tennessee, home of the Scopes Monkey
Trial. It is certainly the Bible Belt. What happens when you grow beyond
the beliefs of your church? Many follow a similar path to New York Times
best-selling author, Rachel Held Evans. With wit and...
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I finish my three-part series on the "good" book with Jennifer Grace Bird.
She teaches at Portland Community College and the University of Portland and
has written a fantastic guide to the Bible, Permission Granted: Take the
Bible Into Your Own Hands. She doesn't flinch...
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