Study Finds Many Americans Uninformed About Religion
America is the most religious industrialized country in the world, but a new survey finds that few Americans are well-informed when it comes to religion. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life...
View ArticleThe Documents that Define America
What does it mean to be an American? By what texts do we define ourselves as "We, the People"? Since our country's founding, Americans have debated the speeches and tracts sacred to our founding, from...
View ArticleAn Epic Tale of Hollywood and The Bible
This weekend, the big budget biblical adventure "Noah" hits the big screen. With an all star cast led by Russel Crowe, it's directed by Darren Aronofsky and is expected to rake in millions at the box...
View ArticleSong of Songs
Poet Chana Bloch and composer Jorge Liderman describe their linguistic and musical translations of an ancient love poem from the Hebrew Bible.
View ArticleArtemisia Gentileschi's Biblical Vengeance
The 17th-century artist's painting, of the biblical Judith slaying Holofernes, was itself an act of revenge. (Originally aired: May 2, 2002)
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Richard Cizik — The Evolution of American Evangelicalism
Last month, conservative Christian leaders demanded that Richard Cizik be silenced or removed from his post. They charged that his concerns about climate change and torture have shifted attention away...
View ArticleThe King James Bible Turns 400
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. Linguist and author of Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language, David Crystal, discusses its impact on the...
View ArticleThe King James Bible Turns 400
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. Linguist and author of Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language, David Crystal, discusses its impact on the...
View ArticleThe King James Bible Turns 400
Liana Lupas and Tricia Pongracz, curators at the Museum of Biblical Art, tell us about the exhibition “On Eagles’ Wings: The King James Bible Turns 400” at the Museum of Biblical Art. The exhibition...
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[Unedited] Ellen Davis with Krista Tippett
More and more people in our time are disconnected from religious institutions, at least for part of their lives. Others are religious and find themselves creating a family with a spouse from another...
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Ellen Davis and Wendell Berry — The Poetry of Creatures
How we see the world is how we value it, says Ellen Davis. And poetry is a way to rediscover the lost art of being creatures. An hour of learning and slowing down, with the "Mad Farmer" poems of...
View ArticleBetween Heaven and Mirth
James Martin, SJ, a lifelong Catholic, a Jesuit for over 20 years, and a priest for 10 years, reveals the humor in the Bible, and explains how joy, humor, and laughter help us to live more spiritual...
View ArticleDead Sea Scrolls
Curator Risa Levitt Kohn talks about “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times,” on view at Discovery Times Square. The exhibition features the most comprehensive collection of ancient...
View ArticleRevelations in Context
Elaine Pagels, professor of religion at Princeton University and author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, examines the history and meaning of the Christian...
View ArticleWhy Isn't the Sky Blue?
What is the color of honey, and "faces pale with fear"? If you're Homer--one of the most influential poets in human history--that color is green. And the sea is "wine-dark," just like oxen...though...
View ArticleBiblical Case for Gay Marriage
Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop, draws on religious teachings to make the case for same-sex marriage.
View ArticleBiblical Case for Gay Marriage
Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop, draws on religious teachings to make the case for same-sex marriage.
View ArticleThe Bible, Revised
Hal Taussig, founding member of the Jesus Seminar, professor at Union Theological Seminary, edited and provided commentary for A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Meat Your God Edition
Slate's Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf and John Swansburg discuss History Channel's "The Bible," the results of VITA count and the death of the American pun.
View ArticleHelp Rewrite History
For over a hundred years, boxes of cornflake-sized scraps of ancient paper have been carefully tucked away at Oxford.The fragments are thousands of years old, dug out a of 30-foot deep trash mound in...
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