Faith and Reason Video Series

The Bill Moyers series on Faith and Reason will be shown on Sundays at 12:30 in the UUFFP Center Meeting Room. The video and discussion program will run an hour and a half. Bill Scott, Congregational leadership Committee Chair will lead the discussion. In this seven part series Moyer explores the mysterious region between rationality and belief with some of the worlds most provocative writers and thinkers.

April 8 - Moyer's interviews Salman Rushdie
The impact of 9/11 and tension between moderate and radical Islam.

April 15 - Mary Gordon and Colin Ginn
The concept of martyrdom and does science have a monopoly on reason?

April 22 - Jeanette Winterson & Will Power
The power of art in building a fulfilling inner life.
The challenges of "flipping" an ancient Greek drama into a highly-charged completely contemporary work.

April 29 - Anne Provost & David Grossman
Using ancient narratives to new insight into human experiences.

May 6 - Richard Rodriguez & Sir John Houghton
Spirituality, mortality, and growing up in a Catholic family.
Can science and religion work together towards improving the human condition?

May 13 - Margaret Atwood & Martin Amis
Can true spirituality survive in the face of oppression and religious fundamentalism?
The conflict between fundamentalism and secular values.

May 20 - Pema Chodron
Buddhist principles.