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November 6, 2009: The Church and the Fall of the Wall

November 6, 2009: The Church and the Fall of the Wall

"If any event ever merited the description of miracle," says the Rev. Christian Fuhrer, it was the 1989 revolution that reunited East and West Germany, "a revolution that grew out of the church."

Posted: Nov 6th, 2009  Comments: 2   Views: 262   
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November 6, 2009: The Rev. Christian Fuhrer Extended Interview

November 6, 2009: The Rev. Christian Fuhrer Extended Interview

Twenty years ago, a nonviolent movement emerged from the sanctuary of historic St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leipzig. It was rooted, according to its pastor, in weekly prayers for peace and readings from the Sermon on the Mount that countered "the reality of political hopelessness."

Posted: Nov 6th, 2009  Comments: 7   Views: 244   
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November 6, 2009: Healing the Wounds of War

November 6, 2009: Healing the Wounds of War

Revisit our November 2007 Web-only essay on the spiritual and moral pain of war. "My sense is that this is a fundamentally religious issue," says clinical psychiatrist Jonathan Shay, a combat trauma expert.

Posted: Nov 6th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 157   
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October 9, 2009: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

October 9, 2009: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

In his response to receiving the peace prize, the president said "we must pursue a new beginning among people of different faiths and races and religions, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect."

Posted: Oct 9th, 2009  Comments: 2   Views: 438   
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June 26, 2009: Parents  Circle

June 26, 2009: Parents Circle

Rami Elhanan and Mazen Faraj are members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group that unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who have lost immediate family memers to the Middle East conflict. Together they promote a message of dialogue, reconciliation, and peace.

Posted: Jun 26th, 2009  Comments: 6   Views: 3,286   
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June 12, 2009: Religion and Hate Crimes

June 12, 2009: Religion and Hate Crimes

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of Ohev Sholom, an Orthodox synagogue in Washington, participated in an interfaith vigil at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and his congregation's Torah study was dedicated to the memory of the museum security officer who was shot to death.

Posted: Jun 12th, 2009  Comments: 4   Views: 3,176   
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June 5, 2009: Muslim Reaction to Obama’s Address

June 5, 2009: Muslim Reaction to Obama’s Address

Tufts University international relations professor Vali Nasr and veteran Middle East correspondent Kate Seelye, now a vice president at the Middle East Institute in Washington, discuss President Obama's speech to the world's Muslims.

Posted: Jun 5th, 2009  Comments: 4   Views: 4,799   
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June 5, 2009: Obama in Cairo

June 5, 2009: Obama in Cairo

Read comments and analysis by religious leaders, scholars, and others on President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world.

Posted: Jun 4th, 2009  Comments: 3   Views: 2,853   
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June 5, 2009: Thomas Merton

June 5, 2009: Thomas Merton

Sunrise at the Abbey of Gethsemani in the misty hills south of Louisville, Kentucky. The 55 Trappist monks who live here awake at 3:00 a.m. to begin their daily regimen of prayer and work — in silence.

Posted: Jun 4th, 2009  Comments: 28   Views: 24,378   
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June 5, 2009: Paul Pearson on Thomas Merton

June 5, 2009: Paul Pearson on Thomas Merton

Read more of Judy Valente’s interview about Thomas Merton with Paul Pearson, director and archivist at Bellarmine University’s Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Posted: Jun 4th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 5,237   
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