Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly Press Items
07/15/2011
Jim Wallis is interviewed by Bob Abernethy on PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.
07/01/2011
Host Bob Abernethy reports on the moral arguments surrounding the debate over the national budget, including the work done by Sojourners during the Hunger Fast.
06/03/2011
Kim Lawton of PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly speaks with Cherie Harder, President of Trinity Forum, regarding the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference held in Washington, D.C. this past weekend.
03/28/2011
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly reports on the kickoff of Hunger Fast.
03/28/2011
As Congress continues to debate deep cuts to the federal budget, a coalition of 38 faith-based and anti-hunger advocacy groups launched a new prayer and fasting campaign to protect funding for programs that help poor and vulnerable people in the US and around the world.
03/04/2011
PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly examines the perspectives that faith communities are bringing to the debate on budget spending, including the Sojourners' question, "What Would Jesus Cut?"
03/04/2011
Kim Lawton and Kevin Eckstrom discuss the dialogue on the federal budget going on in the faith community.
03/02/2011
PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly covers the "What Would Jesus Cut?" campaign.
03/02/2011
An interview with Rev. Jim Wallis regarding Sojourners "What Would Jesus Cut?" campaign.
12/15/2010
On December 14, a group of religious leaders held a prayer summit and “Jericho March” on Capitol Hill to urge senators to vote in favor of a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country by their parents and who go on to post-secondary education or military service. Watch excerpts from remarks by Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and interviews with Rev. Minerva Carcano, bishop of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church; Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners; and Rev. Russell Meyer, a Lutheran pastor in Tampa and executive director of the Florida Council of Churches.