FORA.tv Religion Today (Short-Length Video Version)
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22:47:49 03/17/10
Tariq Modood - Reactive Defiance: The Overt Religion of Britain's Muslim Youth
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/08/The_Great_Issues_Forum_Immigration_and_Islam
Sociology professor Tariq Modood describes how percieved cultural stigmas lead young British muslims towards an active, overt embracing of Islam, a trend he calls "reactive defiance." "Any minority that has that kind of pressure put upon it becomes much more aware of its own identity," he says.
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Featuring Jose Casanova, professor of sociology at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow in Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; Tariq Modood, professor of sociology at the University of Bristol and Director of the University’s Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship; and Aristide Zolberg, Walter P. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at The New School University.
Chase Robinson, Provost of the Graduate Center, moderates a discussion including questions such as: What impact do Muslim immigrants and Islamic practices have on the societies they join? What unique challenges do Muslim immigrants face? In both America and Europe, which have welcomed greater numbers of Muslim immigrants than ever before, how is the Enlightenment ideal of tolerance balanced against the realities of vast cultural and religious differences? How do Western nations promote self-perceived openness in the face of anti-Muslim sentiment in their countries? - CUNY
Tariq Modood is professor of sociology at the University of Bristol, his research interests include racism, racial equality, multiculturalism and secularism. He is the founding director of the Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, and the Bristol director of the Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship with UCL. He is also a co-founder of the scientific journal Ethnicities.
Modood was awarded an MBE for services to social sciences and ethnic relations in the 2001 New Year Honours list and elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2004. He has written several articles in The Guardian.
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19:54:27 03/03/10
Colin McGinn and Denys Turner - Is God Necessary for Morality?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/07/The_Great_Issues_Forum_Varieties_of_Nonbelief
Philosopher Colin McGinn and theologian Denys Turner discuss the question of whether atheism can coexist with a sense of morality. Both agree that morality exists independently of divinity.
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Journalist Susan Jacoby, philosopher Colin McGinn, and theologian Denys Turner explore questions such as: Is humanism another kind of religion? Is it religion's evolutionary future, rather than just one of several alternatives? What light does the recent scientific study of religion throw on these possibilities?
How do the new humanists compare to the new atheists? Can an atheist identity be shaped by a positive ethic, or must it be primarily an anti-religious sentiment? How will the persistence of belief and disbelief, as well as the tension between them, shape thought and culture in the 21st century? - CUNY
Colin McGinn (B.Phil., Oxford University), joined the UM Philosophy Department in 2006, having taught previously at University of London, University of Oxford, and Rutgers University. He was the recipient of the John Locke Prize at Oxford University in 1973. His research interests are in philosophy of mind (particularly consciousness, intentionality and imagination), metaphysics, ethics and philosophical logic.
Denys Alan Turner is a British academic in the field of philosophy and theology. He is currently Professor of Historical Theology at Yale University having been appointed in 2005, previously having been Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from Oxford University.
He has written widely on political theory and social theory in relation to Christian theology, as well as on Medieval thought, in particular, mystical theology.
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02:05:37 02/18/10
Richard Harries: Are Human Rights Fundamental to Democracy?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/14/Richard_Harries_Does_God_Believe_in_Human_Rights
Lord Richard Harries considers human rights a necessary measure to protect minorities from "the potential tyranny of the majority." "Human beings need to be protected from one another, hence we have the rule of law," he says. "But we also need to be protected against governments."
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The movement to establish an international legal basis for human rights after World War II has been one of the great achievements of our time. But do human rights have a sound theological basis? Sometimes it seems religions give the impression that God is indifferent to them. This challenge needs to be faced in order to find a firm foundation for rights. - Gresham College
Before being the Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006, Lord Richard Harries was previously the Dean of King's College London, where he is now a Fellow and an Honorary Professor of Theology. He is an Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge and of St Anne's College, Oxford.
He also holds a number of other prestigious positions in other top British Universities. In 2006 he was made a Life Peer as Lord Harries of Pentregarth of Ceinewydd in the County of Dyfed and sits on the crossbenches.
Professor Harries has published 24 books and numerous articles, covering a wide range of interests. These include: Art and the Beauty of God (Mowbrays, 1993), Christianity and War in the Nuclear Age (Mowbrays, 1986), Is there a Gospel for the Rich? (Mowbrays, 1992), After the Evil: Christianity and Judaism after the Holocaust (OUP, 2003), C. S. Lewis: The Man and his God (Collins, 1987), and a collection of his contributions to 'Thought for the Day' on Radio 4's Today Programme to which he has been a regular contributor since 1972, In Gladness of Today (Harper Collins, 1999).
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00:41:51 02/04/10
Jeffrey Herf - Responding to Criticism of Israel
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/04/A_Lethal_Obsession_Anti-Semitism_Then_and_Now
Jeffrey Herf, author of Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, presents a "template" for determining the validity of anti-Israel criticism. He denounces "disproportionate criticism," his label for "rage and indignation" about Israeli treatment of Palestinians without regard to other terrorism and hate crimes.
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Robert Wistrich and University of Maryland, College Park professor Jeffrey Herf trace the history of anti-Semitism from its earliest recorded roots through the present. Furthermore, they discuss the potential impacts of its modern-day resurgence. - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Jeffrey Herf is professor of modern European history at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most recent book, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World examines the Nazi regime's efforts to spread its ideas to North Africa and the Middle East during World War II and the Holocaust.
Herf has lectured widely at major universities and research centers in the United States, Europe and Israel, and has also brought a historian's perspective to bear on issues of contemporary policy and politics in his contributions to The New Republic online and in essays in The American Interest, The International Herald Tribune, The National Interest, Partisan Review, The Washington Post and major German newspapers including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Welt, and Die Zeit.
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01:43:47 01/21/10
Jacob Needleman - How to Weed Out False Prophets
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/11/What_Is_God_Jacob_Needleman
Jacob Needleman, author of What Is God?, answers the question of how to determine the authenticity of a self-professed spiritual leader. The key is "to be open-minded, without our brains following out," he says.
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Jacob Needleman talks about his latest book, What Is God?. In this deeply personal work, religious scholar and philosopher Needleman cuts a clear path through today’s debates over the existence of God, illuminating an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. - Book Passage
Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the author of many books, including The American Soul, The Wisdom of Love, Time and the Soul, The Heart of Philosophy, Lost Christianity, and Money and the Meaning of Life.
In addition to his teaching and writing, he serves as a consultant in the fields of psychology, education, medical ethics, philanthropy, and business, and has been featured on Bill Moyers's acclaimed PBS series "A World of Ideas."
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23:52:10 01/06/10
René Girard on Scapegoating: Prehistoric Conflict Resolution 101
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/01/Uncommon_Knowledge_Ren_Girard
Philosophical anthropologist René Girard discusses the role of scapegoating in the formation of early societies. He identifies scapegoating as a method of conflict resolution, and that conflicts "have to be resolved...for groups of human beings to gather permanently together."
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Born in Avignon on Christmas Day 1923, philosopher René Girard is the author of works that are published in more than two dozen languages, including The Scapegoat and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. His latest book, Achever Clausewitz, will be published in the United States in 2010 as Battling to the End: Politics, War, and Apocalypse. In 2005, Professor Girard received the highest honor in France, induction as one of the forty members of the Academie Francaise.
First describing the triangular structure of desire -- object, model, and subject -- Girard tells how conflicts are resolved and why human society is not marked by total conflict all the time. He further speaks of the intersection of the universal themes of mythology and Christianity and Christianity's future.
"History...is a test of mankind," says René Girard, and "mankind is failing that test." - Hoover Institution
René Girard (born December 25, 1923, Avignon, France) is a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. He is the author of several books in which he developed the ideas of mimetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism, and how they relate to the Bible.
Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.
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23:47:54 12/16/09
Daniel Dennett and John Haught - Is Intelligent Design an Immoral Argument?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/Great_Issues_Forum_What_Is_Religion
Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that it is immoral for pastors to teach intelligent design. Theologian John Haught criticizes Dennett's language but expresses agreement with his position, identifying creationism as "not only bad science, but horrible theology."
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The Forum's year-long exploration of religion launches with a program featuring distinguished philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett and noted evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson.
They are joined by additional participants to discuss questions such as: What is the nature and purpose of religion? Is it a product of our evolution and something we can now do without? Is it a system of belief and practice that humans require in order to build communities and construct meaning for their lives? What in human make-up renders religion possible? How has religious belief developed and changed over the years, and how does it continue to do so? - CUNY
Born in Boston, Dr. Daniel Dennett received his B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University in 1963, and earned his Doctorate in Philosophy at Oxford University in 1965. After teaching at U.C. Irvine for six years, Dennett joined the faculty at Tufts University in 1971, where he is now a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
Dennett has written extensively about the mind, consciousness, and evolution. He published his first book, Content and Consciousness, in 1969 and is perhaps best known for his 1995 book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, which explores the implications of natural selection on humanity's place in the universe. He has also published more than one hundred scholarly articles in professional journals, ranging from Behavioral and Brain Sciences to Poetics Today.
John F. Haught (Ph.D. Catholic University, 1970), is Senior Fellow, Science and Religion, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University. He was formerly Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University (1970-2005) and Chair (1990-95).
His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion.
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23:55:10 12/02/09
Mattieu Ricard - The Happiest Man on Earth Brings Health to Tibet
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/16/Matthieu_Ricard_Speaks_on_Compassion
Matthieu Ricard, author, photographer, and Buddhist monk, describes the progress of Karuna-Shechen, a humanitarian project in Tibet. Ricard displays some photographs which show the amazing transformation of ill Tibetans cured by Western medicine.
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Matthieu Ricard, molecular biologist, Bhuddist monk, translator to the Dalai Lama, best-selling author, and photographer, spent the evening of October 16, 2009, at swissnex San Francisco for a closed, private dinner, where he spoke on Compassion in Action.
Ricard is founder of Karuna-Shechen, a charitable foundation that provides medical, social, and educational services in the Himalayan region. Brain scans done by neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin peg him as the happiest man on Earth. - Swissnex San Francisco
Matthieu Ricard is a best-selling author, translator and photographer highly regarded for his scholarship and knowledge of Buddhism and Tibetan culture. He has lived and worked in the Himalayan region for over forty years.
After completing his doctoral thesis in 1972 at the Institute Pasteur under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Francois Jacob, Mr. Ricard decided to forsake his artistic and scientific careers and concentrate on Tibetan Buddhist studies. He lived in the Himalayas with the greatest living teachers of that tradition.
The Monk and the Philosopher, a dialogue with his father, Jean-Francois Revel, was a best seller in Europe.The Quantum and the Lotus, about science and Buddhism, was published the next year. Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill is in its third printing. His books have been translated in over twenty languages.
His intimate knowledge and unprecedented access to Tibetan teachers and culture has enabled him to capture on camera rare and surprising moments and events. He is the author and photographer of Spirit of Tibet, Buddhist Himalayas, Tibet: An Inner Journey, Motionless Journey, and Bhutan: The Land of Serenity. He has had numerous international shows of his photography.
He is a major participant in the research collaboration between cognitive scientists and Buddhist practitioners, spearheaded by the Dalai Lama and the Mind and Life Institute. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East.
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01:37:49 11/19/09
Deepak Chopra: Five Breakthroughs for the Body
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/22/Deepak_Chopra_How_to_Create_a_New_Self
Spiritual guru Deepak Chopra reveals five breakthroughs he claims to have discovered while writing his latest book, Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul. He maintains that the body, genetics, and the concept of time can be changed through altered thought processes.
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"You can't change the body without changing the self, and you can't change the self without bringing in the soul," says Deepak Chopra, a renowned pioneer in holistic medicine. Chopra believes the highest choice is to reinvent your body and resurrect your soul.
He discusses aging, the many lifestyle diseases he says are the result of the steady loss of energy inside the body, and how awareness can reverse the process.
From early childhood, each of us has been inventing our body, through beliefs, habits, conditioning, and our mental responses to everyday stress. We've done this unconsciously, and may now feel dissatisfaction on all levels: body, mind and spirit.
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul offers three keys to creating the self you desire: the soul shift, the subtle action, and the core participation. Chopra's message is that your highest vision of yourself can be turned into physical reality. - Commonwealth Club of California
Deepak Chopra is the author of more than fifty books translated into more than thirty-five languages. Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, adjunct professor at the Kellogg School of Management, and a senior scientist with the Gallup Organization. He is founder and president of the Alliance for a New Humanity.
Time magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as "the poet–prophet of alternative medicine."
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00:37:54 11/05/09
Richard Dawkins Compares Creationism to Holocaust Denial
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins uses denial of the Holocaust as an analogy for the battle against the theory of evolution being waged in public schools by creationists.
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Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins talks about his book, The Greatest Show on Earth: Evidence for Evolution. This program was recorded in collaboration with Berkeley Arts and Letters, on October 7, 2009.
Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion created a storm of controversy over the question of God's existence. Now, in the Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins presents a stunning counterattack against advocates of "Intelligent Design" that explains the evidence for evolution while keeping an eye trained on the absurdities of the creationist argument.
More than an argument of his own, it's a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of life on earth. Taking us through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA, selective breeding, anatomical similarities, molecular family trees, geography, time, fossils, vestiges and imperfections, human evolution, and the formula for a strong scientific theory.
Dawkins' trademark wit and ferocity is joined by an infectious passion for the beauty and strangeness of the natural world, proving along the way that the mechanisms of the natural world are more miraculous -- a "greater show" -- than any creation story generated by any religion on earth. - Berkeley Arts and Letters
Richard Dawkins is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and, until recently, held the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His first book, The Selfish Gene, was an instant international bestseller, and has become an established classic work of modern evolutionary biology.
He is also the author of The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and most recently, The Greatsest Show on Earth.
Professor Dawkins's awards have included the Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London (1989), the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award (1990), the Nakayama Prize for Achievement in Human Science (1990), The International Cosmos Prize (1997) and the Kistler Prize (2001). He has Honorary Doctorates in both literature and science, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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23:07:52 10/21/09
Faisal Devji - The Theology of Environmentalism?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/21/How_Can_Faith_Be_Lived_Responsibly_In_a_Globalized_World
Faisal Devji identifies what he views as a religious aspect to the environmentalist movement, which he describes as a belief in self-sacrifice for the common good.
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The Global Nomad Salon hosts a discussion on global religion framed around the question: "How can faith be lived responsibly in our globalized world?" - JANERA
Faisal Devji is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence and ethics. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. He teaches at The New School for Social Research in New York City.
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18:28:01 10/07/09
Robert Burton - Does the Soul Exist?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/12/04/The_Atheon_A_Temple_of_Science_for_Rational_Belief
Dr. Burton raises the issue of whether the brain and the mind are one in the same. Do humans have souls? Do we have an essence as human beings, or are we physical?
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Is the future of religion scientific? Is the future of science religious? UC Berkeley and the Magnes co-host a panel discussion on faith and reason in the 21st Century, inspired by The Atheon, a public artwork by Jonathon Keats - The Judah L. Magnes Museum
Robert A. Burton, M.D., graduated from Yale University and the University of California at San Francisco medical school, where he also completed his neurology residency. At age thirty-three, he was appointed chief of the Division of Neurology at Mt. Zion-UCSF Hospital, where he subsequently became Associate Chief of the Department of Neurosciences. His non-neurology writing career includes three critically acclaimed novels and a neuroscience and culture column at Salon.com-- Mind Reader. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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21:13:39 09/23/09
Gene Robinson - Strength, Spirituality, and Being a Gay Bishop in America
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This program was recorded in collaboration with the Tides: Momentum Conference, in San Francisco, CA, on September 7, 2009.
Bishop Gene Robinson presents at Momentum 2009 on the Power plenary: Pathways to opportunity and prosperity in America continue to be blocked by racism, homophobia, and elitism. Who defines the rules of engagement? How do private perceptions inform public choices and vice versa? How can we use ideas, network, and technology to reformulate hierarchies and enact progressive values? What does it mean to speak truth to power in the Obama era?
Robinson's momentum: "As a human being and as a Christian, I am passionate about joining God in loving and liberating the poor, the marginalized and the disenfranchised. The closer we are to those who are in the margins, the closer we get to God." - Momentum Conference
Gene Robinson is the Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Widely recognized for his work on civil rights for gay, lesbian, and transgender people; he is also known for advocating for debt relief, socially responsible investment, and access to healthcare.
He holds two honorary doctorates and has received numerous awards from national civil rights organizations including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Equality Forum.
His story is featured in the 2007 feature-length documentary, "For the Bible Tells Me So." Bishop Robinson gave the invocation at the opening inaugural ceremonies for President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.
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23:35:00 09/09/09
Karen Armstrong - Suffering and the Power of Compassion
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/14/Karen_Armstrong_Charter_for_Compassion
Author, scholar and journalist Karen Armstrong explains her view on the spectacle of suffering and its positive and negative effects on humanity. She relates suffering to compassion, recalling various Confucian, Buddhist, and Christian philosophies.
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Ms. Armstrong describes how Islam, Judaism and Christianity have been diverted from a shared moral purpose. She now is working with the TED community to build a Charter for Compassion. - Chautauqua Institution
Karen Armstrong is one of the most provocative, original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic nun who left a British convent to pursue a degree in modern literature at Oxford. In 1982 she wrote a book about her seven years in the convent, Through the Narrow Gate, that angered and challenged Catholics worldwide; her recent book The Spiral Staircase discusses her subsequent spiritual awakening after leaving the convent, when she began to develop her iconoclastic take on the great monotheistic religions. She has written more than 20 books around the ideas of what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and around their effect on world events, including the magisterial A History of God and Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today’s World. Her latest book is The Bible: A Biography. Her meditations on personal faith and religion (she calls herself a freelance monotheist) spark discussion — especially her take on fundamentalism, which she sees in a historical context, as an outgrowth of modern culture.
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23:00:54 08/26/09
Elie Wiesel - Did the World Learn from Auschwitz?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/27/Elie_Wiesel_What_Makes_Us_Moral
Elie Wiesel calls education the only weapon against racism, although the leaders of Nazi murder commands were well-educated. He asks, "If Auschwitz hasn't cured the world of anti-Semitism, what can?"
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Humanitarian and Night author Elie Wiesel lectures on the theme "What Makes Us Moral: An Abrahamic Perspective."
Wiesel draws on his experience as a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps as well as contemporary global issues for evidence of what makes a moral or immoral society. - Chautauqua Institution
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now part of Romania. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished, his two older sisters survived. Elie and his father were later transported to Buchenwald, where his father died shortly before the camp was liberated in April 1945. After the war, Elie Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. The result was his internationally acclaimed memoir, La Nuit or Night, which has since been translated into more than thirty languages. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Elie Wiesel as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust. In 1980, he became the Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He is also the Founding President of the Paris-based Universal Academy of Cultures and the Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, an organization he and his wife created to fight indifference, intolerance and injustice. Elie Wiesel has received more than 100 honorary degrees from institutions of higher learning.
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23:26:49 08/12/09
Jaimal Yogis - A Zen Surfer's Guide to Coping with Stress
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/17/Saltwater_Buddha_Jaimal_Yogis
Author and surfer Jamail Yogis shares his methods for coping with stress. Comparing thoughts to ocean waves, he says, "Our minds are a lot like the sea...you wake up some days and it's rough and stormy."
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Jaimal Yogis discusses Saltwater Buddha, a spiritual memoir and surfer's tale.
Fed up with suburban teenage life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries and the icy New York shore. - Books Inc
Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning journalist and photographer who spends a good deal of his spare time surfing and traveling the globe. He has a master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University and his work has been published in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Toronto Star, The Surfers Journal, Beliefnet, Tricycle, San Francisco Magazine, and many others. Saltwater Buddha, which has been internationally praised and is the subject of a forthcoming PBS documentary, is his first book, but he is currently working on a second while also traveling on an extensive book tour (along the coasts of course). You can follow Yogis on Facebook and Twitter.
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