Debating Intervention in Syria, Guantanamo Ethics

We discuss alternatives to a missile strike on Syria with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine "America"; examine the complex ethical and moral questions in the debate over the detention center at Guantanamo Bay; and visit the ancient city of Bodh Gaya in India, where there is an effort to revive a Buddhist university that once thrived there more than 1,400 years ago.

Season 17 Episode 1 Length 25:46 Premiere: 09/06/13

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Martyrdom of the Bab

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Hobby Lobby Ruling

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Vietnam Trafficking

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Buddhist University in India

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Guantanamo Ethics

Clip Length 09:33 Premiere Date 09/05/13

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Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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John Lewis

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Sunni/Shiite Relations in Post-War Iraq

Clip Length 02:44 Premiere Date 04/04/03

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Final Look Back

Length 25:50 Premiere Date 02/24/17

Looking Back

Length 25:51 Premiere Date 02/17/17

Conflict Resolution; Mother Teresa; Imam Omar Suleiman

Length 25:50 Premiere Date 02/10/17

Sanctuary Movement; Anniversary of Protestant Reformation

Length 25:50 Premiere Date 02/03/17

Trump Executive Orders; New Camaldoli Hermitage; "Silence"

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Religion and the New Trump Administration; Terry Waite

Length 26:19 Premiere Date 01/20/17

Millennials and Martin Luther King Jr; Katie Meyler

Length 25:52 Premiere Date 01/13/17

Brexit and London’s Muslim Mayor; Sean Callahan; Shabbat

Length 25:53 Premiere Date 01/06/17

Look Ahead 2017

Length 25:52 Premiere Date 12/30/16

Look Back 2016

Length 25:51 Premiere Date 12/23/16

Mercy Chefs; The Threshold Choir; Hanukkah on the River

Length 25:56 Premiere Date 12/16/16

Restoring the Buffalo; Larry Brilliant; Holy Family Hospital

Length 25:52 Premiere Date 12/09/16

Refugee Resettlement; Christmas Music; Packing Meals

Length 27:27 Premiere Date 12/02/16

America’s Incarcerated; Haiti Disaster Relief; F.A.R.M. Café

Length 25:53 Premiere Date 11/18/16

Post-Election Analysis; Three Rivers Spirituality

Length 25:52 Premiere Date 11/11/16

Conflicted Voters; Muslim American Voters; Spirituals

Length 25:52 Premiere Date 11/03/16

Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; Peace in the Qur’an

Length 26:40 Premiere Date 10/27/16

Election 2016: Catholic Voters; Entrepreneur Chid Liberty

Length 25:53 Premiere Date 10/20/16

Religion and the Campaign; Human Trafficking; Old Skool Café

Length 25:46 Premiere Date 10/13/16

Education in Liberia; Holocaust Denial; Blessing of Animals

Length 25:51 Premiere Date 10/06/16

Race and Justice; Catholic Deacons; VTS New Organ

Length 25:51 Premiere Date 07/14/16

The Aga Khan; The Singing Monks of Norcia

Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/30/15

Nepal Earthquake Relief; Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School

Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/22/15

Ethics and Ebola; Transgenders and Theology; Food Truck Past

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Hobby Lobby; Donor's Gift of Life; Martyrdom of the Bab

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Contraception Mandate Case; Behavioral Ethics; Wild Goose

Length 25:37 Premiere Date 06/26/14

Predicting Violence; NYC Houses of Worship

Length 25:51 Premiere Date 03/07/14

Bangladesh Worker Justice, Muslim Community Building

Length 25:38 Premiere Date 07/05/13

December 3, 2010

Length 25:37 Premiere Date 12/03/10

November 26, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 11/26/10

November 19, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 11/19/10

November 12, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 11/12/10

October 8, 2010

Length 26:11 Premiere Date 10/08/10

October 1, 2010

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September 24, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 09/24/10

September 17, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 09/17/10

September 10, 2010

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 09/10/10

September 3, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 09/03/10

August 27, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 08/27/10

August 20, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 08/20/10

August 13, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 08/16/10

August 6, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 08/06/10

July 30, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 07/30/10

July 23, 2010

Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/23/10

July 16, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 07/16/10

July 9, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 07/09/10

July 2, 2010

Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/02/10

Desmond Tutu Extended Interview

Length 11:36 Premiere Date 07/02/10

June 25, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 06/25/10

Informed Consent and Medical Research

Length 07:22 Premiere Date 06/25/10

Norman Fischer

Length 09:28 Premiere Date 06/25/10

Norman Fischer Extended Interview

Length 16:01 Premiere Date 06/25/10

Peacemaking and Aid to Terrorists

Length 05:55 Premiere Date 06/25/10

June 18, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 06/18/10

Jailhouse Chaplain

Length 08:39 Premiere Date 06/18/10

Adoption Ethics

Length 09:13 Premiere Date 06/18/10

June 11, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 06/11/10

Catholic Charities and Gulf Oil Disaster

Length 04:16 Premiere Date 06/10/10

Gary and Jesse

Length 05:35 Premiere Date 06/08/10

June 4, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 06/07/10

Cairo Speech Anniversary

Length 06:50 Premiere Date 06/06/10

Thomas Farr: Religious Freedom

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 06/03/10

Rashad Hussain Extended Interview

Length 06:10 Premiere Date 06/03/10

Farah Pandith: "Everything's Changed"

Length 05:39 Premiere Date 05/31/10

May 28, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 05/28/10

Religious Hiring Rights

Length 09:19 Premiere Date 05/27/10

Ed Tick Interview

Length 15:17 Premiere Date 05/27/10

May 21, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 05/21/10

Gossip

Length 07:31 Premiere Date 05/20/10

Juvenile Sentencing Decision

Length 02:37 Premiere Date 05/20/10

May 14, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 05/14/10

Spiritual Direction

Length 05:47 Premiere Date 05/13/10

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Trial

Length 08:45 Premiere Date 05/13/10

May 7, 2010

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 05/07/10

Praying for an End to Nuclear Weapons

Length 06:23 Premiere Date 05/06/10

The Priest and the People

Length 09:20 Premiere Date 05/06/10

Abraham Foxman

Length 06:09 Premiere Date 05/03/10

April 30, 2010

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 05/03/10

Texas Textbook Controversy

Length 08:16 Premiere Date 04/30/10

April 23, 2010

Length 25:33 Premiere Date 04/28/10

Laity and the Catholic Sex Scandal

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Haiti: A Personal Journey

Length 08:38 Premiere Date 04/22/10

Muslim Home Schooling

Length 07:59 Premiere Date 04/21/10

Arguing CLS v. Martinez

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April 16, 2010

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My Jesus Year

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Evangelicals and Nuclear Weapons

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Eradicating a Global Scourge

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Ginghamsburg Church and Darfur

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 04/14/10

Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandals

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 03/28/10

Catholic Sex Scandals in Europe; Marilynne Robinson

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End of Life Decisions

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 03/15/10

Humanitarian Challenges in Chile and Haiti

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 03/08/10

Egypt's Coptic Tensions

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 03/01/10

Making Foreign Aid Work

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 02/22/10

February 17, 2010

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 02/17/10

Haiti Relief Workers

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 02/17/10

Haiti Aftermath

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 01/25/10

Haiti Earthquake

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 01/19/10

Muslims and Security

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 01/11/10

Look Ahead 2010

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 01/03/10

Look Back 2009

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 01/03/10

Matisyahu; Blue Christmas

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 12/14/09

Morality and the Afghanistan War

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 12/07/09

U.S. Hunger on the Rise

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 11/30/09

Flannery O'Connor; HIV/AIDS in DC

Length 25:32 Premiere Date 11/23/09

Muslims in the Military

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 11/16/09

The Church and the Fall of the Wall

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 11/06/09

October 30, 2009

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 10/30/09

New Vatican Policy on Anglicans

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 10/23/09

Abortion and Health Care Reform

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 10/16/09

End of Life Decisions; Father Damien

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 10/09/09

Mojave Cross; Afghanistan War

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 10/02/09

Harvey Cox; Yizkor Requiem

Length 25:30 Premiere Date 09/25/09

Second Life; Marilynne Robinson

Length 25:30 Premiere Date 09/18/09

Islam in Indonesia; Laser Monks

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 09/11/09

Personal Genetic Testing

Length 25:31 Premiere Date 09/04/09

Spafford Children's Center; Dr. T

Length 26:47 Premiere Date 08/14/09

Islam and Modernity; Joel Hunter

Length 26:48 Premiere Date 08/07/09

Interracial Churches; Interfaith Weddings

Length 26:47 Premiere Date 07/31/09

Episcopal Convention Report

Length 26:47 Premiere Date 07/17/09

Faith Communities and Disability

Length 20:56 Premiere Date 07/03/09

Churches in Financial Distress

Length 24:07 Premiere Date 06/19/09

American Jews & Israel; Riverside Church

Length 24:45 Premiere Date 06/12/09

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Probation for Profit; The Rebbe's Legacy; Comfort Dogs

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Religious Response to Ferguson; China Orphan Care

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Atrocities in Myanmar; James Lee Burke; Janmashtami

S17 E50 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 08/14/14

Drugs of Last Resort; The Amanda Lindhout Story

S17 E48 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 07/31/14

Migrant Crisis; Latino Converts to Islam; Carrie Newcomer

S17 E47 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/24/14

Undocumented Child Migrants; India Mental Health Care

S17 E46 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Wounded Priest; Saving Infants in Vietnam; Shinnyo Lanterns

S17 E45 Length 25:39 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Vietnam Trafficking Activist; Endangered Churches

S17 E43 Length 25:39 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Religious Outreach to Veterans; Dhammakaya; Upanayanam

S17 E41 Length 25:38 Premiere Date 06/12/14

Bloodless Surgery; Poet Christian Wiman; Shavuot

S17 E40 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 06/05/14

Pope Trip Report; Pakistan Polio Campaign; Mormon Missions

S17 E39 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/29/14

Pope Francis Middle East Trip; Religious Freedom

S17 E38 Length 25:45 Premiere Date 05/22/14

Rwanda Genocide; Young Gay Men and HIV; Meaning of Yoga

S17 E37 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/15/14

Death Penalty; Women, Religion, Violence; Jordan River

S17 E36 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 05/08/14

Prospects for Pastors; The December Project

S17 E35 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 05/01/14

Papal Canonizations; India's Domestics; Jerusalem Movie

S17 E34 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 04/24/14

Atrocities in Myanmar; Jesus and Resurrection

S17 E33 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/17/14

Micro Preemie Ethics; The Sarajevo Haggadah

S17 E32 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 04/17/14

Biblical Epics; The New Calvinism

S17 E31 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 04/03/14

Pope; Bivocational Pastors; Blind Boys Alabama; Franciscans

S17 E30 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 03/27/14

Contraception Mandate; Story of the Jews; Women's Purim

S17 E29 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 03/20/14

Gun Violence; Dorothy Day; Sikh Children Turbans

S17 E28 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 03/13/14

Philomena; Solitary Confinement; Ash Wednesday

S17 E26 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 02/28/14

Detroit Bankruptcy and Worker Pensions; Secular Ethics

S17 E25 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/21/14

The Ethics of Whistle-Blowing; Jordan, The Other Holy Land

S17 E24 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 02/14/14

UN Report on Vatican Abuse, Coping with Loss, India's Cows

S17 E23 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/07/14

Nuns Versus Pipeline, Living Wage Factory

S17 E22 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/31/14

Jordan's Syrian Refugees, Inoculation Ethics

S17 E21 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/24/14

Camden Priest, Social Entrepreneurship in the Philippines

S17 E20 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 01/17/14

Typhoon Faith, Tu B'Shevat, Jews and Humor

S17 E19 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 01/10/14

Look Ahead 2014

S17 E18 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/03/14

Look Back 2013

S17 E17 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 12/27/13

Christmas Peace, Fifty Years after Gideon

S17 E16 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 12/20/13

Mormon Missionary Expansion, El Salvador Abortion Ban

S17 E15 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 12/13/13

Nelson Mandela, Pundits and the Pope, Christmas Gift Giving

S17 E14 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 12/06/13

Methodist Gay Marriage, Civil Rights 50th Anniversary

S17 E13 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 11/29/13

Thanksgivukkah, Relocating the Homeless, Comfort Dogs

S17 E12 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/22/13

Catholic Bishops, Catholic President; Gun Violence

S17 E11 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Legislative Prayer, American Dream, Kristallnacht

S17 E10 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 11/08/13

Pope Francis, Predicting Violence, Reza Aslan's Zealot

S17 E9 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/01/13

Catholic College Identity, Poet Christian Wiman

S17 E8 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/25/13

12 Years a Slave, Lawyers for Justice, Conservative Judaism

S17 E7 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/17/13

James Lee Burke, Solitary Confinement, Children's Hajj

S17 E6 Length 25:45 Premiere Date 10/11/13

The Francis Factor, Supreme Court and Prayer, Pakistan Polio

S17 E5 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 10/04/13

Pakistan's Christians, Implementing Obamacare

S17 E4 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 09/26/13

Methodist Gay Marriage, Chagall's Jewish Jesus

S17 E3 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 09/20/13

Syria Conflict, Birmingham Bombing Anniversary, Kever Avot

S17 E2 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 09/13/13