Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us for a look back at the top stories of 2014. E. J. Dionne is here, a senior at the brookings institution, columnist at washington post, and professor at georgetown university. Kev visible eckstrom editor in chief of religious news service. Kim lawton is managing editor of this program. As preparation for our discussion here is kims survey of the major religion stories of the past year. Across the u. S. , a series of incidents where unarmed africanamericans were killed by White Police Officers prompted a reexamination of inequities in the Law Enforcement system and of ongoing Racial Injustice in other areas of society. Clergy helped lead peaceful protests in many cities while houses of worship hosted town hall meetings. Religious leaders from across the spectrum urged dialogue and new efforts toward racial reconciliation reconciliation. Militants launched a Brutal Campaign to establish what they called a new caliphate or Islamic Sta
Welcome. Im Bob Abernethy and this is our look ahead at the top religion stories we expect to be covering in 2013. We do this with the help of kim lawton, managing editor of this program, Kevin Eckstrom, editor in chief of Religion News service, and e. J. Dionne, a senior fellow at the brookings institution, a professor at Georgetown University and a columnist for the washington post. Welcome to you all. One of the big events of the new year will be the inauguration of barack obama to a second term, so we asked a wide variety of religion leaders what they hope for during the president s next term. If president obama would revert back to the, that young, powerful, firey spokesperson in the 2004 Democratic National convention who talked about reconciling the blue and the red state, about the god of the blue state and the god of the red state that i believe that he has a chance to really emerge as a transformative catalytic president reconciling our nation. We are more polarized today tha
And ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private Family Foundation dedicated to the founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Religious groups are deeply divided over the Supreme Courts controversial ruling monday in the socalled hobby lobby case. In a 54 decision, the justices said despite a requirement in the Affordable Care act, some forprofit corporations cannot be forced to provide contraception coverage which their owners say violates their religious beliefs. Many in the Faith Community praised the decision as a victory for religious liberty, but others were sharply critical. Kim lawton reports. Reporter activists from both sides were out in full force monday as the Supreme Court handed down its decision