Monica Anyango grew up Catholic in Uganda, but drifted from her faith.
When she found herself a single mom in the United States, her desire to create some kind of structure in her life led her to revisit the disciplines and teachings of the Catholic Church she’d walked away from.
The role of Mary was especially important in helping Monica establish a new ... Show More
Mar 17
Ken Reiman - Former Atheist
Ken Reiman was raised without any formal religious background, although he was exposed to many traditions, especially Buddhism through spending summers with his grandmother in Japan. He gradually moved from atheism to agnosticism to deism, unsure of what religious tradition was t ... Show More
57m 9s
Mar 10
Wade and Neena Gaynor - Former Methodists
Both Wade and Neena grew up strongly Christian, and at the same time that they were beginning their life together, Wade got a contract playing minor league baseball for the Detroit Tigers. Even in the midst of an intense travel schedule, they still made time to attend local Metho ... Show More
56m 39s
Jan 2025
Theresa Keeley, "Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America" (Cornell UP, 2020)
In Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America (Cornell UP, 2020), Theresa Keeley analyzes the role of intra-Catholic conflict within the framework of U.S. foreign policy formulation and execution during the Reagan administ ... Show More
44m 24s
May 2022
Young Catholics Respond - Alicia Hartle & Msgr. Joseph Malagreca
Bill Snyder talks with Alicia Hartle, Executive Director of Pentecost Today USA, and Msgr. Joseph Malagreca, Coordinator of the CHARIS National Service of Communion for the USA about how Charis is helping to breathe new life into the Catholic Charismatic...
Oct 2024
Is Buddhism the Path to Peace? with Sita Slavov
Sita Slavov is a professor at George Mason University. She grew up in a Hindu family in Houston, Texas. Over time, she explored different faiths, including Zen Buddhism, and eventually embraced Christianity. She has a PhD in economics from Stanford University and now lives in Vir ... Show More
27m 3s
Mar 2018
Tatyana V. Bakhmetyeva, “Mother of the Church” (Northern Illinois UP, 2016)
In Mother of the Church: Sofia Svechina, the Salon, and the Politics of Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Russia and France (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016), Tatyana V. Bakhmetyeva explores an influential figure in the history of Russian Catholicism. A Russian noblewoma ... Show More
52m 52s