Interfaith Encounters
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Consequential conversations with leaders from different faith communities exploring how they are engaging the pressing challenges of today’s world. Dr. Robert Hunt, Director of Global Theological Education at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University, is your host for this exploration of our multi-faith world.
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Religious Conflict: Rabbi Jack Bemporad on Scripture and Conflict
October 12, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBRabbi Bemporad is the director of the nonprofit Center for Interreligious Understanding (CIU), which he founded in 1992. Its aim is to bring people of all religious faiths together to promote open dialogue, mutual respect, and theological understanding of the common foundations shared by the world’s religions. Rabbi Jack Bemporad began teaching at Vatican universities in 1998 and has been Director of the John Paul II Center and Professor of Interreligious Studies, both at the Pontifical Univ...
Dr Jim Walters of the London School of Economics
October 05, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBJim Walters - is the founding director of the London School of Economics Faith Centre and leads its work in promoting religious literacy and interfaith leadership among the LSE’s global student body, in government and to the wider public. He is the author of Loving Your Neighbor in an Age of Religious Conflict
Religious Conflict: Dr Jim Walters of the London School of Economics
October 05, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBJim Walters - is the founding director of the London School of Economics Faith Centre and leads its work in promoting religious literacy and interfaith leadership among the LSE’s global student body, in government and to the wider public. He is the author of Loving Your Neighbor in an Age of Religious Conflict
The Future of Religion: Ambassador Suzan Cook Johnson
July 20, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBAmbassador Johnson explains the challenges the future brings and then challenges us to "kick the h, e, l, and l out of challenge and turn it into change."
The Future of Religion: Linda Wertheimer and Faith Ed
July 13, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBLinda K. Wertheimer, a veteran journalist and former education editor of The Boston Globe, is the author of the award-winning book, Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance. Faith Ed as well as excerpts from the book have won awards from the Religion News Association and the Education Writers Association. Linda currently is a Spencer Fellow in Education Journalism at Columbia University. She has given hundreds of talks about schools' efforts to teach about the world religion...
The Future of Religion: Roland Faber and the Transreligious Future of Religion
July 06, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBRoland Faber was born in Austria. He received his M.A., Ph.D., and Habilitation at the University of Vienna. He occupies the Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor of Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, and serves as Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Whitehead Research Project, and Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies. Research and publications encompass the fields of Whitehead's ph...
The Future of Religion: Dr. Bob Roberts of GlobalNet and the Challenge to Love
June 29, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBGrowing up as a Baptist pastor’s kid in a small town in East Texas, Bob got the chance to learn the Bible at a young age. He developed strong theological opinions, but didn’t know how to live it outside the church. He knew how to debate his faith, but didn’t know how to love. After marrying his high school sweetheart Niki, Bob, who initially felt that he was going to be a global missionary, felt a calling to plant Northwood Church in Keller (Dallas/Fort Worth), Texas. During the early days ...
The Future of Religion: Nadiez Bahi and Rethinking God.
June 22, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBhttps://www.amazon.com/Rethink-God-Nadiez-Bahi-ebook/dp/B08ZDGMPG4
The Future of Religion: Josh Packard on Gen Z
June 15, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of Springtide Research Institute, is an accomplished researcher with an expertise in the sociology of religion and new forms of religious expression. A talented speaker and writer, with over 10 years of teaching experience, Josh has been a guest on numerous radio shows and podcasts, and has been an invited speaker at many conferences, events, and workshops. He has been published widely in both academic and popular outlets, including Christianity Today, Th...
Migration: The Bible, Christians, and Migrants with Dr. Danny Carroll R.
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBDr. Carroll is half-Guatemalan and was raised bilingual and bicultural. In his youth, he spent many summers in Guatemala and later taught at El Seminario Teológico Centroamericano in Guatemala City for thirteen years. The realities of Central America sparked Dr. Carroll's fascination with the Old Testament. The relevance of the biblical text for the challenges of poverty, war, and politics in those developing countries led him to a passionate focus on Old Testament social ethics and the soci...
The Bible, Christians, and Migrants with Dr. Danny Carroll R.
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBDr. Carroll is half-Guatemalan and was raised bilingual and bicultural. In his youth, he spent many summers in Guatemala and later taught at El Seminario Teológico Centroamericano in Guatemala City for thirteen years. The realities of Central America sparked Dr. Carroll's fascination with the Old Testament. The relevance of the biblical text for the challenges of poverty, war, and politics in those developing countries led him to a passionate focus on Old Testament social ethics and the soci...
Vedanta, Greeting the God with an Immigrant Face with Subrateem Ghosh
May 25, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSuprateem Ghosh is an IT Auditor by profession and a musician by heart along with a spiritual seeker who has been involved in few interfaith conversations in Dallas. He was raised in India where he completed his education and was exposed to multiple faiths and believes. His introduction to Advaita (non-dual) Vedanta was at an early age due to his parents. He also got his spiritual initiation at Ramakrishna Math Belur during his high school.
Migration: Vedanta, Greeting the God with an Immigrant Face with Subrateem Ghosh
May 25, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSuprateem Ghosh is an IT Auditor by profession and a musician by heart along with a spiritual seeker who has been involved in few interfaith conversations in Dallas. He was raised in India where he completed his education and was exposed to multiple faiths and believes. His introduction to Advaita (non-dual) Vedanta was at an early age due to his parents. He also got his spiritual initiation at Ramakrishna Math Belur during his high school.
Migration: Islamic Views of Migration, an Ismaili Perspective with Dr. Zahra Jamal
May 18, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBZahra N. Jamal is Associate Director at Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, and a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant. An award-winning former faculty member at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Jamal was founding director of the Civil Islam Initiative at University of Chicago, founding director of the Central Asia and International Development Initiative at Michigan State, and Associate Director at The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Center for the Study of Am...
Islamic Views of Migration, an Ismaili Perspective with Dr. Zahra Jamal
May 18, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBZahra N. Jamal is Associate Director at Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, and a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant. An award-winning former faculty member at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Jamal was founding director of the Civil Islam Initiative at University of Chicago, founding director of the Central Asia and International Development Initiative at Michigan State, and Associate Director at The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Center for the Study of Am...
Migration: UMCOR and Immigrants and Migration with Rev. Jack Amick
May 11, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBRev. Jack Amick, Director of Global Migration, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). He directs UMCOR’s Global Migration portfolio and represents the global migration work of the General Board of Global Ministries. In his coordination of Global Migration work, Amick serves on the United Methodist Immigration Task Force, on advisory committees for Church World Service, the board of NJFON, the ACT Alliance Migration and Displacement Reference Group, and maintains relations with sever...
UMCOR and Immigrants and Migration with Rev. Jack Amick
May 11, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBRev. Jack Amick, Director of Global Migration, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). He directs UMCOR’s Global Migration portfolio and represents the global migration work of the General Board of Global Ministries. In his coordination of Global Migration work, Amick serves on the United Methodist Immigration Task Force, on advisory committees for Church World Service, the board of NJFON, the ACT Alliance Migration and Displacement Reference Group, and maintains relations with sever...
The Sikh Response to Migrants and Migration with Manpreet Kaur Singh
May 04, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBA Houston native dedicated to the causes of diversity and women’s empowerment, Manpreet K. Singh is a supervising attorney that has tried over 50 cases. Currently a Chapter representative for the American Board of Trial Attorneys, she also is serving as a director and trustee with the Sikh Coalition. Recognized in 2018 & 2013 as a recipient for the Diversity First Award. And in 2011 by the Houston Young Lawyers Association, Manpreet has also been a very active member of a variety of Housto...
Migration: The Sikh Response to Migrants and Migration with Manpreet Kaur Singh
May 04, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBA Houston native dedicated to the causes of diversity and women’s empowerment, Manpreet K. Singh is a supervising attorney that has tried over 50 cases. Currently a Chapter representative for the American Board of Trial Attorneys, she also is serving as a director and trustee with the Sikh Coalition. Recognized in 2018 & 2013 as a recipient for the Diversity First Award. And in 2011 by the Houston Young Lawyers Association, Manpreet has also been a very active member of a variety of Housto...
Bishop Greg Kelly on Migrants and Immigrants from a Catholic Perspective
April 27, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBBishop Kelly is a native of Iowa and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied for the priesthood in Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas here in Irving and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served in several parishes in the Dallas area since then and has served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas since 2016. He has lived in Irving since 2008. Bishop Kelly has been involved with: Dallas Area Interfaith Catholic Charities of Dallas The Diocesa...
Migration: Bishop Greg Kelly on Migrants and Immigrants from a Catholic Perspective
April 27, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBBishop Kelly is a native of Iowa and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied for the priesthood in Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas here in Irving and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served in several parishes in the Dallas area since then and has served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas since 2016. He has lived in Irving since 2008. Bishop Kelly has been involved with: Dallas Area Interfaith Catholic Charities of Dallas The Diocesa...
Migration: Rev. Marv Knox of Fellowship Southwest on Immigration and Immigrants
April 20, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBMarv Knox is the coordinator of Fellowship Southwest, an ecumenical network affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Fellowship Southwest covers Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas. It expands racial, ethnic and ecumenical relationships, and it builds partnerships to serve the most vulnerable people in the region. Previously, Marv was editor of the Baptist Standard, Texas Baptists’ news organization, almost two decades, and a journalist a...
Rev. Marv Knox of Fellowship Southwest on Immigration and Immigrants
April 20, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBMarv Knox is the coordinator of Fellowship Southwest, an ecumenical network affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Fellowship Southwest covers Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas. It expands racial, ethnic and ecumenical relationships, and it builds partnerships to serve the most vulnerable people in the region. Previously, Marv was editor of the Baptist Standard, Texas Baptists’ news organization, almost two decades, and a journalist a...
Debra Boudreaux Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
April 13, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBDebra Boudreaux is a senior volunteer with the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. She has more than 31 years of experience working on major projects related to charity, medical care, education, and humanitarian aid. Debra was previously the CEO of Tzu Chi Medical Foundation. She leads Buddhist and Catholic interfaith dialogues and serves as a member of the UN Multi-Faith Advisory Council. She serves as the Board Secretary for Global NGO Executive Committee within the UN DGC NGO venue. She also ser...
Migration: Debra Boudreaux Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
April 13, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBDebra Boudreaux is a senior volunteer with the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. She has more than 31 years of experience working on major projects related to charity, medical care, education, and humanitarian aid. Debra was previously the CEO of Tzu Chi Medical Foundation. She leads Buddhist and Catholic interfaith dialogues and serves as a member of the UN Multi-Faith Advisory Council. She serves as the Board Secretary for Global NGO Executive Committee within the UN DGC NGO venue. She also ser...
Migration: Anwar Khan and Islamic Relief USA on Migrants and Immigration
April 06, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBAnwar Khan President of Islamic Relief USA. He has more than twenty five years of experience working in the field of humanitarian and development assistance. Mr. Khan has extensive experience in the field: he has traveled to five continents visiting more than 20 countries that have been affected by human conflict or natural disaster zones. Before becoming President, Anwar held a variety of leadership roles at Islamic Relief USA, directing Islamic Relief USA’s program efforts; managing its...
Anwar Khan and Islamic Relief USA on Migrants and Immigration
April 06, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBAnwar Khan President of Islamic Relief USA. He has more than twenty five years of experience working in the field of humanitarian and development assistance. Mr. Khan has extensive experience in the field: he has traveled to five continents visiting more than 20 countries that have been affected by human conflict or natural disaster zones. Before becoming President, Anwar held a variety of leadership roles at Islamic Relief USA, directing Islamic Relief USA’s program efforts; managing its...
Jewish Understandings of Migrants and Migration
March 30, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBJulie Rayman, Senior Director of Policy and Political Affairs of the American Jewish Committee helps us understand how Jews relate through their history to migrants and immigrants, and what this means today. Since January 2012, Julie Rayman, Senior Director of Policy and Political Affairs, has served as the lead legislative advocate for AJC’s policy priorities. On behalf of AJC, she has supported the launch of congressional caucuses such as the Bipartisan Taskforce for Antisemitism, the Con...
Migration: Julie Raymon of the AJC, Jewish Understandings of Migrants and Migration
March 30, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBJulie Rayman, Senior Director of Policy and Political Affairs of the American Jewish Committee helps us understand how Jews relate through their history to migrants and immigrants, and what this means today. Since January 2012, Julie Rayman, Senior Director of Policy and Political Affairs, has served as the lead legislative advocate for AJC’s policy priorities. On behalf of AJC, she has supported the launch of congressional caucuses such as the Bipartisan Taskforce for Antisemitism, the Con...
Religious Freedom Wrap-up Part 2 with Dr. Hunt
March 09, 2021 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBDr Hunt explores how religious freedom must be understood in the context of the US Constitution and it lofty goals for American society.
Religious Freedom Wrap Up Part 1 with Dr. Robert Hunt
March 02, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBDr. Hunt addresses the way in which the realm of religious freedom has expanded while the separation of religion and the state has diminished. What that means is increased tension and politicization that may serve neither religion nor society.
Religious Freedom: Dr. Sabrina Dent, Religious Freedom and the African American Experience
February 24, 2021 11:40 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB“For nearly 75 years, Americans United has consistently shown up in the public square ready to protect America’s constitutional guarantee of church-state separation that ensures religious freedom for all of us,” said Dr. Dent. “For me, this is especially important when we recall the dark and complicated history of a nation that has often overlooked the human rights of racial and religious minorities. I am excited to build relationships with AU’s longtime friends and to develop new interfaith...
Dr. Sabrina Dent, Religious Freedom and the African American Experience
February 24, 2021 11:40 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB“For nearly 75 years, Americans United has consistently shown up in the public square ready to protect America’s constitutional guarantee of church-state separation that ensures religious freedom for all of us,” said Dr. Dent. “For me, this is especially important when we recall the dark and complicated history of a nation that has often overlooked the human rights of racial and religious minorities. I am excited to build relationships with AU’s longtime friends and to develop new interfaith...
Religious Freedom: Dr. Marci Hamilton, author of God and the Gavel
December 15, 2020 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDr. Marci Hamilton, author, professor, and lawyer, has argued key religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court. In this interview she explains both why religious liberty is critical, and how a culture of religious liberty unconcerned with the public good and individual harm undermines our society.
Dr. Marci Hamilton, author of God and the Gavel
December 15, 2020 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDr. Marci Hamilton, author, professor, and lawyer, has argued key religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court. In this interview she explains both why religious liberty is critical, and how a culture of religious liberty unconcerned with the public good and individual harm undermines our society.
Religious Freedom: Joel Schwitzer, of the American Jewish Committee on Freedom of Religion
December 08, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBJoel Schwitzer, regional director of the North Texas American Jewish Committee draws on his long experience with Jewish organizations to deepen our understanding of how religious freedom for one depends on religious freedom for all. And how dialogue is crucial.
Joel Schwitzer, of the American Jewish Committee on Freedom of Religion
December 08, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBJoel Schwitzer, regional director of the North Texas American Jewish Committee draws on his long experience with Jewish organizations to deepen our understanding of how religious freedom for one depends on religious freedom for all. And how dialogue is crucial.
Religious Freedom: Dr. D. Stephen Long, University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University
December 01, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.6 MBDr. Long examines the right to religious freedom as a right that originates with God and should be acknowledged by the state as a fundamental human right.
Dr. D. Stephen Long, University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University
December 01, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.6 MBDr. Long examines the right to religious freedom as a right that originates with God and should be acknowledged by the state as a fundamental human right.
Religious Freedom: Professor Qudsia Mirza at Birkbeck University on Religious Freedom in International Law
November 24, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDr. Mirza discusses human rights in the international framework of laws, with special attention to more specific regional laws such as Islamic Shari'a in dominantly Muslim countries.
Professor Qudsia Mirza at Birkbeck University on Religious Freedom in International Law
November 24, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDr. Mirza discusses human rights in the international framework of laws, with special attention to more specific regional laws such as Islamic Shari'a in dominantly Muslim countries.
Religious Freedom: Rick Halperin, Director of the SMU Human Rights Program
November 17, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBDr. Rick Halperin, head of the SMU Human Rights program talks about how education in the fundamental right of religious freedom is necessary if we are to protect the rights of all.
Rick Halperin, Director of the SMU Human Rights Program
November 17, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBDr. Rick Halperin, head of the SMU Human Rights program talks about how education in the fundamental right of religious freedom is necessary if we are to protect the rights of all.
Religious Freedom: Sharon Grant, Hood Theological Seminary and Faculty of the Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute
November 10, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBDr. Grant helps us understand religious freedom in light of the experience of African Americans, who have found their religious identity, and freedom of expression, suppressed and under assault.
Sharon Grant, Hood Theological Seminary and Faculty of the Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute
November 10, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBDr. Grant helps us understand religious freedom in light of the experience of African Americans, who have found their religious identity, and freedom of expression, suppressed and under assault.
Dr. Eboo Patel of the Interfaith Youth Core
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBDr. Patel reminds us that religious freedom also requires granting different religious groups full dignity in the public sphere.
Religious Freedom: Dr. Eboo Patel of the Interfaith Youth Core
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBDr. Patel reminds us that religious freedom also requires granting different religious groups full dignity in the public sphere.
Dr. Eboo Patel of the Interfaith Youth Corps
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBDr. Patel reminds us that religious freedom also requires granting different religious groups full dignity in the public sphere.
Rachel Bresner of the Anti-Defamation League on religious freedom
October 27, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBRachel Bresner of the ADL guides us in understanding the constitutional law surrounding the first amendment, and the shield of religious freedom should never be used to justify the sword of discrimination.
Religious Freedom: Rachel Bresner of the Anti-Defamation League on religious freedom
October 27, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBRachel Bresner of the ADL guides us in understanding the constitutional law surrounding the first amendment, and the shield of religious freedom should never be used to justify the sword of discrimination.