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Bishop Munib Younan: Seeing God in the Other
Munib Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and one of the most prominent Palestinian Christian leaders in the region, talks about theological solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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May 1, 2009: The Moral Debate About Torture
The recent release of four Bush administration memos on US interrogation techniques has intensified public debate about the use of torture. Two ethicists discuss torture and its moral limits in an age of terror.
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April 24, 2009: Faith Based Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan
Matthew McGarry, Catholic Relief Services representative in Afghanistan, says "people's faith is central to every aspect of their daily life in Afghanistan, and not taking that into account can undermine every other positive thing that the Administration might want to do."
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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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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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June 27, 2008: Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage
Clergy are being pressured to perform same-sex weddings and to perform them inside their houses of worship. This is generating new debates because many religious traditions explicitly define marriage as between a man and a woman.
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June 20, 2008: Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon
The UN said this week that the number of refugees worldwide rose for the second year in a row. More than 11 million people were living outside their home countries as refugees in 2007, many of them forced to flee violent conflicts.
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September 28, 2007: Buddhist Monks March in Myanmar
In Myanmar in Southeast Asia, violent clashes between tens of thousands of protesting Buddhist monks and the Burmese military have drawn international attention.
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September 28, 2007: Commentary: Saffron Revolution
Read analysis and commentary on the Buddhist protests in Burma by Patrick Pranke and Donald Mitchell.
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September 28, 2007: Commentary: Donald W. Mitchell
Commentator Donald W. Mitchell, a religious studies professor at Purdue University, writes about the protests in Myanmar and "socially engaged Buddhism."
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