The Supreme Court's ruling in the Roe v. Wade case, which made abortion legal in America, turns 30 years this week. This is an anniversary heavily shadowed by speculation that a high court retirement could shift the balance of power in abortion politics. For abortion rights supporters, the departure of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor would be most troublesome. For anti-abortion forces, the wild card could be the exit of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. During this broadcast, a program from the public radio series, "Humankind," called "Uncommon Ground." It tells the story of The Public Conversations Project that grew out of the 1994 murders of two employees at Boston area clinics.
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Christian scripture and tradition have overwhelmingly shaped American attitudes toward sexuality. And in the past year, our national attention has been riveted on sexual scandal within the Catholic Church. We crack open the difficult subject of Christian tradition and healthy sexuality. What is the positive sexual ethic of the Bible, beyond the identification of sin? What does sexuality have to do with the human spirit and how might this change the way it is discussed in communities of faith?
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Christmas isn't a religious celebration for members of the Lake Superior Freethinkers. They gather each month to talk about society, morality, and life without religion. Most are decidedly atheist, or, at best, agnostic.
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In St. Cloud, one man has big plans to take religion into the world of business. We sit down for a conversation with this new breed of business advisor -- the corporate spiritual consultant.
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It remains one of the foremost holiday tales, and has since been adapted for stage and screen hundreds of times. It's Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." A couple of years ago, former Minnesota Public Radio news host, John Rabe, produced a program tracing the history of "A Christmas Carol."
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Many churches around Minnesota boast fine pipe organs. Most of them also have a piano they can wheel out for certain occasions. But rarely can a church add its own harpsichord to Sunday services. Now a Lutheran Church in St. Cloud has unveiled a harpsichord it will use for worship services.
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In rural parts of the state, many churches are having a hard time finding and paying priests or pastors. But for one denomination, the solution is simple, and ancient: Do it yourself.
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We're one of the more religious states: Sixty-two percent of Minnesotans claim to be members of an established faith. It's well known that Minnesotans also love their deer-hunting. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone put these two things together.
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Maria Montessori observed that children have an intuition for religious life at an early age, matched only by their capacity to acquire language. First Person explores the spiritual intelligence of children and their ability to process the difficult realities of life, in this program, "Children and God".
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The 2002 edition of "Chanukah Lights" by National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz. It features music and stories about the meaning and significance of the Jewish holiday.
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