Pictured above: ancient monastic cells on Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry, Ireland. The island was the  culminating point of an ancient pilgrimage route that ran from Palestine through Europe to Ireland.

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Sunday 13th October 2019

Befriending Radical Disagreement

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.”
― John Henry Newman

In honour of his canonisation on 13th October, our featured music this week is May Christ Support Us All the Day Long by John Henry Newman, set to music by Michael Joncas: Music for October

On Being is a public radio conversation and podcast, a Webby Award-winning website, publisher and public event convener. Hosted by Krista Tippett, it examines what it calls the, "animating questions at the center of human life: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live?" It explores the intersection of spiritual enquiry, morality, science, community and the arts. This week, a riveting interview takes place with Derek Black and Matthew Stevenson.  Black is a former white supremacist who grew up at the epicentre of white American nationalism. After his virulently racist ideology was outed at the New College of Florida, he was ostracised by most of his peers. Stevenson, one of the only Orthodox Jews on campus, invited him to Shabbat dinner. What happened next is a truly extraordinary story. Listen here to the interview.

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