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Religion and Faith

The history of "A Christmas Carol"

It remains one of the foremost holiday tales, and has since been adapted for stage and screen hundreds of times. It's Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." A couple of years ago, former Minnesota Public Radio news host, John Rabe, produced a program tracing the history of "A Christmas Carol."

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A new gift of old music

Many churches around Minnesota boast fine pipe organs. Most of them also have a piano they can wheel out for certain occasions. But rarely can a church add its own harpsichord to Sunday services. Now a Lutheran Church in St. Cloud has unveiled a harpsichord it will use for worship services.

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Taking matters into their own hands

In rural parts of the state, many churches are having a hard time finding and paying priests or pastors. But for one denomination, the solution is simple, and ancient: Do it yourself.

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Christian deer hunters take Scripture to the stand

We're one of the more religious states: Sixty-two percent of Minnesotans claim to be members of an established faith. It's well known that Minnesotans also love their deer-hunting. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone put these two things together.

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First Person: Speaking of Faith presents "Children and God"

Maria Montessori observed that children have an intuition for religious life at an early age, matched only by their capacity to acquire language. First Person explores the spiritual intelligence of children and their ability to process the difficult realities of life, in this program, "Children and God".

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Chanukah Lights

The 2002 edition of "Chanukah Lights" by National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz. It features music and stories about the meaning and significance of the Jewish holiday.

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Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food, & Gratitude

As Thanksgiving brings families together to share common blessings, we'll hear music and thoughtful messages to reflect on the meaning of the holiday. Includes readings from John Updike, Anne Lamott, Donald Hall, and Charles Laughton.

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Religion and politics

This fall, the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute explored the role of religion and government; the first in a series of forums exploring ways that Americans can maintain a sense of common identity while at the same time accommodating American's increasing diversity.

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Science and Being

MPR's First Person explores the fascinating, expanding conversation between science and religion. How do science and religion inform our understanding of what it means to be human? What does this mean for a cancer researcher who is also a Talmud scholar, a computer scientist who is also a theologian, and an Anglican priest who is also a geneticist?

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First Person: Speaking of Faith

A "First Person: Speaking of Faith" special broadcast featuring highlights from previous programs.

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