{"id":34474,"date":"2017-02-03T13:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=34474"},"modified":"2017-02-03T16:38:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T21:38:31","slug":"extended-interview-professor-michael-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch excerpts from our interview with Michael Root,\u00a0professor of systematic theology at the Catholic University of America, discussing Reformation \u00a0history, Protestant-Catholic unity, and more. Says Root: \u201cThere are real differences. The question we face is how do we both affirm the commonalities while being honest about the continuing differences?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI don\u2019t see Protestant-Catholic unity coming in the immediate future,\u201d says Michael Root, professor of systematic theology at the Catholic University of America. \u201cThere are real differences. The question we face is how do we both affirm the commonalities while being honest about the continuing differences?\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":34485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast"],"yoast_head":"\nExtended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adesanyai\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adesanyai\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adesanyai\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\"},\"headline\":\"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":55,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/21-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/\",\"name\":\"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/21-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/03\\\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\\\/34474\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/21-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/21-2.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\",\"name\":\"adesanyai\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/adesanyai\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adesanyai","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adesanyai"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/"},"author":{"name":"adesanyai","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746"},"headline":"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root","datePublished":"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/"},"wordCount":55,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg","articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/","name":"Extended Interview: Professor Michael Root | February 3, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-03T18:17:47+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-03T21:38:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/03\/extended-interview-professor-michael-root\/34474\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2017\/02\/21-2.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746","name":"adesanyai","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/adesanyai\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34515,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34474\/revisions\/34515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}