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Caption: Karen's Father, Grant Duffin, Credit: Karen Duffin
Religious decisions are often not just questions of faith, but also questions of family. Over 25% of all Americans have left the religion they wer...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:35
Caption: Catherine Mich
Fifty years ago, on September 29, 1963, Pope John XXIII opened the second working section of The Second Vatican Council and asserted its agenda to ...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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At weddings, there are different rituals, from breaking glass to receiving a necklace, depending on the culture. Here’s a day at a Bhutanese weddin...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Caption: Dirk Ockhardt from Germany discusses jokes, Credit: Erika Lorentzsen
Maintaining a sense of humor in another language can be difficult. Some misunderstandings can be humorous. Still, understanding the nuances of joke...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
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This week, we go left or we go right.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Is there any reason to think that science should adjust to accommodate religious views of the world?

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 2
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"The main, essential message of Islam is 'salaam.' It's peace, intimate peace; peace with the universe, with nature, and peace with human beings."

  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Caption: Philip Shepherd
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 25:51
Caption: LOGO
Bobby speaks with Mark Anthony, the "psychic lawyer" or "psychic attorney" of which he owns both trademarks. His best selling book, “Never Letting ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:11:36
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"Stories touch us. In some ways, they're so powerful that your point, if you're a minister, often gets lost because people remember the story and c...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:01
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Embracing the Beloved is the name of a musical concert rooted in Sephardic, Persian, and North and South Indian cultural traditions. Co-creators Ni...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J.D. Messinger
J.D. Messinger’s first book is the story of his quest to answer the great questions philosophers and theologians have asked for millennium: who am ...

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  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Jewish motorcycle club combines faith and fuel

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  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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An entire generation of Americans grew up knowing no other president than Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms and led them through the Dep...

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  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pictured: Hijras in India celebrating Koovagam, a Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Aravan., Credit: Wikipedia
Culture gives us permission - or denies us permission - to express what we find is true and real in ourselves. There is nothing natural, or inevita...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 20:44
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The term "Hinduism" refers to a multitude of traditions, so it's no surprise that Hindu attitudes towards sexuality and homosexuality are complex. ...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:27
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For Buddhists, whether homosexuality is "right" or "wrong" isn't the question - it's more important to ask whether a behavior is "skillfull" or "un...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:27
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Like many other conservative-leaning Christian denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially condemns homosexual acts. ...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 11:54
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Anita Sherrill knew she was a lesbian since she was a little girl. But reconciling her sexuality with her Christianity, and with her father, hasn't...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:40
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African-American Christian denominations run the gamut, from Baptist and Evangelical to Roman Catholic. One thing they've have tended to share, tho...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
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Rev. Richard Cizik says he's undergone an "evolution" about the place of gays and lesbians in Evangelical Christianty - and says that American Evan...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:48
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Compared with mainliners, Evangelical Christians emphasize a more personal relationship with Jesus, and believe they have a sacred duty to share th...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:23
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Eve Tushnet is gay, Catholic, and proudly celibate. A recent convert, she decided she couldn't be a good Catholic and a practicing lesbian at the s...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 17:00
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When Celestine married Hilary 34 years ago, they were a typical heterosexual couple, bound by love and their vows of Catholic marriage. So 17 years...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:52
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In recent years, the Episicopal church has changed its rules on homosexuality, creating same-sex blessings and ordaining gay clergy. That hasn’t go...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 16:45