May 2011
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Anonymous asked: my birthday according to english calendar was 5th May, can you tell me my star birthday according to tamil calendar when was that
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Complicated Grief: How to Lessen Pain that...
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Statue of an angel grieving in a cemetery in Houston, Texas. (photo: Timothy Faust/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ~Aeschylus
UCLA researchers found that grief over losing a loved one can take an extreme form of bereavement, stimulating the part of the brain normally associated with reward and...
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Anonymous asked: First, I just want to say I love the show and Krista you deserve a noble peace prize for the work you do. I have been really enjoying all the pieces stemming from your trip to the Middle East. I just read an editorial from the NYT that resonated with me and just wanted to share it with you'all :-)
Here is the link :...
Here is the link :...
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Primo Levi: "A Humanist Who Insisted on Justice"
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Photo by Alfred Essa/Flickr/cc by-nc-sa 2.0
The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles the late Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi whose thoughts on fascism sound as relevant today (amid unrest we observe in Libya and Syria) as when he was writing in 1974:
“Every age has its own fascism, and we see the warning signs wherever the concentration of power denies...
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Anonymous asked: love your work krista tippett.
my mom's 75th birthday is this weekend, and i'm thinking about what i want to say to the family assemblage. I often find your guests and your insights moving and thought-provoking - makes me wish my connection to the local synagogue was as enlightening.
in any case, you had a guest on this past weekend a woman with lots of wisdom, and...
my mom's 75th birthday is this weekend, and i'm thinking about what i want to say to the family assemblage. I often find your guests and your insights moving and thought-provoking - makes me wish my connection to the local synagogue was as enlightening.
in any case, you had a guest on this past weekend a woman with lots of wisdom, and...
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Anonymous asked: In the recent interview with Yossi Klein Halevi there was mention of "thin places". Has Krista considered group trips to thin places around the world?
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Sam Harris's "Scientific Fundamentalism" Couched...
by Martin E. Marty, special contributor
Protestors rally during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to London. (photo: Colin Grey/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
“Same Old New Atheism,” last week’s clipping about religion sighted in the public sphere (it might as well be labeled “Same New Old Atheism”) is a 6800-word review, which places the trendy “New Atheism” in the context of previous efforts to...
Anonymous asked: Great show with Dan Barber yesterday. At the end he mentioned a doctor that was doing some work with diet and cancer. Can you forward the name of the doctor and/or contact, book informatiom, etc. Thanks
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Wishing for Less Time
by Leah Elliott, guest contributor
(photo: Leandro Pérez/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0)
I never used to go anywhere without my cell phone. It was not only a means of communication, but my sole timepiece, and not knowing the time made me crazy.
That all changed one afternoon when my oldest son was two years old. After four years of living in the Southwest and its two seasons of hot and hotter, we...
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When a Jewish Kibbutz Neighbors an Arab Village:...
by Bethany Firnhaber, Rosalina Nieves, and Robyn Carolyn Price
The relationship between Arabs and Jews in Israel has been strained by failed peace agreements, suicide bombings, and the construction of a separation wall — all which have fostered fear and anger on both sides.
Since Israel became a state in 1948, the road to peaceful coexistence has been, as many people in the region describe it,...
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“I have religious friends, and they’re like, ‘Well if you look, it’s proven.’ And...”
– —Trey Parker
The co-creator of South Park and the new Broadway musical hit The Book of Mormon talks religions with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Looking forward to hearing the full interview on NPR sometime soon.
(Photo by Michael Yarish/Comedy Central)
Reblogged by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
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Does Social Status Have a Role Among Declining...
by Susan Leem, associate producer
An abandoned Methodist church in Gary, Indiana. (photo: slworking2/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0)
The scientist Lord Martin Rees is an atheist who calls himself a “tribal Christian” because he participates in church services to have social and cultural connection to his Anglican brethren. But recent research is showing that, in some countries, the flock is...
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“New research reports a key part of the brain apparently atrophies more rapidly...”
– from the Miller-McCune article “Religious Affiliation and Brain Shrinkage” explaining a recent Duke University study on hippocampal atrophy.
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“I’ll be honest, it was not a great feeling that night. It was a good...”
– —Bruce Goodman, a flight paramedic with the Mayo Clinic’s Medical Transport unit who resuscitated a man without a pulse after 96 minutes had passed.
The Wall Street Journal reports this incredible story while explaining how new technologies such as the capnograph, which measures carbon dioxide...
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Live Video: In the Room with Walter Brueggemann
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
May 18, 2011 (1pm CT/2pm ET) In the Room with Walter Brueggemann Minnesota Public Radio ~ Saint Paul, Minnesota
Krista Tippett will be speaking with Walter Brueggemann, a “provocative, interesting, challenging, and imaginative” voice in the Protestant mainline tradition who is best known for his book Prophetic Imagination.
The renowned Old...
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Positive Religion News That Is Still Newsworthy
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Personal ministry by bicycle. (photo: waferboard/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
Respected theologian Martin Marty has a winning article highlighting a mainstream news story that has finally gotten religion reporting right. The New York Times’ recent profile of a Baptist couple who spend their retirement doing disaster relief work stood out as a...
