Faith Angle brings together top scholars and leading journalists for smart conversations around some of the most profound questions in the public square. Rather than a current-events debrief, our goal is a substantive conversation one notch beneath the surface, drawing out how religious convictions manifest themselves in American culture and public life.
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Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
On February 2, EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum had the privilege of hosting a fascinating online conversation with Dr. Francis Collins, the country’s first Presidentially appointed Director of the National Institutes of Health to have served for more than one administration in that role.
Alongside BioLogos president Dr. Deb Haarsma and EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner, who contributes regularly to The Atlantic and New York Times, Dr. Collins joined 11 journalists in conversation that included a firsthand window into the development of the mRNA vaccine, and as well as the spread of vaccine resistance among many Americans. The conversation moves swiftly and covers a lot of ground, from sociology to political religion, evolution to creation-science, choices about singing in church to assessing American institutions.
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Integrate: A Faith and Science Curriculum
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
In this episode, Kelefa Sanneh, staff writer for The New Yorker, is joined by John Azumah, Founding Executive Director of the Sanneh Institute, to discuss the legacy and witness of Kelefa's father Lamin Sanneh, a leading expert in Christian theology and missions as well as Christian-Muslim dialogue. Lamin's legacy continues on through the work of the Sanneh Institute, which seeks to educate and equip religious leaders, scholars, academic institutions, and the broader public on Christian and Muslim history, theology, and possibilities for interfaith partnership.
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The African Christian and Islam by John Azumah
My Neighbor's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians by John Azumah
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
"The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism" by Kelefa Sanneh
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
For this first podcast of the New Year, we are recapping highlights from Faith Angle Europe, a two-day conference of 16 international journalists and 5 speakers in France, with a window into some especially compelling insights that emerged on national populism, anti-Semitism in Europe and particularly France, impact investing and the growth of religion in sub-Saharan Africa, and finally, a big-think conversation about the commonalities faced by creative minorities in a pluralistic world.
All three full Faith Angle Europe sessions as well as a short recap video from the forum are linked below.
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Session One: French Identity and Anti-Semitism
Session Two: Rising National Populism - And Religion
Session Three: Impact Investing and Sub-Saharan Africa
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
In this episode of the Faith Angle podcast, Eboo Patel of Interfaith Youth Core sits down with Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali to discuss the possibilities and challenges of interfaith partnerships in today's polarized America, each drawing from the wisdom of their personal Muslim faith. Wajahat points to the obstacles that increasing political division, anti-immigrant discrimination, and bias against those of other faiths pose to robust religious pluralism. While accepting the strain of these realities, Eboo highlights with hope the many forms in which interfaith partnership is flourishing in America today. He offers listeners an invitation to learn from and replicate promising interfaith civic engagement in their own communities.
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Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise by Eboo Patel
Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
In this episode of the Faith Angle podcast, Edward Luce of Financial Times sits down with Bernard-Henri Lévy to discuss Bernard's newest book, The Will to See: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope.
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The Will to See by Bernard-Henri Levy
The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
On this episode of the Faith Angle podcast, Ross Douthat of the New York Times sits down with Ryan T. Anderson of the Ethics and Public Policy Center to discuss Ross's newest book, The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery. Ross recounts this deeply personal story of loss, wrestling, and overcoming in the midst of a chronic disease, reflecting on how his conviction and rootedness in the Christian story offered strength in the face of felt pain.
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The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery by Ross Douthat
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Jonathan Tran of Baylor University and Tina Nguyen of Puck News, who explore themes of Asian American identity, political engagement, and religious formation in the United States. They discuss the development and distortions of the "model minority" myth, the impact of racial binaries on Asian American identity, the political-economic forces of racism in America, and the ways in which Asian American Christian communities are discovering a more just and redemptive way forward.
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Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism by Jonathan Tran
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Paul D. Miller of Georgetown University and Nadine Maenza of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. On August 30, the United States' armed forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking the end of a twenty-year war. We can all recall the sickening images and stories that came out of Afghanistan during this period as well as the sobering reality awaiting those left behind. In this episode, our guests consider why events unfolded the way they did in America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, and what that means for America’s presence and policy around the world.
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Paul D. Miller in Foreign Policy
Nadine Maenza in Providence Magazine
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Just War and Ordered Liberty by Paul D. Miller
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Luke Bretherton of Duke Divinity School and Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution, who explore the religious nature of American politics and the political implications of American religion. Drawing from Christian and Muslim political-theological resources, they discuss the roots (on both the left and right) of today’s increasing pull toward illiberalism, the tendency of religion to take on the role of identity politics, and the mediating role of religious institutions in society.
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- Listen, Organize, Act! Community Organizing and Democratic Politics with Luke Bretherton
- The Wisdom of Crowds with Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic
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Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Fred Davie of Union Theological Seminary and Brent Orrell of the American Enterprise Institute. These scholar-practitioners share their insights on race in America, the condition of the American church, the intrinsic dignity and potential of every individual, the importance of listening even to one’s political opponents, and the search for vocational meaning and purpose.
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