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Fr. George Coyne: Science, Faith and God -- 1 of 2
Jan. 05, 2010
Fr. George Coyne
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Episode 1: How did the Vatican Observatory come to be? (19 min.)
How did the Vatican Observatory come to be? "The reason is a very simple one," Fr. Coyne tells Tom Fox. In 1582, the calendar had to be reformed. Easter was slipping back -– it was becoming a winter festival. The Jesuit mathematicians and astronomers who Pope Gregory XIII appointed to solve the calendar problem, continued to build telescopes and study the stars. In 1891, Pope Leo XIII formally founded the Vatican Observatory to show that the church has a serious interest in all intellectual human pursuits. Coyne says, Leo appointed religious priests to dedicate their lives to trying to understand the universe through scientific means.
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in May 2007.
Fr. George Coyne: Science, Faith and God -- 2 of 2
Jan. 05, 2010
Fr. George Coyne
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Episode 2: How do you reconcile faith and science? (26 min.)
"How do you reconcile faith and science? "I don't have to," Fr. Coyne answers Tom Fox’s question. The question always presupposes that they have to be reconciled. "Why do they have to be reconciled?" he asks. "In my own life, I’ve never felt the challenge. . . . They have just always peacefully gone along with one another."
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in May 2007.
Ed Hays: Advent, Christmas and the Incarnation 1 of 2
Episode 1 is 'Incarnation: Turning the Sacred inside out'
Dec. 18, 2009
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Episode 1: Incarnation: Turning the Sacred inside out (23 min.)
Fr. Ed Hays tells Tom Fox, "Incarnation means the 'Infleshing of God, The Divine Mystery.' We talk about spirituality. Well, I don't like that word; it implies duality. ... I prefer lifestyle. So the Incarnation is the Infleshing of the Divine Mystery within us and our whole life rotates around it."
Ed Hays: Advent, Christmas and the Incarnation 2 of 2
Dec. 18, 2009
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Episode 2: Incarnation: Experiencing God all ways (21 min.)
"If we believe in Infleshment, then we see God not as other worldly, as separate, as different, but rather as of this world," Fr. Ed Hays tells Tom Fox. "The smell of burning leaves, an evergreen, a turkey in the oven ... Isn't that the smell of God? Doesn't God taste like pizza, a good steak, salmon?"
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 1 of 3
Dec. 08, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 1: A different consciousness (27 min.)
Rohr tells Tom Fox: "I am convinced that prayer is a descriptor word for a different consciousness. When Jesus goes out and prays for 40 days, he is not saying Hail Marys and Our Fathers. He is looking out at life with a different set of eyes."
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 2 of 3
Dec. 08, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 2: 'We don't have time for opposition' (13 min.)
"The future of Christianity is ecumenical," Rohr tells Tom Fox. No single denomination is big enough to contain Jesus, he says and outlines three characteristics of "the emerging church": 1) A recognition of social justice, Christianity has to be concerned about this world and suffering, 2) Openness to contemplation, and 3) Honest scholarship about Jesus.
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 3 of 3
Dec. 08, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 3: What do we mean by 'transformation'? (15 min.)
"A lot of people still think that transformation means becoming more pious or becoming more law abiding or becoming more polite," Rohr tells Tom Fox. "By transformation I mean a different consciousness." It’s not about moral mandates, he said. "It’s looking at reality in a different way, which will certainly lead you to operate in highly moral ways, but you don’t start with morality and think that will get you there.
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
Br. David Steindl-Rast on gratitude -- 1 of 3
Nov. 25, 2009
Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast
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Episode 1: Gratitude and the Web of Being (13 min.)
"Gratitude is a real practice, as valid as yoga or Zen meditation or Sufi dancing -- if you take it seriously," Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast tells Tom Fox. Gratitude, he said, "starts with surprise. We deprive ourselves so much by not allowing ourselves to be surprised."
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in September 2006.
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Br. David Steindl-Rast
Br. David Steindl-Rast on gratitude -- 2 of 3
Nov. 25, 2009
Br. David Steindl-Rast
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Episode 2: Our Notion of God (15 min.)
Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast tells Fox: The monotheistic notion of God that we have inherited, the notion that God is separated from us, that God gives us gifts and demands certain things of us and punishes us when we don't live up to the standards, this God is lost for most people and is fast disappearing. Because, he said, deep down in our hearts we know God is not separate from us.
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in September 2006.
Br. David Steindl-Rast on gratitude -- 3 of 3
Nov. 25, 2009
Br. David Steindl-Rast
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Episode 3: Imagine a world (21 min.)
"Imagine a world in which people would face the situation that we are in and ask the question: "Isn't there something we can do?' " Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast said. "Surely we could do something if enough people were asking the question."
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in September 2006.
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Br. David Steindl-Rast
