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Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
This week on Beliefs, we return to a conversation with one of our favorite guests, scholar and writer Susan Jacoby.
Secularism and atheism finds a full-throated defense in this episode. Jacoby takes us on a journey of where we were just one year ago: presidential politics on the rise, the rise of secularism, no pandemic in sight, and a world less complicated.
Jacoby brings together the threads of various moments in history to identify her view that religion and politics have never comfortably coexisted.
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Houses of worship across the world are adapting to the challenges of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Keeping congregants feeling tied to their faith, themselves, and one another has been a challenge felt by all. But what if faith isn't at the center of the congregation? How are humanist, atheist and agnostic spiritual communities handling the isolation caused by the pandemic?
James Croft, a clergyman at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, spoke with Beliefs producer Jay Woodward this week to share insight on how his congregation has handled the past several weeks.