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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Monday, January 15, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
From Theist to Atheist
Sociologist Douglas E. Cowan talks about New Religious Movements, the cult wars of the 1970s and the influence of the internet on religion. He also traces his own personal journey from mainstream Protestant believer through agnosticism to atheism. Regardless of what you believe, he says, “atheism matters."
Links:
Doug Cowan’s Amazon page
New Religious Movements (Hartford Institute for Religion Research)
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Entrepreneurship, Social Activism, and Spiritual Practice
Paul Zelizer sees his mission as nurturing a community of socially conscious and spiritually aware entrepreneurs. His mission is embodied in the Awarepreneurs, a global community he founded in which business-minded people explore how their ventures might better contribute to a just and sustainable world. Awarepreneur members focus on integrating social activism into their business practices, while cultivating their personal sense of spiritual awareness. At one time, the community had more than 2,700 Facebook members.
In this podcast, Zelizer traces the path that led him to form this community: from his childhood in a progressive Jewish household, through his early career as a social worker in New Mexico, through his role as Director of Social Media for Wisdom 2.0, one of the premier mindfulness brands in the world. In 2013, he left Wisdom 2.0 because he saw the need to gather a tribe that’s more focused on social enterprise and social justice. He agreed, he said, with the feedback he kept hearing, “Most of the conscious business brands out there are too much about privilege and feel too corporate for me.”
Links:
Paul Zelizer’s business site
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Building Bridges in Difficult Times
Conflict resolution specialist David Campt talks about the art of peace building, using dialogue to create common ground, and how whites can be effective allies for people of color in the fight against racism.
Campt is an authority on inclusion and equity, stakeholder engagement, and conflict resolution and dialogue. The author of Read the Room for Real and co-author (with Lisa Schirch) of The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects, he’s served as Senior Policy Adviser to President Clinton’s Initiative on Race, organized forums for members of Congress, and provided facilitation expertise for Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and national and international non-profit organizations.
In addition to providing practical suggestions for aspiring and experienced peace builders, Campt here reveals his personal strategies for self-care and what led him to pursue a career in conflict resolution.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Adventures of a Jewish Yogi
When the Judaism of her youth failed to satisfy her spiritual yearning, Dani Antman embarked on a journey that included yoga, energy healing, and an eventual discovery of the mysticism of the Jewish Kabbalah. In this podcast, Antman discusses her teachers’ cultural differences, sexuality and spirituality, and what personal tragedy has taught her. This podcast amplifies the message of Antman’s recently published memoir, Wired for God, which was Finalist in the “Autobiography/Memoir” category of the 2017 Best Book Awards.
Links:
Dani Antman’s main site
Wired for God book site
Diversity and Spirituality Network
DSN Podcast Page
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Wednesday, November 08, 2017
A Universalist Unitarian Minister Talks About White Privilege and the Church's Recent Racial Controversy
The summer of 2017 was a turbulent time in the Universalist Unitarian world. A racially oriented hiring controversy – when a white man was hired over a Latina woman for a church leadership post – caused many church members to question whether the church was living up to its espoused progressive values.
One of these church members was Reverend Kimberly “Kim" Wildszewski, the pastor of a UU church in Titusville New Jersey. Her church in a small way lived out a microcosm of what the national church was going through, causing Wildszewski to engage with her parishioners about the nature of white privilege, and why it’s important for whites in particular to engage in conversations about race that are sometimes uncomfortable.
Wildszewski, who literally grew up during the formation of the modern UU church, shares her reflections on the church’s controversy, why she’s proud about how the church engaged with the issue, and her insights on being a member of both a privileged and a non-privileged group. She also shares the difference between how she’s received in the UU world and how she as a young lesbian is sometimes received in interfaith circles. Her identity is not an issue in UU clerical circles, she explained, while other clerics are less accepting.
Links:
About the UU Church’s 2017 Diversity Controversy
Wikipedia entry on Universal Unitarianism
Ruby Sales on "Where Does It Hurt” (alluded to in the podcast)
Rev. Kim’s sermon page and blog
Diversity and Spirituality Network iTunes podcast page
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
Social Activism and Spiritual Practice
Three years after the murder of her husband and birth of her daughter, former Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins found herself unjustly imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement. it was here that she taught herself meditation and embarked on a path that 37 years later has made her a leading exemplar of the integration of spirituality and social activism.
Here, Huggins shared what she learned about herself while in solitary confinement, the legacy of the Black Panther Party, and the importance of spiritual practice for social justice work. She talks about restorative justice, how it succeeds where while punitive measures fail, and how this work can be used in schools and prisons to stop what she calls the cradle-to-prison pipeline endemic to poor communities.
For Huggins, the “most healing thing in the world is love.” And she attempts to put that into practice in her work for social justice. What helps her in her work is her daily spiritual practice, the details of which she shares in this podcast.
Links:
Ericka Huggins website
Centre for Restorative Justice
Wikipedia Article on Restorative Justice
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Monday, October 16, 2017
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Contemporary Spidermen! (at Lawrence, New Jersey)
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Spidermen! (at Lawrence, New Jersey)
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Thursday, October 05, 2017
Japan: the Teacher
Author Steven Earle talks about his studies with Japanese spiritual teachers; the relationship between sound, language and reality; and the untold story of how a former spy turned businessman introduced yoga to Japan.
Earle talks about what led him in his early 20s to move to Japan, his lifelong study of the martial art of aikido, and his mentorship with Odano Sanae, who deeply influenced his understanding of the relationship between sound, language and reality. Odano’s work is the subject of Earle’s first book, Words Characters and Transparency.
Earle shares what led him to devote fifteen years to learning about the life and work of Nakamuru Tempu, a former spy turned businessman, whose spiritual realization led him to create a unique approach to yoga practice and philosophy which influenced a post-war generation of Japanese government officials, business leaders, and artists. Earle’ tells the story of Tempu’s life and philosophy in his recently published book, Heaven’s Wind: The Life and Teachings of Nakamuru Tempu.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
"World Peace, Through Inner Peace"
Social entrepreneur, spiritual guide and author Virginia Swain explains how personal tragedy shaped her spiritual focus, her work at the United Nations, and her vision for the transformation of America in a post 9/11 world. She also speaks about her most recent community project, America’s Soul Cafe, and provides advice to anyone seeking to integrate their quest for inner peace with peace in the world.
Virginia is the author of the recently published book, My Soul’s Journey to Redefine Leadership: A New Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of 9/11.
This interview was recorded during the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse.
Links:
The Institute for Global Leadership
Center for Global Community and World Law
My Soul’s Journey to Redefine Leadership: A New Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of 9/11 (Virginia’s Latest Book)
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Spiritualities: East and West
Cross-cultural communication scholar William Kelly talks about what his extensive travels in Africa, the Philippines and Japan taught him about himself. He also talks about how Asian spirituality is fundamentally different from how most Westerners perceive it, the contrast between Asian spirituality and Western materialism; and how the current worldwide nationalistic trend may be a precursor towards a more spiritually oriented era in which global inter-connectivity is prized.
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Bill Kelly’s UCLA Faculty page
Notes for a New Age (includes Kelly’s article on the Meaning of the New Age)
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