Speaking of Faith is an hour-long program that explores topics and perspectives of faith through intelligent conversation and evocative sound and music. It reaches beyond the basic tenets of religions to reveal how perspectives of faith can illuminate the important issues we face -- from how we raise our children to how we wage war.Each week, Speaking of Faith focuses on a different theme, asking writers, thinkers, and theologians to discuss how religion shapes everyday life. It offers intelligent, nuanced reflection on the many facets of faith, using a thoughtful and inclusive approach. The program fosters informed religious tolerance by creating a new forum for understanding people of a variety of faiths, appreciating and developing compassion for what motivates them.
Speaking of Faith host and writer Krista Tippett is a journalist and former diplomat with a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University. Tippett says, "The human religious and spiritual impulse is present in all of the most important and intriguing challenges before us. Our goal is to treat religious people and religious ideas with the same curiosity, intelligence, and seriousness with which public radio treats every other fundamental aspect of human life."
