Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Episode #1249
"Islam & Modernity"- In Egypt, the modern and the traditional live side by side. Correspondent Kate Seely travels to Cairo to explore the challenges facing Muslims in their efforts to preserve traditional Islamic practices in the fast-changing, globalized world of the 21st century.
"Profile: Joel Hunter"- Earlier this year, President Obama established an unprecedented new council of religious and secular leaders to advise him on faith-related social policy. One of the members of that council is Dr. Joel Hunter, an evangelical megachurch pastor in Florida. Hunter is becoming an increasingly influential leader for those he calls "a new kind of conservative." Kim Lawton sits down with Dr. Hunter in Orlando. [26 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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