Rev. Richard Cizik and Eco-Evangelism
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Date: 15 April 2009
Prayer For a Fragile Planet
Rev. Richard Cizik was once the leading lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals. Most of the time, he stuck to the group’s traditional agenda of abortion, gay marriage and family values. But after attending a London conference on global warming, he had what he calls an environmental "conversion." Cizik now believes his green activism was one of the reasons he was forced to resign from the NAE this December, after 28 years on the job. He joins us this Earth Day to explain what he calls "creation care": a bible-based, Christian understanding of concern for the planet.
Rev. Richard Cizik, Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation
'God Is Back,' By Popular Demand
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America is the most religious nation in the developed world, thanks in part to our thriving religious marketplace. Now, according to two editors at The Economist, we’ve exported our consumer-driven brand of belief all around the globe. From megachurches with Burger Kings in Guatemala to corporate-sponsored monasteries in India, they say the world is experiencing a massive revival of faith.
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of God is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith is Changing the World
This Week's Interfaith Calendar
April 17 - First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)
The twelve-day period of Ridvan commemorates the prophet Baha’u’llah's declaration in 1863 that he was the messenger of God.
April 18 - Birthday of Gurus Angad Dev and Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
The second and ninth gurus of the Sikh faith share a common birthday today. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth of the ten human gurus, is credited for establishing the city of Anandpur as the geographical heart of Sikhism.
April 19 - Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
On Pascha, also known as Easter, Orthodox Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The word Pascha is a derivation of pesach, the Hebrew term for Passover.
April 21 - Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. The date is chosen as the closest date (in the Jewish calendar) to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
