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Kim Lawton: Administration Talks to Abortion Opponents
Kim Lawton discusses how the Obama administration is attempting to reach out to Catholic and evangelical prolife activists who are angered by some of the administration’s new policies.
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March 13, 2009: Barefoot College in India
"Our job is to take an illiterate woman and make her into an engineer in six months," says social activist Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College. Students come from villages across India and a dozen other countries.
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Immigration Reform: Religious Leaders on Fixing the System
Watch Sister Eileen Campbell of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and Bishop Minerva Carcaño of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church talk about their support of immigration reform.
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David Gibson: Catholics and the Obama Administration
Religion reporter David Gibson assesses relations between the US Catholic Church and the new Obama Administration and talks about the political role that New York’s new archbishop, Timothy Dolan, may play.
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Obama Faith Council: Hopes and Challenges
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama established a Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to advise him on several social issues. Watch some members of the council discuss their roles.
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The Poverty Forum: Proposed Solutions and Policy Suggestions
On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations on how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch some of them talk about this effort.
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The lectern in Lagos holds both Quran and Bible, and the worshippers say they are both Christian and Muslim.
(10 votes) Loading ...The First 100 Days: Set a Direction, Build a Dialogue, Save the Middle Class
What do religious leaders most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration?
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Kim Lawton: More Details about Obama Faith Council
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton discusses the appointees to President Barack Obama’s new advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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February 5, 2009: Zimbabwe and the Churches
Leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion have called on Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, to step down. Watch what Rev. Thomas Shaw, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, had to say after his trip to Zimbabwe last year.
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