Religious Socialism Podcast
DSA Religion and Socialism Commission
The Podcast "Heart of a Heartless World" of the Religion and Socialism Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Episodes
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Aug 9, 2017 • 37min
"I was living under two occupations” —Rev. Khader El-Yateem
A conversation with Reverend Khader El-Yateem, a native Palestinian and Lutheran pastor running for City Council for the 43rd District, which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. El-Yateem discusses growing up in the Greek Orthodox in Palestine, where he came to realize he was under two occupations: the Israeli Occupation, and the Greek occupation of the indigenous Palestinian Christian church. In this far-reaching interview, he talks about how being tortured by the Israeli Defense Forces taught him about faith, love and justice, what it's like to serve as a police liason for the Arab community in a time of Islamophobia and racial profiling, and why he finally decided to run for office after two decades as a pastor and community organizer in Bay Ridge.
Photo cred from El-Yateem 2017.
Jun 22, 2017 • 47min
"I'm a socialist because Jesus tells me to be." —Rev. Ann Kansfield
A conversation with Reverent Ann Kansfield, pastor at Greenpoint Reformed Church and chaplain for the FDNY. Kansfield discusses how 9/11 prompted her to leave her finance job and join seminary, her feelings when her father went on trial for marrying her and her wife and had to step down as a theology professor, and what it's like to be the first woman and lesbian chaplain of the New York Fire Department.
Photo cred from NYT.
Dec 6, 2016 • 30min
Interfaith Worker Justice – A Conversation with Laura Barrett
A Conversation With Laura Barrett of Interfaith Worker Justice
Apr 14, 2016 • 49min
A Conversation with Professor Gary Dorrien
Religion and Socialism Podcast Episode One - A Conversation with Professor Gary Dorrien
