Major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endowment, a private Family Foundation, dedicated to the founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. And by these funders. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. There was a surge in militant violence this week threatening the Iraqi Government and state. Christians were among the estimated 500,000 people who fled the countrys secondlargest city, mosul, after it was seized by Sunni Islamist militants. The u. N. Condemned the attacks and said the humanitarian situation in mosul was worsening by the moment. Here at home, the National Debate over gun control rages on after an Oregon High School shooting that left two dead earlier this week. It is one of several recent highprofile shootings. Last week a gunman opened fir
The mcarthur foundation, committed to building a more just and peaceful world, park foundation, the colbert foundation, barbara flieshman and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products, thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guests has a compassionate conservatism once touted by george w. Bush is making a comeback. If you have been listening to the heated rhetoric on the surprise. 65gu taken seriously by influential 1;o tny media. He called conservative leaders to articulate a positive social justice agenda. Just like week in the new york city times under the headline love people, not pleasure, he wrote while money relieves suffering in cases of true material need, when money becomes an end in itself it can bring misery too. That message has some people scratching their heads coming as it does from the president of the American Enterprise institute. Fund by some 1,200 donors including exxon mobile, the Am
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Amid tragedy and suffering in so many places around the world, people of faith had an intense week of prayer and activism. At the vatican, pope francis highlighted the middle east, iraq and ukraine and led prayers for peace and reconciliation everywhere. Religious groups continued to raise concerns about the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Christian, muslim and some jewish groups issued new statements decrying the large number of Palestinian Civilians killed and urging israel to lift its longstanding blockade against gaza. Many other jewish groups and some christians maintained their solidarity with israel and accused hamas of using civilians as human shields. They also condemned antisemitic attacks tied to antiisrael protests in europe. Faithbased relief groups denounced the humanitarian impact of the violence, especially on the children of gaza. More than 120,000 gazans have sought shelter in schools, medical cent
Indianapolis based dedicated to religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customize individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im Bob Abernethy good to have you with us. As we begin our 18th season on the air. There was an outpouring of grief this week over the death of steven sotloff. He was the second american journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants. Sotloff was jewish. Isis released a video of his death as it did with journalist james foley who was beheaded two weeks ago. The killings drew outrage from muslimamerican groups including the council on American Islamic relations. The behavior is morally cruel it is horrifying for us to see a group of terrorists, criminals, claiming to act as muslims. President obama denounced sotloffs murder and vowed to defeat isis. Meanwhile, more reports of atrocities committed by isis surfaced this week. Human rights watch cha
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