Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – January 30

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1822 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 30 (check local listings). Science for Seminarians – The American Association for the Advancement of Science is supporting the study of science in seminaries for future ministers. […]

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1822 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 30 (check local listings).

Science for Seminarians – The American Association for the Advancement of Science is supporting the study of science in seminaries for future ministers. Lucky Severson reports on the debate that has set off: some say understanding science should help create more effective ministers. Others fear that learning how scientists see the world might weaken faith.

Helping India’s Slum Dwellers Find Dignity – In the teeming slums of Mumbai (Bombay) in India, a caring man has founded an organization called Slum Dwellers International to help the very poor demand and get better treatment from the government bureaucracy. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports that perhaps the thing most coveted by the  slum families is a private toilet, and the key to putting pressure on indifferent bureaucrats is the organizing of the slums’ women.


Remembering Thomas Merton – If the Trappist monk and prolific writer had lived long enough he would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Januray 31stJudy Valente recalls Merton’s gift for encouraging not just monks but everyone in their spiritual practices and their discovery of the presence of God.

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