Archive for December 18th, 2009
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The week in politics
December 18
Hour 1
It’s been a busy week for congress and the Obama administration. More hurdles to health care legislation, the global climate summit, movement on transferring Guantanamo Bay prisoners, and increasing criticism of the administration. We talk politics with political scientist ROSS BAKER and the Inquirer’s DICK POLMAN.
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Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths
December 18
Hour 2
How are Americans exploring faith? A new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals many people are mixing Eastern and Western disciplines with experiences of supernatural phenomena and spiritual energy, are in touch with the dead and use astrology as a guide in their belief system. We talk with the senior researcher of this Pew Forum study, GREGORY SMITH and STEPHEN PROTHERO, Professor of Religion at Boston University.
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The week in politics December 18
Hour 1 It’s been a busy week for congress and the Obama administration. More hurdles to health care legislation, the global climate summit, movement on transferring Guantanamo Bay prisoners, and increasing criticism of the administration. We talk politics with political scientist ROSS BAKER and the Inquirer’s DICK POLMAN. -
Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths December 18
Hour 2 How are Americans exploring faith? A new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals many people are mixing Eastern and Western disciplines with experiences of supernatural phenomena and spiritual energy, are in touch with the dead and use astrology as a guide in their belief system. We talk with the senior researcher of this Pew Forum study, GREGORY SMITH and STEPHEN PROTHERO, Professor of Religion at Boston University.
