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12 Years a Slave, Lawyers for Justice, Conservative Judaism
Season 17
Episode 7
We preview the new movie "12 Years a Slave" which opens nationwide this weekend and depicts the complex relationships between slaves, slaveowners, and religion; talk with a New York lawyer who wants to make legal services available to all in Southeast Asia; and look at the challenges facing Conservative Judaism as the movement celebrates its centennial.
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In our annual special, we review the top religion and ethics news of the past year.
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Christmas Peace, Fifty Years after Gideon, Christmas at St. Olaf
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Mormon Missionary Expansion, El Salvador Abortion Ban, Sufi Whirling Dervishes
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Nelson Mandela, Pundits and the Pope, Christmas Gift Giving
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Methodist Gay Marriage, Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Gettysburg Address Anniversary
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Celebrating Hanukkah and Thanksgiving on the same day; Removing the homeless from downtown
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Catholic Bishops, Catholic President; Gun Violence; Long Forgotten Mentally Ill
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Legislative Prayer, American Dream, Kristallnacht 75th Anniversary, Coventry Cathedral
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Pope Francis and Catholic Expectations; Predicting Violence; Reza Aslan's Zealot
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The debate over what it means to be a Catholic school; Poet Christian Wiman
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Catholic writer James Lee Burke; Ethics of solitary confinement; Children's Hajj
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The Francis Factor; Supreme Court and Prayers at Government Meetings; Pakistan Polio