Understanding Protestantism is fundamental to understanding the modern world, says Professor Alec Ryrie. It has shaped democratic liberalism, capitalism, limited government, the notion of free inquiry, and continues to gain converts all over th

Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The Inside Story of a Revolution - 0

Oct 5th, 2015 1h 1m

Francis is the first pope who wasn't born in a village, says Vatican expert Marco Politi, but in a mega-city with many social-economic levels and faiths. "This explains why when he speaks he doesn't speak only to Catholics, not only to Christia

When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God - 0

May 20th, 2013 1h

What does it mean to have frequent conversations with God, as so many evangelicals say they do? Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann spent over 10 years as an active member of evangelical churches in different parts of the U.S., and uses her personal

Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st Century - 0

May 16th, 2013 1h 1m

In this in-depth, erudite talk, George Weigel discusses the historic shift taking place in the Catholic church; the character of the new mode of Catholicism that is coming into being; his personal impressions of the new pope; and the flourishin

God and Obama - 1

Jan 22nd, 2010 2m

For President Obama, what is the relation between religion and politics?

God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World - 0

Apr 17th, 2009 58m 40s

John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge argues that God is back as part of politics. On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. Can religion and modernity thrive together? What impact will the world's rise of fa

From Tolerance to Integration: The Dutch Experience

Apr 15th, 2009

Dutch Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans argues that tolerance and the attitude of "live and let live" is no longer enough. He notes that our goal must be integration, which means increasing the interactiveness between communities.

God and Race in American Politics: A Short History

Oct 29th, 2008 1h 1m

Historian Mark A. Noll argues that the reason Barack Obama's candidacy is such an important matter for the American history of race, religion, and politics goes back to the 1830s. Noll focuses on the political effects of religion intermingling

God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

Oct 31st, 2007 1h

Walter Russell Mead wittily explains how the individualistic faiths of Britain and America lent themselves so well to the creation of the modern economic and political order.

Head and Heart: American Christianities

Oct 12th, 2007 50m 50s

Garry Wills says that the U.S. separation of church and state both unleashed evangelical feelings and tempered them with reason and rationality. "Putting together the head and the heart is not easy, but we have been most successful as a country

Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite - 0

Sep 20th, 2007 59m 46s

D. Michael Lindsay says that evangelicals have become the new internationalists working at both policy and grassroot levels for more American engagement abroad. How does this affect America and the rest of the world?

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South

Oct 11th, 2006 1h

Professor Philip Jenkins argues that by the year 2025, Africa and Latin America will have the largest number of Christians in the world. According to Jenkins, this is a different kind of Christianity from that which we are used to in the Global

Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together - 0

Sep 20th, 2006 58m 59s

Senator John Danforth argues that religious people should engage in politics, but, he notes, "there is a difference between engaging in politics and transforming politics and government into an extension or an enforcer of your religious point o

Jere Van Dyk Interviews Philip Jenkins - 0

Apr 20th, 2006 49m 4s

Professor Philip Jenkins argues that between 1974 and 1980, "there is a shift in political culture, political rhetoric, which is in a generally conservative direction, although sometimes the people who are pushing that conservatism might label

Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America - 0

Apr 20th, 2006 56m 25s

In a wide-ranging talk, Professor Philip Jenkins argues that the mid-to-late 1970s were a crucial turning point in religious and political landscapes around the world.

The Twelve Religious Tribes of American Politics

Feb 15th, 2006 50m 30s

Steven Waldman, founder of the website belief.net.com, presents some surprising conclusions about how beliefs affect voting in the United States.

Opus Dei: The First Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church

Dec 14th, 2005 1h 2m

Author John Allen debunks some of the myths that surround Opus Dei, the prelature of the Roman Catholic Church that promotes the sanctity of ordinary daily work. Allen also explains Opus Dei's history, goals, and practices.

Radical Truths of Christian Realism: The Legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr

Sep 20th, 2005 52m 44s

Elisabeth Sifton, Reinhold Niebuhr's daughter, reviews her father's legacy and concludes that many of today's Christian leaders are ignoring the radical truths he espoused.

The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America and Politics Without God

Sep 15th, 2005 58m 4s

George Weigel ponders the growing--and to him acutely disturbing--secularity of Europe, which he believes raises urgent questions about the future of democracy worldwide.

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