Humanize Me
Summary: Bart Campolo is a secular speaker, writer and community organizer who currently serves as the Humanist Chaplain at the University of Southern California. This podcast is a wide-ranging conversation with Bart and his guests, aimed at getting a handle on how to truly flourish as we all live the only life we have.
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Podcasts:
Humanize Me 117: How to live when you know life is finite
Humanize Me 117: How to live when you know life is finite
Humanize Me 116: Help! My husband is teaching my kids about Hell
A listener writes with a problem: she’s an atheist but her husband is still a strongly committed Christian who is teaching their kids that, if they don’t accept Christianity, they’ll go to Hell. What does she do? Bart gives a response with advice for those in a similar situation: how to communicate, what to communicate about, how to teach respect for religious faith even if one doesn’t hold it. Getting in touch with Bart HERE, or join the conversation on his Facebook page HERE.
Humanize Me 115: A secular humanist and a Christian agree on abolishing the death penalty
Shane Claiborne is an activist, author and Christian thinker who has recently authored a book advocating the abolition of the death penalty called Executing Grace. On this episode of the Humanize Me podcast, Bart chats with Shane about capital punishment as an issue, and what they see similarly and differently as they come at it from opposite sides of the faith divide. Included in their conversation: * Shane’s roots in the bible belt * Why he started to reject old interpretations of the bible * Why the death penalty thrives in the South * Is the death penalty connected to historic racism? * The people of faith and people of reason coming together to oppose capital punishment * What about the victims’ families? * Is it better to acknowledge that sometimes you can’t ‘fix’ tragedies? * On the work that’s happening now against the death penalty * What does Shane believe about the execution of Jesus Christ? * Bart’s curiosity about how Shane reconciles his beliefs * Shane sees meaning in the story of a contemporary execution and Bart responds Buy a copy of Shane’s book HERE. Read a profile of him HERE. Get in touch with Bart with your thoughts on this episode HERE.
Humanize Me 114: Lessons from a street canvasser
Humanize Me 114: Lessons from a street canvasser
Humanize Me 113: I’m not sure I can call you that
Humanize Me 112: Learning from Improv
Humanize Me 111: Thoughts on Orlando
Humanize Me 110: Into The Magic Shop
Humanize Me 109: A minister who doesn’t believe in God, and hasn’t told his wife
Humanize Me 108: Please Forgive Me!
Humanize Me 107: The Good Death
