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Announcer major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lillian endoumt, a private Family Foundation dedicated to its 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. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This weekend, pope francis is continuing the push for peace he began during his recent visit to the middle east, as he hosts Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and i...

Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate i...

Many who dont know, what is the history of home rule . Without going back to far, we had it at one time and lost it. And theres the movement was on over that long period of time trying to regain it. And there was a lot of opposition to it. As a matter of fact. But our greatest opposition was apathy. But some people in the district didnt want it because they were happy with the way things were. Some didnt want it because they didnt trust electing a government. Some were happy with the federal government as it was. And they didnt know anything about it because they just dont know. And so those t...

States in the southwest banning polygamy, for example. Host so when it came to massachusetts, talk about massachusetts or pennsylvania, were here in pennsylvania, as a case study of states, regulating religion. Guest sure. Pennsylvania, for example, had an active blasphemy now, which we think of now as unconstitutional, but in the last case that was brought, the last criminal prosecution under blasphemy law was actually brought in the early 1970s, kind of by accident, against someone who had a sign in the window saying Something Like wanted radical carpenter, speaks to crowd preaching peace, a...

My name is jerry streets. I work at a church in you have in new haven. I was also a chaplain of Yale University for 15 years and have been a member of Divinity School since 1987. For 63lived in basia years. Was from a prominent africanamerican family in and part of my family was polish catholic. Members i have of that kind of experience is how home at basia, but in the neighborhood, it was considered just black. We think about our local experiences and our history of race. For me, i think one of the greatest challenges for us, to have a different kind of language and critique for the world of ...