“When we make a mistake, we want a little grace, we want a little room to be forgiven, and that’s what everybody wants. If you tell a lie, you’re not just a liar. If you take something that doesn’t belong to you, you’re not just a thief. And even if you kill someone, you’re not just a killer. That idea has to have resonance in a just society that’s going to be both compassionate and just.”
Author Archives: Fred Yi
Evangelicals and LGBT; Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica
Growing social acceptance of same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues poses new challenges for evangelicals; Britain’s former chief rabbi leads a global effort against religious extremism and violence; an ancient vision in Mexico of the Virgin Mary inspires millions of religious pilgrims.
Evangelicals and LGBT Acceptance
What challenges does growing social acceptance of same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues pose for evangelicals? In a historic ruling in June, a divided US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal across the country. Religious groups had filed briefs on both sides of the issue. R&E visited Nashville, Tennessee to report on the extent to which evangelicals are reexamining their views about sexuality, marriage, and LGBT acceptance. Correspondent Kim Lawton talks to singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Matthew Vines, author of “God and the Gay Christian,” and more.
Russell Moore on LGBT Acceptance
Watch more of our interview about evangelicals and LGBT issues with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and currently one of the most prominent evangelical voices on gay issues.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
He retired after serving 22 years as chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, and this year he taught in the US at New York University and Yeshiva University and began leading a global religious response to religious violence and extremism. Interviewed at Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Extended Interview
“We have to go back to the 17th century and ask what healed all that harm? And of course the simple answer is that what wins wars is weapons but what wins peace is ideas.” Watch more of our interview with the former Chief Rabbi for the United Kingdom. Interviewed at Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City.
The Aga Khan; The Singing Monks of Norcia
The spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims speaks about poverty, peace, philanthropy, and religious understanding; a chart-topping album conveys the music that is central to Benedictine monastic life.
Aga Khan Extended Interview
“We used to have situations, particularly in isolated parts of the world, high mountain areas, where different communities were practicing a different form of Islam from one village to the other. What we want to do is to have those villages work together. Accept that there are different interpretations.” Watch more of our interview with the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims.
Religion in Cuba; Women’s Mosque of America; Upanayanam
The Cuban government is showing signs of being more open to religious life in Cuba; women lead prayers and preach sermons at a new all-female mosque; and a Hindu boy’s rite of passage.
A Different Islamic School; Singing in a Chorus; Eid al-Fitr
A madrasa in Pakistan is proving that an Islamic school can offer a useful education while avoiding politics and extremism; members of the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York say singing as a group feeds their souls and creates community; and after a month of fasting, Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan with a three-day festival of food and friendship.
