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Selected Audio from previous Heart of the Matter Lectures
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As Strong as the Mountains: The Kurdish
Cultural Journey
Robert Brenneman at Midway Borders 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2007
Bob Brenneman - Lecture and Discussion - 15mar2007 (mp3, 29.1MB)
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Dr. Robert Brenneman, author of As Strong as the Mountains: The Kurdish
Cultural Journey, will discuss traditional Kurdish mountain culture and how it is
rapidly changing due to rapid urbanization. Topics will include changes
in family and kinship ties, core values, oral culture to literacy,
religion, and the growing awareness of the importance of the Kurds as
key players in the ongoing struggles of the Middle East.
Robert L. Brenneman holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and teaches in the
department of intercultual studies and languages at North Central
University in Minneapolis. Brenneman taught English in various
locations in Turkey throughout the 1980s, including two years in a
city caught up in the conflict between Kurdish rebels and the
government troops.
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The Hiddenness of God
Gannon Murphy at
Midway Borders 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15, 2007
Lecture - Gannon Murphy - 15feb2007 (mp3, 22.9MB)
Discussion - Gannon Murphy - 15feb2007 (mp3, 7.8MB)
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Why doesn't God make His presence more obvious to us? Where is
God in our sufferings? Dr. Murphy explores insights from
Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard,
French philosopher Blaise Pascal, Biblical writers, and others.
Gannon Murphy holds a PhD in theology from the University of Wales,
Lampeter. He is the author of Voices of Reason in Christian
History:
The Great Apologists, Their Lives and
Legacies and Consuming Glory:
A Classical Defense of Divine-Human Relationality Against Open
Theism.
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Prayers for the Pissed Off: Modern Antidotes to Ancient Anger
Ian Punnett at
Richfield Borders 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 10, 2008
Lecture - Ian Punnett - 10jan2008 (mp3, 35.3MB)
Discussion - Ian Punnett - 10jan2008 (mp3, 9.6MB)
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Ian Punnett offers an entertaining and poignant argument for a re-appreciation of the role of angry prayers in the life of the faithful, based on his experiences in hospital chaplaincy and the original version of the "The Poseidon Adventure."
Ian Punnett co-hosts a morning radio show, A Balanced Breakfast with Ian and Margery, on WFMP 107 FM in the Twin Cities. Ian holds a Masters of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, and sometimes hosts the Coast to Coast AM radio show.
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