Mehdi Hasan and Ida Glaser continue their conversation and consider the figure of Jesus
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Best-selling author Karen Armstrong shares some thoughts on God with Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Armstrong's most recent book is "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence.
Jared Diamond, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, studies how traditional societies around the world treat the aging members of their tribes, and suggests that these cultures have much to teach us about the treatment of our elderly.
World renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong spent seven years in a Roman Catholic convent searching for God. It wasn't until after she left that she found him. Watch as she reflects on her spiritual journey and find out why she says the Biblical God is only a starter kit to faith.
On the Celebrate Mercy webcast, Karen Armstrong, best-selling British author and founder of the Charter for Compassion, discusses compassion in the Quran. This compassion was most exemplified in the Prophet Muhammad's life.
Listen to Malcolm X's powerful letter from Hajj.
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Thomas Donaldson (Stanford University) asks whether it is moral to believe something even when you have no evidence that it is true. He discusses a classic debate on that subject, between philosophers William James and William Clifford.
Tom Richey provides students with an introduction to Greek philosophy, contrasting Plato's idealism with Aristotle's realism and comparing the basic premise of Plato's Republic with Aristotle's Politics.
Buddhism's growth in the West has spurred a rich cross-fertilization among the great traditions. In this spirit, Buddhist teachers have met in support of one another on past occasions in the US, Dharamsala and Europe.