This Week on Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Following is a brief outline of the stories Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly will be covering this week. Every Friday evening, the transcript and streaming video of each report will available on our Web site . Please note that in case of breaking news, stories may be subject to change.
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Pope Benedict's Agenda and Interreligious Relations
The Vatican announced this week that Pope Benedict XVI is planning to travel to
Bob Abernethy is joined by National Catholic Reporter senior correspondent John Allen for a studio discussion focusing on Pope Benedict's upcoming trip to the
Joel Hunter
Reverend Joel Hunter is the senior pastor of
Kim Lawton talks with the pastor about his efforts to broaden the evangelical movement and build coalitions with people of other faiths. “The better relationship you build, the more free you are to share with people what you really believe, and then you let God take care of the rest,” Rev. Hunter explains. “It's not my job to convert people . . . .Only God can move in the spirit to change somebody's heart and establish a relationship. I can't do that, so I don't have to worry about it. I just love them and serve them as best I can . . . and I leave the rest to God.”
Sholom Aleichem
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the great Yiddish writers — Sholom Aleichem. Best known for the adaptation of his stories about “Tevye the Milkman” into the hugely successful musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” Aleichem grew up in Tsarist Russia and wrote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His literary work not only included volumes of short stories, but also novels, plays, poetry, and even an autobiography — all originally written in Yiddish, the everyday language of eastern European Jews.
Betty Rollin revisits the life and work of this popular Jewish folk writer. Actor and singer Theodore Bikel, who appears as Aleichem in the one-man show, “Laughter Through Tears,” observes, “Sholom Aleichem doesn't only appeal to Jews. I get non-Jewish audiences who find parallels in what he wrote and how he wrote . . . From him you glean everything that there is: how people lived, what they ate, what they didn't have to eat, how they suffered, what their joys were.”
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Genocide Trial Opens in Cambodia
This week the first trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders who engineered the 1970s reign of terror in
Ethics At Large and At Small
Read R & E correspondent Judy Valente's Web-exclusive report on last month's meetings of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Society of Jewish Ethics.
Ash Wednesday
For most Christians around the world, Wednesday February 25 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of repentance and fasting leading up to Easter. Watch a recent Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly story on the meaning of Ash Wednesday.
Proposing Solutions to Domestic Poverty
On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public recommendations on how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch Sojourners president Jim Wallis, Bethel New Life founder Mary Nelson, and Clapham Group principal Mark Rodgers describe what they think makes this effort different, how the lives of the people they serve can inform public policy, and why President Obama may have an opportunity to reach out to some evangelicals still interested in compassionate conservatism.
WHAT'S AHEAD
SPECIAL NOTE: Because Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly may be pre-empted in several markets due to special PBS Pledge programming scheduled through March 15, the following reports are being rebroadcast.
February 27: “Aging Out" — Mary Alice Williams reports on faith-based efforts to help young adults deal with the challenges they face after transitioning out of the foster care system. (Rebroadcast from June 20, 2008)
"Reverend Forrest Church" — Bob Abernethy talks with leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian Reverend Forrest Church about how his faith is helping him accept — and face — his impending death from terminal cancer. (Rebroadcast from October 3, 2008)
Watch excerpts from Kim Lawton's interviews with Joel Hunter, senior pastor at Northland Church in Longwood, Florida; Melissa Rogers, director of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public Affairs; and Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, who discuss their roles on President Barack Obama's 25-member Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
The companion book to Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, now available in paperback in bookstores nationwide, can also be ordered through Shop Thirteen. “The Life of Meaning,” edited by the program's executive editor and host Bob Abernethy and longtime journalist William Bole, features a collection of insightful, moving and eloquent observations on life and how to live it by some of the most thoughtful men and women in
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