Gen Z - Hannah Siegel and Being Jewish and Gen Z
in this episode Hannah Siegel tells us how she became more religious in college, and how she has found community among Jews even though she is far from home.
Oct 11, 2022•11 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Interfaith Encounters
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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Gen Z - Josh Packard on Post Covid Trauma
Dr. 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, The Aspe...
Oct 04, 2022•29 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Gen Z - Razan Bayan and Being Muslim and Gen Z
In this episode Razan Bayan, a Muslim student at Southern Methodist University tell us how she discovered her religion and what it has come to mean to her. She explores the importance of having a moral code and purpose in life, as well as her aspiration that her generation be proudly themselves.
Sep 27, 2022•22 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Gen Z - Josh Packard on Making Religious Connections
Dr. 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, The Aspe...
Sep 20, 2022•34 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Religious Conflict: Dr. Muhamed Elsanousi - Director of the Network for Traditional and Religious Peacemakers
In this riveting discussion Muhammed Elsanousi helps us understand how colonialism has built a legacy of mistrust between Muslims and Christians, and how through persistent dialogue and mutual understanding this can be overcome. Their latest research is found here: https://www.peacemakersnetwork.org/research/
Nov 30, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Religious Conflict: Jill Temple on Classroom Conflicts
Dr. Jill DeTemple is Chair of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, and, by courtesy, Professor of Anthropology. Her research focuses on religiously sponsored development in Latin America and on the uses of dialogue for teaching in higher education. She is currently working on two projects. The first is a book that examines the risks of social capital approaches to development, especially when they are based in religious and gendered identities, due to release with the University of...
Nov 23, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Religious Conflict: Interfaith Encounters w/ Scott Shay
Scott A. Shay is a leading businessman, thought leader, and author of several widely read books on profound issues facing the Jewish community. Scott is the co-founder and Chairman ofSignature Bank, well known as one of the best banks in New York for private business owners. Scott earned a BA in Economics and a Masters in Management from Northwestern University, a valuable experience due to the commitment of his professors to high academic standards and the ideals of the university’s motto. Scot...
Nov 16, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Religious Conflict: Dr. Ruben Habito, Professor of World Religions and Spirituality
Ruben Habito is the founding teacher of MKZC Ruben began Zen practice under Yamada Koun in Kamakura, Japan in 1971 when he was a Jesuit seminarian in Japan. He came to Dallas in 1989, and is now married with two grown sons. He is a faculty member at SMU's Perkins School of Theology where he teaches World Religions and Spirituality, and directs the Spiritual Formation Program. https://www.smu.edu/PERKINS. Ruben Habito speaks four languages, travels widely and dialogues comfortably with people of ...
Nov 09, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Religious Conflict: Jerry Zehr Interfaith Devotions
“THERE IS A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS DRAWING US INTO A WORLDWIDE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY. MY DESIRE IS THAT MY WRITINGS WILL BRING ENCOURAGEMENT, THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION, AND HOPE. LET US BECOME PEACEMAKERS AND CREATE SHALOM FOR OUR WORLD.” This episode builds on peacemaking in the work place by our previous guest, Dr. Robyn Short. https://interfaith-encounters.simplecast.com/episodes/robyn-short-religious-conflict-in-the-workplace. Rev. Zehr tells us about his book of 40 interfaith devotions that wi...
Nov 02, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Religious Conflict: Robyn Short - Religious Conflict in the Workplace
If you enjoyed last weeks episode https://interfaith-encounters.simplecast.com/episodes/suhag-shukla-on-religious-conflict-and-peace you'll love our interview this week with Dr. Robyn Short of the Workplace Peace Institute https://www.workplacepeaceinstitute.com/mission-vision-alignment Dr. Robyn Short is the founder and CEO of Workplace Peace Institute, a consulting and research firm that brings peace and dignity to the workplace. She works as an organization development consultant, peace-build...
Oct 26, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Religious Conflict: Suhag Shukla on Religious Conflict and Peace
Following on our interview with Rabbi Jack Bemporad, https://interfaith-encounters.simplecast.com/episodes/rabbi-jack-bemporad , Ms. Shukla offers a distinctly different, and Hindu understanding of the sources of religious conflict and how personal transformation is in many ways the key to resolving them. For more of Ms Shukla's work go to: https://www.hinduamerican.org/thats-so-hindu-podcast . This is a statement from the HAF about their work: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is an education...
Oct 19, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Religious Conflict: Rabbi Jack Bemporad on Scripture and Conflict
Rabbi 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 Universi...
Oct 12, 2021•25 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Religious Conflict: Dr Jim Walters of the London School of Economics
Jim 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
Oct 05, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 1
The Future of Religion: Ambassador Suzan Cook Johnson
Ambassador 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."
Jul 20, 2021•14 min•Season 4Ep. 6
The Future of Religion: Linda Wertheimer and Faith Ed
Linda 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 religions a...
Jul 13, 2021•27 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The Future of Religion: Roland Faber and the Transreligious Future of Religion
Roland 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 philos...
Jul 06, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 4
The Future of Religion: Dr. Bob Roberts of GlobalNet and the Challenge to Love
Growing 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 in hi...
Jun 29, 2021•26 min•Season 4Ep. 3
The Future of Religion: Nadiez Bahi and Rethinking God.
https://www.amazon.com/Rethink-God-Nadiez-Bahi-ebook/dp/B08ZDGMPG4
Jun 22, 2021•26 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The Future of Religion: Josh Packard on Gen Z
Dr. 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, The As...
Jun 15, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Migration: The Bible, Christians, and Migrants with Dr. Danny Carroll R.
Dr. 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 social s...
Jun 01, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Migration: Vedanta, Greeting the God with an Immigrant Face with Subrateem Ghosh
Suprateem 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.
May 25, 2021•13 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Migration: Islamic Views of Migration, an Ismaili Perspective with Dr. Zahra Jamal
Zahra 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 Americ...
May 18, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Migration: UMCOR and Immigrants and Migration with Rev. Jack Amick
Rev. 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 several mig...
May 11, 2021•19 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Migration: The Sikh Response to Migrants and Migration with Manpreet Kaur Singh
A 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 Houston ...
May 04, 2021•18 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Migration: Bishop Greg Kelly on Migrants and Immigrants from a Catholic Perspective
Bishop 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 Diocesan Immigrati...
Apr 27, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Migration: Rev. Marv Knox of Fellowship Southwest on Immigration and Immigrants
Marv 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 almos...
Apr 20, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Migration: Debra Boudreaux Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Debra 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 serves ...
Apr 13, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Migration: Anwar Khan and Islamic Relief USA on Migrants and Immigration
Anwar 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 fundra...
Apr 06, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Migration: Julie Raymon of the AJC, Jewish Understandings of Migrants and Migration
Julie 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 Congress...
Mar 30, 2021•20 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Religious Freedom Wrap-up Part 2 with Dr. Hunt
Dr Hunt explores how religious freedom must be understood in the context of the US Constitution and it lofty goals for American society.
Mar 09, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 14
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