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September 2 - Labor and Religion - Barb Kucera and Matt Gladue
This week on Considering Faith we're coming live from the State Fair and we're celebrating Labor Day Weekend by talking about the issue that brought us this weekend: labor. Labor is an important issue for all of us and we'll be talking about its connection to religion. We'll be talking about what's happening now in Minnesota in the labor movement and what the religious perspective is on these topics.
To talk about labor with us we will have Matt Gladue representing the Interfaith Workers Network, a religious-based that works to unite religious leaders, labor leaders, and workers to address economic disparities by demanding improved wages, benefits, and working conditions assuring that our community's economic abundance is shared by all. Also - we will have Barb Kucera, the editor of Workday Minnesota. Workday Minnesota is a labor-based magazine that informs and educates people on what's happening around the state on the labor issue.
Click here to read the latest from Workday Minnesota.
August 26 - Just War Theory - Professor Bill Cavanaugh
This week Considering Faith will be broadcast live from the State Fair!
Are any wars just? What is Just War Theory? How have politicians strayed from the ideals of war that have been used for centuries? How has our definitions of a 'just war' changed now that we're fighting a new enemy of terrorism? This week, we'll be speaking with Professor Bill Cavanaugh, an associate professor of Catholic studies at the University of St Thomas, to talk about war and the Catholic viewpoints on how it should be conducted.
Click here to read an article in Sojourners by Professor Cavanaugh.
August 19 - Hinduism in Academia - Professor Anant Rambachan
In June, St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota hired a Hindu to be head of the Religion Department there. For the first time, this department was led by a non-Christian. This week, we'll be talking with Professor Rambachan about the controversy that followed his appointment and Hinduism in general and how he looks at education in academia.
Professor Rambachan has been very involved in Hinduism and developing interreligious dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism. He has participated in numerous consultations and meetings convened by national and international organizations concerned with interreligious issues. He has been very active in the dialogue programs of the World Council of Churches, and was Hindu guest and participant in the last three General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches in Vancouver, Canada, and Canberra, Australia and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Click here to see Professor Rambachan's biography.
Click here to see an article on the controversy surrounding his appointment.
August 12 - Journalism and Religion - Pam Miller
The former Faith and Values editor at the Star Tribune, Pam Miller, will be on the air with us this week to talk about how journalists look to cover religion. We'll be talking with Pam this week about journalism, what a story is, how does this connect to the idea of religion. Many reports have come out in recent months about how media coverage of religion often paints religious people in a way that skews right. How do you combat this perception? Also, What does journalism mean for religion? How is religion shown through the media? Also, how is this institution changing? Where will the concept of the newspaper be in the future?
Click here for the Faith and Values section in the Star Tribune.
Click here to see the Media Matters report on how religious voices in the media skew right.
August 5 - Church and the Stage - Dean Seal
This week on Considering Faith, we'll be talking about two subjects not often linked together: church and the stage. Dean Seal has a master's degree in theology and the arts and has written scripts for Comedy Central, HBO, and was a writer for Garrison Keillor's 'A Prairie Home Companion.' Now Dean Seal is organizing the upcoming Manna Fest, a festival of theater inspired by religion. We'll be talking with Dean about this festival and more broadly about all of the connections between church and stage.
To see more about Manna Fest, click here!