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2003
The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (May 30, 2003)

Homosexuality and the Divided Church (Aug. 8, 2003)

Marriage in Our Time Part II: Women, Marriage, and Religion (Aug. 1, 2003)

Marriage in Our Time Part I: Marriage, Divorce and Scripture (July 25, 2003)

The Soul in Depression (July 18, 2003)

Science and Being (July 11, 2003)

Religious Liberty in America: The Legacy of Church and State (July 4, 2003)

Sprituality and Sexuality (June 27)

Joe Carter and the Legacy of the African-American Spiritual (May 9)

Stories Behind the Story: Easter and Passover (April 18)

Children of Abraham (April 4)

Religion in a Time of War (March)

Faith and Politics in America (February)

The Soul in Depression (January)

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Reflections on "Religious Liberty in America: The Legacy of Church and State"

National Cathedral
Separating church from state began as an attempt to guarantee religious tolerance in the new world. It has at various times been commandeered by the most chauvinistic movements America has known. In spite of this, religious liberty has survived as an American ideal - one that Americans continue to test. Nowadays, some believe religious voices have grown intrusive in our public life. Others suggest that the principle of separation has been taken to an extreme that diminishes the very liberty it was meant to protect. And we live in a world of increasing religious pluralism -- diversity beyond the imagining of our nation's founders - which suggests fresh nuance to the meaning of religious liberty. This much is clear: our modern conversation has few connections to the social, political, and religious impulses that led to the First Amendment.  Listen

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