Topic: International
Go on the ground and behind the scenes with our crew in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and watch them at work on this week’s story about local faith-based relief workers. Video and photos by producer Gail Fendley.
Click here to watch this week’s story on Haiti Relief Workers. BOB ABERNETHY, host: Kim, welcome back. What about those 10 Americans, Southern Baptists, who were charged with kidnapping? What were they doing? KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Well, according to … More
A Lutheran minister who responded to the Haiti disaster says US religious communities must help, but “the strength of the future is in Haiti, not the United States.” More
How do religious leaders respond to questions about God’s role in the face of human suffering and tragedy? More
Watch more of Bob Abernethy’s conversation with Rabbi Jack Moline about the theological questions raised by natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake.
From Haiti to the Holocaust to 9/11, and at all times of extreme human suffering, cataclysm, and catastrophe, people have asked questions about the role of God and his purposes. Watch excerpts from some of our recent interviews about Haiti … More
Bhavana Gupta says her generation will go to a Hindu temple in New Delhi and say, “Let’s give the priest 500 rupees to have him do a good prayer service for us.” But the younger generation questions this traditional Hindu practice and asks why. More
Watch John Carlson, associate director of Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, talk about President Obama’s Afghanistan speech and the ethical implications of a new Afghanistan strategy. More
According to John Carlson in an extended conversation with Kim Lawton, “If you’re going to use force, there are ethical implications to the so-called ‘pottery barn’ principle – You can’t just walk away from a mess that one creates.” More
In Afghanistan, observes Georgetown University professor John Langan, “we are forced to fight in cautious and disagreeable ways” and “we never get very far from the possibility of tragedy.” More
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