Religion and Faith

Listen: The MPR News documentary 'Betrayed by Silence'
This documentary examines how leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis shielded priests who sexually abused children, despite decades of public assurances that the Catholic Church was safe.
Stanford anthropologist and author T.M. Luhrmann discussed new research that says we don't use the same cognitive approaches to faith as we do with facts.
Confronting Hatred: 70 Years After the Holocaust
What motivates people to participate in hatred? Lessons from the Holocaust can inform contemporary discussions about hate speech, genocide, propoganda and human rights. A documentary from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, produced by Melissa Allison and narrated by Morgan Freeman.
In ND, what we talk about when we talk about gay marriage
Across the United States, there has been a sea change in public opinion on the issue of same-sex marriage. But that's not the whole story -- as NPR's David Greene found on a trip to North Dakota.
Radical Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali at National Press Club
Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks at the National Press Club about "The Clash of Civilizations: ISIS, Islam and the West." Author of a new book, "Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation."
MPR News' Kerri Miller talks to two guests about what happens to our brains when we experience these phenomena. Will verifiable research ever be able to back up the claims?