Religion

A Lost Art: One Man Handwrites The Bible

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:01:11 +0000

Phillip Patterson is a sixty-three year old retiree from Philmont, New York who’s spent the past 7 years working on a handwritten volume of the entire – almost 800,000 word King James Bible. Phillip suffers from AIDS and related illnesses, often making the quest slow-going, though he sometimes logged up to eighteen hours of writing a day. He just recently finished the epic manuscript.

The New, NEW Atheism

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:36:07 +0000

In the wake of 9/11, the faith of many people was shaken to the core… with the help of authors like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, a movement many referred to as “New Atheism” emerged – pointing a finger at religion as a source of global violence and zealotry. Now, more than a decade later, the rhetoric seems to have softened. Our guest today argues that secular humanism is shifting into a new era, paving the way for a brand new conversation about religion and the faithless.

Jews In Toons: A Simpsons Writer On Cartoons and Religion

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:59:33 +0000

Springfield’s evangelical Ned Flanders and Hindu Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu are frequent foils to satirize and explore religious belief systems on The Simpsons -- America’s longest running scripted TV show. Mike Reiss, four-time emmy winning writer for The Simpsons is interested in teasing out another brand of animated spirituality – Judaism. He’s presenting “Jews in Toons” -- discovering Jewish themes across Springfield’s twenty-four year history. His talk takes place at the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival at Concord’s Red River Theatres on April 14^th.

N.H. Entrepreneurs Launch Social Network For The Prayerful

Amanda Loder — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Billions of Christians around the world are in the midst of Holy Week observances in the run-up to Easter. Many of these rituals have been in place for centuries.

But how does an ancient faith adapt to the age of the internet, social networks, and smartphones?

So far, the answer is “slowly.”

But a pair of New Hampshire entrepreneurs hope they can speed up the process.

It’s fitting that the idea for a prayer-based social network came to Jamie Coughlin and his brother Adam while they were parked on a pew at Mass.

New Hampshire Catholics And Their Hopes For A New Pope

Laura Knoy — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Catholic cardinals from around the world are meeting now, as the process of choosing a new leader gets underway at a time of tremendous upheaval for their church. We’ll find out what religious leaders and others in the Granite state are saying about this and what they think it means for the future.

N.H. Parishioners Celebrate Pope Benedict

Alison Kuzmickas — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:36:08 +0000

Thursday marked the end of Pope Benedict's nearly eight year tenure as spiritual leader of the Catholic Church. In New Hampshire, 150 parishioners attended a noontime mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Manchester honoring the Pope.

A Review of Vatican Two

Laura Knoy — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:53:11 +0000

Fifty years ago, more than two thousand bishops, under Pope John Paul the 23rd, set a new course for the Catholic Church, addressing its inner workings but also its role with the world, fostering friendly relations with other religions, for example. But to this day, some feel the Church has yet to fulfill the promise of Vatican Two, while others have downplayed its message - or say that the second Vatican council went too far.

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The Church and State Debate

Laura Knoy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Many use the First Amendment to argue their notion of religious liberty, which is defined as both freedom from government involvement in religion and freedom to practice one’s faith. But disagreements abound over these matters, whether it’s prayer at public meetings, polling places at churches, or substituting the term “holiday” for Christmas. Today, experts on both sides debate church and state.

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Badass Nuns

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:50:33 +0000

Pop culture has a pretty good store of gleeful nuns along with plenty of repressed, vindictive sisters and mothers superior. The stereotypical nun is neither action hero, rockstar or Klan fighter. That’s why we found a recent list of gutsy nuns in Mental Floss so intriguing.

Clay Wirestone is a freelance writer who compiled a list of some of history’s bravest and boldest nuns for the December issue.

Pilgrim's Progress

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:15:09 +0000

A metaphor for making one’s way through the world is the pilgrimage. The pilgrim aspired to following an inner path, guided by the spirit, from a state of wretchedness to blessedness. We’ve been following a literary magazine that draws on all these traditions.

Bishop Peter Libasci of the Diocese of Manchester

Laura Knoy — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000

We sit down with Bishop Peter Libasci, nearly one year after he took over as head of the Diocese of Manchester. We’ll talk with Bishop Libasci about what he hopes to achieve as leader of more than a quarter million New Hampshire Catholics.

What Color was Christ?

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:06:55 +0000

If you grew up in a religious home with a portrait of Jesus on the wall, he was probably portrayed as brown-haired, brown eyed, and Caucasian. But have you ever wondered why a Judaic man born in the Middle East would look like an aquiline-nosed Northern European? Edward J. Blum is a professor of history at San Diego State University, and along with Paul Harvey, is author of “The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America".

Aug. 25: Wesley Wildman-Make it Start! Make it Stop! Technology & the Future of Religious Experience

NHPR Staff — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000

This presentation was given at the Unitarian Universalist church in Peterborough, N.H. on August 19. The presentation will air on NHPR at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
From the Monadnock Summer Lyceum:

Incoming Bishop Sees Vibrant Community, Not Disunity, in Episcopal Diocese

Brady Carlson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:11:52 +0000

This weekend the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire formally begins the process of installing its next bishop.
His name is Robert Hirschfeld, and he comes to New Hampshire after working for about a decade at a church in western Massachusetts. He’ll formally be consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor at a ceremony this weekend in Concord. Once that happens Hirschfeld will be in line to lead the Diocese next January, when Bishop Gene Robinson retires.

July 14: Christie Hager - A New Era of Health Reform: The New England Experience

NHPR Staff — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

This presentation was given at the Unitarian Universalist church in Peterborough, N.H. on July 8. The presentation will air on NHPR at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
From the Monadnock Summer Lyceum: