Skye Perryman on marriage equality and our legal right to dignity
In this third episode on civil rights, Skye and George look at the question of marriage equality in our country. They discuss the notion that in a democracy people have a right to basic dignity that "does not draw distinctions because of the color of your skin, because of who you love, because of your sexual orientation, because of your gender identity." They also consider the complications of religiously-affiliated organizations receiving federal money, the civil rights history of religious traditions, and what it means to build a more perfect union.
Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward. She is a lawyer, advocate, and leader with a track record of taking on and winning critical fights that advance democratic values, stop abuses of power, and improve the wellbeing of people and communities.
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Skye Perryman on the Dobbs decision and the future of reproductive rights
Join Skye and George as they unpack the consequences of the Dobbs decision, how Christian nationalism influenced the ruling, the future of reproductive rights and what we can all do to protect them.
Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward. She is a lawyer, advocate, and leader with a track record of taking on and winning critical fights that advance democratic values, stop abuses of power, and improve the wellbeing of people and communities.
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Skye Perryman on the midterm elections and perfecting democracy
Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward. She is a lawyer, advocate, and leader with a track record of taking on and winning critical fights that advance democratic values, stop abuses of power, and improve the wellbeing of people and communities. In this episode, she talks perfecting our democracy, what we can learn from the most recent midterm elections, and creating conditions where people can pursue their faith, their spiritual commitments, their dreams.
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Doug Pagitt on how to vote for the common good
Doug Pagitt is an author, pastor, social activist, and the Executive Director of Vote Common Good. A leading voice for progressive Christianity, in this episode he addresses the midterm elections, the rising influence of Christian Nationalism, and why voters should make faith, hope and love their guide for their voting criteria as opposed to their party choice.
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Robert Hunt on the relationship between religion and science
Theologian Robert Hunt explores the relationship between religion and science in this episode, identifying the role each one plays in addressing the global ecological crisis. He explains that all people of faith have the imperative to care for the earth. Hunt is the Director of Global Theological Education and the Director of the Center for Evangelism at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology.
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Myles Werntz on Christian ethics and the moral life
Myles Werntz unpacks why we continue to be plagued in our churches and in our communities by seemingly intractable conflicts, and how the teaching of ethics to young ministers in training may be part of the remedy. Myles is the Director of the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University.
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Tom Leatherbury on boycott laws and free speech
Tom Leatherbury is the Director of the First Amendment Clinic at Southern Methodist University and a partner at the law firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP. In this episode, he and George discuss the First Amendment and free speech implications of recent legislation in Texas and 32 other states.
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Valarie Kaur: the path of revolutionary love
The future is dark. Is this the darkness of the tomb—or the darkness of the womb? Valarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, innovator, and best-selling author of SEE NO STRANGER. She leads the Revolutionary Love Project to reclaim love as a force for justice. In this conversation, Valarie Kaur reframes the present moment in history as one of transition and calls on us to show up in the labor of birthing a new future.
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Dr. Brian Williams: reflections as the trauma surgeon of a mass shooting
Brian Williams was a surgeon on call at Parkland Hospital on July 7, 2016 and operated on the victims of the Dallas police shooting that launched the Back the Blue campaign. Hear how that night and its trauma, combined with the tragedies of the previous two days--the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile--positioned him to be a spokesperson and activist for racial justice.
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Carl Sherman on owning our mistakes and changing laws
Carl Sherman, the State Representative responsible for the Botham Jean Act, explains how he transformed street protests into public policy.
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Gun violence prevention with Deanna Hollas
Her title is: Gun Violence Prevention Minister. And she's the only minister like this that exists, anywhere. Listen to Deanna Hollas from Dallas talk about the importance of her ministry and her views on guns, the Second Amendment, and the prophet Isaiah's vision of a peaceable kingdom.
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Sonja Miller: A faith-based perspective on reproduction rights
Sonja Miller, faith director for the Texas Freedom Network, talks reproductive rights, public education, and finding common ground beyond left vs. right.
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Reducing Unintended Teen Pregnancies with Terry Greenberg
Terry Greenberg leads an effort in Dallas to reduce unintended teen pregnancy. She and George talk about the lead causes of teen pregnancies and how they can be avoided through conversation, education and the support of the faith community. Visit ntarupt.org and TalkAboutItDallas.com to learn about these local efforts.
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Mitri Raheb can say his ancestors may have babysat Jesus
Mitri Raheb is a Palestinian Christian, born in Bethlehem across the street from where Jesus was born. He speaks on the conflict between Israel and Palestine and his creation of interfaith communities that respond to Palestinian suffering through art.
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Kristin Du Mez on her sensational book, Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Du Mez reminds us that she is a historian first, even though her sensational book, Jesus and John Wayne, has invoked fierce theological backlash from evangelicals. Hear her response to the pushback, plus a breakdown of the patriarchy that is so persistent in evangelical churches.
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Rachel Mikva on the dangers of religion
Rabbi Rachel Mikva wrote the book, Dangerous Religious Ideas, and she is here to discuss the ways that religion is harmful.
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Carl Sherman, creator of the Botham Jean Act
Carl Sherman, the State Representative responsible for the Botham Jean Act, explains how he transformed street protests into public policy.
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Freddy Haynes on what we get wrong about MLK day
Just days before Martin Luther King Day, Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III talks with George about the misconceptions surrounding Dr. King’s legacy, and the important difference between equity and equality.
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Lillian Daniel pushes us to think when we think we have already arrived
Reverend Dr. Lillian Daniel, of First Congregational Church in Dubuque, Iowa, talks pronouns, biblical interpretation, and her preference of religion over spirituality.
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Hugo Magallanes reminds us that the gospel is offensive
Hugo Magallanes, Associate Dean of Perkins School of Theology and professor of Christianity and Culture, joins us today to discuss how he weaves the subject of immigration into his academic work.
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