Co Hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King discuss the latest installment of the Bridge Builder Lecture Series, Inciting Hatred, Dehumanization and Genocide given by Dr. Alexander Tsesis, Professor of Law at Loyola University, Chicago. Audio clips from the speech are revisited. Other topics include recent religious media and pop culture.
Dr Jill Carroll and co-host Kym King discuss current religious topics in the news and Boniuk Center events such as the Bridge Builder Lecture with Dr. Tsesis and the Amazing Faiths Youth Dinner Dialogue.
Co hosts Kym King and Jill Carroll talk with special guest Sarah Dreier from the Center for American Progress on the topic of faith in America, particularly diversity within our government. Sarah Dreier is the Assistant to the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative and serves as an assistant to senior research fellows. Also PC recognizes the efforts of Houston civil rights leader Quentin R. Mease for Black History Month.
February 13, 2009: Peaceful Coexistence: Current Religious Topics in the News
Co hosts Kym King and Jill Carroll discuss current religious topics in the news.
January 30, 2009: Peaceful Coexistence: Special Guest Emilee Whitehurst of Rothko Chapel Houston
Co-Hosts Kym King and Jill Carroll talk with Emilee Whitehurst, executive director of Rothko Chapel and discuss the history, mission, and programs of this Houston treasure.
January 16, 2009: Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute
This show continues the program’s Paths of Faith series. Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King discuss the life and legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
January 2, 2009:Paths of Faith - Jainism
This show continues the program’s Paths of Faith series. Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King talk with Andrea Jain and Sulekh Jain about Jainism. Originally aired on January 17 2007.
December 19, 2008: Current Religious Topics in the News
Co Hosts Kym King and Dr. Jill Carroll discuss current religious topics in the news.
December 5, 2008: Religion and Violence in India
Boniuk Center Executive Director Jill Carroll discusses religion and violence in India in light of the recent attacks in Mumbai.
November 21, 2008: Holiday Show
Holiday show with special guest Moussa Khedimellah, Fulbright Scholar from Paris, France.
November 5, 2008: KPFT Fall Pledge Drive
Peaceful Coexistence Fall Pledge Drive for KPFT.
October 29, 2008:Religion in the News
Kym King, Dr. Jill Carroll and Calvin Preece talk about religion in the news during the month of October; politics and religion and raise funds for the support of KPFT FM during the Fall Pledge Drive on this October 24, 2008 program.
Sept 9, 2008: Religious Descrimination in the Workplace
Co-Hosts Kym King and Boniuk Center Executive Director Jill Carroll discuss religious discrimination in the workplace.
August 15, 2008: The International Summer School for Religion in Public Life
Kym King discusses her experiences at the International Summer School for Religion in Public Life in Birmingham, U.K., with co-host Jill Carroll, executive director of the Boniuk Center.
July 4 2008: Celebrating We Are All Americans
Dr. Jill Carroll, Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance, looks at the latest information from the Pew Research Study on Religion in American Life and celebrates the Independence Day Holiday by looking at religious tolerance and religious freedom as fundamental to who we are as Americans.
June 18 2008: Paths of Faith Islam
Dr. Jill Carroll, Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University, provides an in depth discussion of the historical roots of Islam, along with information on its founder, and the basic tenets of the faith.
June 8, 2008: Muslim-American Relations
Co-hosts Kym King and Dr. Jill Carroll examine some recent studies about the level of understanding in the Muslim world and Americans. Misunderstandings between the communities have grown since the events of 9-11 according to two prominent studies by Pew and by Gallup.
June 6 2008: Paths of Faith Kabbalah
Another in our Paths of Faith series. Dr. Jill Carroll, excutive director of The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, examines Kabbalah--Jewish mysticism.
February 1 2008: Immigration Through the Lens of Tolerance
Co-hosts Kym King and Jill Carroll look at the issue of immigration in America through the lens of tolerance in this program. Guest Heba Khan, a Boniuk Center Public Scholar Fellow, joins them to look at how immigration has affected the issues of peaceful coexistence.
January 4 2008: Tolerant Houston and Religion & Politics
Another in our Paths of Faith series. Dr. Jill Carroll, excutive director of The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, examines Kabbalah--Jewish mysticism.
November 11 2007:Paths of Faith: Secular Humanism
Part of the Paths of Faith series: Dr. Jill Carroll, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance, examines the ideas and concepts of Secular Humanism.
October 12 2007: Northern Ireland Peacemakers
Reverend Harold Good and Father Alex Reid, two clergymen who were instrumental in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, join co-hosts Kym King and Dr. Jill Carroll to discuss the process that leads to peace in Northern Ireland and lessons learned there that might be applicable to other areas of the world.
September 26 2007: Bridge Buillder Inaugural Lecture: Carlton Pearson
Bishop Carlton Pearson, New Dimensions Ministries, Tulsa, Oklahoma, delivers a message about “The God of Inclusion” to the regular Wednesday Nite Live service at Unity Church of Christianity under the sponsorship of The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.
August 31 2007: Paths of Faith: Wicca
Dr. Jill Carroll, Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, discusses the Wiccan religious faith in this program. As in other Paths of Faith programs, the essential elements of the faith are presented to promote an understanding of the religious expression.
June 22 2007: Reverend Rudy Rasmus
Host Kym King talks with Reverend Rudy Rasmus, pastor at St Johns Downtown United Methodist Church in Houston.
April 27 2007: Esalen
Peaceful Coexistence Host Jill Carroll discusses “Esalen: America and the religion of no religion,” with author Jeffrey Kripal, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University.
March 3 2007: Paths of Faith: Buddhism
Co-host Dr. Jill Carroll, Adjunct Professor, Religious Studies and the Associate Director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, presents another in the Paths of Faith series. The focus of this program is Buddhism.
February 16 2007: Religion in Black America
Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King are joined by Stephen C. Finley, a graduate student in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University, to discuss the many ways that African Americans engage with religion.
January 17, 2007:Paths of Faith - Jainism
This show continues the program’s Paths of Faith series. Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King talk with Andrea Jain and Sulekh Jain about Jainism.
September 15 2006: Paths of Faith Hinduism
Hosts Kym King and Jill Carroll begin a series of presentations that look at the diversity of religious experiences in Houston. The series begins with a discussion of the faith path of Hindu believers.
July 21 2006: Rev. William A. Lawson
Host Kym King speaks with Rev. William Lawson, president of the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity, about his work with excluded groups in Houston and the nation.
July 7 2006: The Nature and Limits of Tolerance
Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King speak with Dr. Carol Quillen, PhD, Director of the Boniuk Center, about the nature and limits of tolerance.
July 7 2006: Evangelism and Tolerance
Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King discuss evangelism.
May 26 2006:Houston Clergy in Israel
Co-hosts Jill Carroll and Kym King discuss a recent interfaith trip to Israel with participants Paul V. Roby, Director, Interfaith Relations at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, Dan Gordon, Congregational Leader, Congregation Torah, Houston, Muhammad Cetin, President, Institute for Interfaith Dialog, and Martin Cominisky, Executive Director, Anti-Defamation League-Southwest Region.
April 28 2006: Inaugural Peaceful Coexistence Program
Co-Hosts Kym King and Dr. B. Jill Carroll, Associate Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice Unversity, discuss the issues of tolerance and intolerance in contemporary society.
ADL Trip to Israel
Kym King and Dr. Jill Carroll discuss the Anti-Defamation League Trip to Israel.