Risking the Questions

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Risking the Questions

Risking the Questions invites you into conversations most of us have only in our minds. Sr. Joan Chittister — whose courageous spiritual insights come from 70 years as a Benedictine sister — and her friend and biographer, former National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts, discuss deep and universal topics. Listen as they explore questions like the nature of God, our purpose in life, how to respond to changing times, and more. See what questions and answers arise in you. This podcast, a joint project of Benetvision and NCR, is made possible in part by Bill and Jeanne Buchanan.

Episodes

  1. OCT 17

    Episode 2 - Institutional Change

    In episode two, Chittister and Roberts explore the impact of the Second Vatican Council on religious orders, focusing particularly on the council's direction to religious orders "to go back to their founder, decide what you were founded for, what you were doing now and what was needed now." The result was a deep examination of purpose, of history and how the wisdom and practice of centuries applied to contemporary life. The changes that began in the mid-1960s have picked up pace during the Francis papacy. In this episode, Chittister speaks of synodality and says, "I'm so glad I lived for this moment, and I'm watching this with happy tears in my eyes.

    42 min
  2. Episode 1 - Called to Question

    OCT 17

    Episode 1 - Called to Question

    Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister has a well-earned reputation as one who dares to ask big, bold questions — of civil and church authorities, of long-held assumptions about women and their place in the church and the wider world, about religious life, about the church itself. This first episode in her new podcast, "Risking the Questions," fittingly explores her book Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir, a detailed exploration of one of the important arcs of change she experienced in religious life. A joint project of Benetvision and NCR, "Risking the Questions" invites you into conversations that most of us only have in our own minds. Sr. Joan Chittister — whose courageous and surprising spiritual insights come from 70 years as a Benedictine sister — and her friend and biographer, former National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts, discuss deep and universal topics in this series.

    37 min
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Risking the Questions invites you into conversations most of us have only in our minds. Sr. Joan Chittister — whose courageous spiritual insights come from 70 years as a Benedictine sister — and her friend and biographer, former National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts, discuss deep and universal topics. Listen as they explore questions like the nature of God, our purpose in life, how to respond to changing times, and more. See what questions and answers arise in you. This podcast, a joint project of Benetvision and NCR, is made possible in part by Bill and Jeanne Buchanan.

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  • Creator
    Benetvision and NCR
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
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