BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a Road to Damascus story today about a hard-living, cynical Hollywood writer who says he hit bottom one day and was transformed by God. He used to specialize in scripts full of sex, violence, … More →

February 6, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: As the economy continued to collapse this past week, there was sharp debate in Washington over the size and content of a stimulus package. Meanwhile, two of President Obama’s nominees for top jobs bowed out because of … More →

February 6, 2009

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton discusses the appointees to President Barack Obama’s new advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and describes what they will be doing.

February 6, 2009

This week leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion called on Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, to step down and asked that a church representative be sent to Zimbabwe. Watch Rev. Thomas Shaw, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, who visited Zimbabwe last year … More →

February 5, 2009

Watch Peggy Bulger, director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, describe the response so far to the Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project and the importance of sermons and religious speech in the life of the … More →

February 5, 2009

On January 31, former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele was elected the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee. Steele is a Roman Catholic who has advocated for traditional family values. Watch him talk about his faith and values … More →

February 2, 2009

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a powerful story today about punishment for juveniles who commit crimes. The Supreme Court has thrown out the death penalty for such young people, but in 44 states they can still be sentenced to … More →

January 30, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Think of Buddhist monks and you probably imagine practitioners sitting stark still trying to quiet their minds.  Who knew that the violent martial art kung fu has it’s own spiritual foundation? Lucky Severson reports on “action meditation.” … More →

January 30, 2009

In 2004, novelist John Updike spoke at the Center for Religious Inquiry at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City. Read Benedicta Cipolla’s report. After 21 novels and countless short stories, John Updike still creates characters who behave in the … More →

January 30, 2009

News broke this week that President Barack Obama has selected his former campaign aide Joshua DuBois to head the newly renamed White House Council of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton discusses DuBois, reaction … More →

January 30, 2009