Progressive Spirit

The Kamasutra brings to mind (and to Google searches) erotic and exotic

sexual positions.   OK, it is that.  But it is much more.  It is about the

art of living.   Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service

Professor of the History of Religions at the University of ...

Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University

of Texas.  He returns to Progressive Spirit to discuss his book, Plain

Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully.  He

calls this book a "polemical memoir" in that it is a s...

Sue Monk Kidd has written several novels including The Secret Life of

Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The Invention of Wings.   Before the novels

was the story of Sue Monk Kidd’s own journey, the Dance of the Dissident

Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to th...

When many think of Tarot cards they think of a gypsy in a tent telling some

rube that there is a stranger, tall, dark and handsome in her future. But

Tarot is much more than fortune-telling and hocus pocus. It is a fun way to

discover the “deep self.” Host John Shuck speaks...

This week I speak with someone who models activism, intellect and

spirituality, Matthew Fox. Silenced by the Vatican for his views, he left

the Catholic priesthood in the early 1980s. Matthew Fox is a theologian and

activist who has written over 30 books. He has introduced ...

Kenneth Briggs is a journalist and commentator who worked for many years as

religion writer for Newsday and religion editor for the New York Times. He is

the author of The Invisible Best Seller: Searching for the Bible in

America.   He has traveled the country talking to pe...

Author Douglas Steere wrote: “To ‘listen’ another’s soul into a

condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that

any human being ever performs for another.”   Listening is a lost art that

is much in demand.   Jim Petersen, counselor and retired ...

President Barack Obama is concluding his second term and history will get the

last word on his presidency.  From his critics Obama is everything from a

Muslim, a dictator, a socialist, and simply “the worst.”  Today’s

guest wants to get in some words of defense for Presiden...

Lisa Sharon Harper is the Chief Church Engagement Officer with Sojourners.

Lisa has been leading trainings and helping mobilize clergy and community

leaders around shared values for the common good, with a focus on racial

justice. Prior to joining Sojourners, Lisa was the f...

David Galston is a university chaplain, adjunct professor of philosophy at

Brock University in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Academic Director at Westar

Institute, and speaker at the Quest Learning Centre.

David was on Progressive Spirit about three years ago. We discussed his ...