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| BBC World Service Interview - Absolving the Past Part 2 |
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Recently, Imam Khalid Latif, Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at NYU, hosted a two-part program of "Heart and Soul " for the BBC World News Service entitled "Absolving the Past
" in which he interviews different intellectuals, thought leaders, and
clergymen on how different world religions deal with continuity and
change. In part 2 , linked below, Imam Latif interviews Karen Armstrong, Burt Visotzky, and others. Please share with your networks and friends. SynopsisReligion is in a special bind. It must represent the eternal. But how does a world religion grapple with the fact that, throughout its history, important beliefs or practices have become obsolete? In this two-part series, Imam for the Islamic Centre at New York University Khalid Latif, addresses religion as a difficult learning process with believers and leading theological thinkers. Using historic and contemporary examples, the Imam examines how religions revise, update or even apologise. In part two Khalid will look at the Catholic Church. He’ll meet members of the Vatican Observatory, discussing how far the Church has come since the trial of Galileo. He will muse on the history and future of the Church with lay Catholics. With prominent rabbis, Khalid also examines how Judaism adapts to cultural pressure, interpreting the lessons and laws of the Torah....to continue reading please click here |
