of this faithful leader. we pray this in the strength of your name. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mitch mcconnell republican leader of the united states senate. senator mcconnell: on april 14 1969, senator bob dole delivered his first floor speech. he said, quote, the task ahead is monumental. and this was before bob knew he'd end up leading a conference of 53 senators. years later, after he had become leader, bob described his senate management challenges with his trademark wit. if i'd known he said we were going to win control of the senate, we'd run better candidates. [laughter] i swear, bob could have made it as a stand-up comic. but in that speech, bob was earnest. he was already championing a signature cause, helping americans with disabilities. the task ahead is monumental, he said. but i'm confident there are forces in america ready and willing to meet the challenge. bob dole himself was certainly proof of that. that made yerch speech came 2

like there's incredible incredible activism on the part of faith leaders and faith communities that have stepped up in, in new ways and, and an interfaith ways as well. throughout this year, just throws me here all and living in a place called hulu, which i know well, it's in the northern part of uganda and your daily challenges are so much more different from the ones that maybe maggie is dealing with cynita is dealing with even just getting enough food, the people taking care of people, those are some of the biggest challenges that you have. how do you do with them? do people say the government should be doing this? they need to be taken care of us. how do you deal with that? actually what i is saying is that this special help and the physical health or people is the very, very important. and i don't for me, it is not enough to say the government should do this. the government should do that. and i wouldn't myself, but this point that the government is, every one of us is i do my part, then the government is in. and if someone else is bring you spot or heart, then we are the government

, faith, milan, follow some actions. they can not stand alone. there must be something which keeps moving us. we keep doing something and leave with a group of people who are so who was struggling to have some food to eat and they don't have it who cannot and, and they don't how it is one of the challenges that you might be present investigation with them and it showed them the way, like what you thought we were making liquid. so why, why? well, making the liquid so we're making the liquid so to respond to do more wonderful, you know, community because we have many poor people we are leaving. what was the vision, but those who, who are the one of the worries and this is why it would be they really youth who came from call from south to where the most wonderful people are doing this. and i'll let you action to make liquid. so for that, and if you do then is a symbol action, then we do, i'm going to go back to you tube and see to help me out with this question. from maple maple says, how can we respond to faith leaders tha

christian faith as a weapon. as a bludgeon. as a plug to beat people. to ratify views, and sometimes religious -- extremist views and say that this with the bible teaches when that is clearly not the case. again, i think it's a complicated issue. it's an interesting issue. there is history when it comes to the intersection of faith and politics. each side can invoke examples and figures through history that can fortify their case. what do we make of that? i think it's a complicated balance. people need discretion. and wisdom in trying to get that balance right. intellectual honesty demands that each side understand the arguments of the other side and understand there are limits to the views that all of us hold. host: you can find his writing, happy holidays and thank you for spending part of your christmas eve with us this morning. we appreciate it. guest: merry christmas and happy new year to the c-span listeners. host: we are going to take a break. when we come back, we will talk about the vice president and ho

and so i think from desperation that can increase of faith as well. ah, all right, setting the scene there from sister rose was perspective. she's including uganda mikey. nice to see you. please introduce yourself to international realists. thank you for having me. i'm maggie dicky, senior director of religion and faith at the center for american progress, which is the multi issue. think think who we focus on in gauging diverse based communities across america, in our public policy discourse and uplifting issues like that with freedom. so good to have you and hello, sunny so welcome. please introduce yourself. tell i wouldn't have you all on what you do now, mr. everyone. hello, i'm sunni, coverage for non executive director of hindus for human rights, which is a non profit based in the u. s. but our focus is human rights in south asia and north america and beyond. and we really are, we have to dovetailing priorities. one is to lift up human rights and religious freedom from the perspective of our hindu fe, but also to add to that hindu voice and hind

provided ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness lord, unto me ♪ great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulnesshave needed thy hand hath provided ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness lo great is thy faithfulness ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness lord, unto me ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the benediction delivered by senate chaplain barry c. black. >> let us pray. great is your faithfulness, o god, our father. so help us to see death as you see it, not the end but the beginning, not a wall but a doorway, not a dark road but a path that leads to eternal light and life. lord, we will miss the honorable robert joseph dole, but we thank you for the blessed gift of memory. may our minds and hearts be filled with the wonderful recollections of his patriotism, courage, integrity, and wit. continue to be for his beloved elizabeth and precious robin a refuge and strength. now, bless us all and keep us, make your face shine upon us, and be gracious to us. lift the light of your countenance upon us and give us your shalom, your peace. we pray in the name of the one who said, "i am the resurrection an

provided ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness, lord unto m ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulnessh provided ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulnessness, lord great is thy faithfulness ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ ♪ lord unto me ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the benediction. delivered by senate chaplain barry c. black. >> let us pray. great is your faithfulness, o god, our father. so help us to see death as you see it, not the end, but the beginning, not a wall but a doorway, not a dark road but a path that leads to eternal light and life. lord, we will miss the honorable robert joseph dole, but we thank you for the blessed gift of memory. may our minds and hearts be filled with the wonderful recollections of his patriotism, courage, integrity and wit. continue to be for his beloved elizabeth and precious robin a refuge and strength. now, bless us all and keep us. make your face shine upon us, and be gracious to us. lift the light of your countenance upon us and give us your shalom, your peace. we pray in the name of the one who said, i am the resurrection and the life. a

but the presence of faith has almost been universal whatever the faith is and with the presence of her time in and even some rather like the variations of atheist in the oval office. and more recently, the president said you can think of, like lyndon johnson, one of the ones that said that. it is very important to note that at some of given attention in a few examples that might help with this. [inaudible]. and has written on this but when you think about it, and other kinds of crisis, the best way to see this and really believe and what their fate will decide in during world war ii, roosevelt who is offered and often considered of faith, on his face that he got from headmaster at the schools that he went to, the boarding school that he went to and but then to walk with and later and ever if. [inaudible]. and she wrote with the daughter, and short we can, it really at this point about the intersection of faith and politics and with that looks brady and in the cold war, as an example of faith and politics pretty in the presidents about in a way that they were differing foundations of th

christian faith as a weapon.a bludgeon. as a plug to beat people. to ratify views, and sometimes religious -- extremist views and say that this with the bible teaches when that is clearly not the case. again, i think it's a complicated issue. it's an interesting issue. there is history when it comes to the intersection of faith and politics. each side can invoke examples and figures through history that can fortify their case. what do we make of that? i think it's a complicated balance. people need discretion. and wisdom in trying to get that balance right. intellectual honesty demands that each side understand the arguments of the other side and understand there are limits to the views that all of us hold. host: you can find his writing, happy holidays and thank you for spending part of your christmas eve with us this morning. we appreciate it. guest: merry christmas and happy new year to the c-span listeners. host: we are going to take a break. when we come back, we will talk about the vice president and how sh

, enables us to appreciate the faith, respect people have for their faith. that's why this is so sad because it's an attack on the faith of one of our members. sadly but clearly, islamaphobia is a sinister growing and for too many american muslims a constant presence in our nation. to just review some figures, nearly 70% of american muslims have personally experienced anti-muslim discrimination since september 11. thousands of documented acts of anti-muslim bigotry and violence are recorded each year with many thousands unreported. attacks are growing more common and more brazen from vandalism on mosques to physical assaults on women wearing hijabs, hate speech and from public officials to bullying and violence of children at school. think of how the children hear this. and as we all know, the bigotry is targeted at one of our own, shamefully from within this congressional community. racism and bigotry of any form, including islamaphobia, must be called out and condemned in any place it is found. this is particularly true in the halls of congress, the heart

give us a sense of how faith sustains them. they are of course facing heartbreaking discrimination, persecution, horrific violence as yourecount in detail in the book . yet many choose not to flee even in the face of this. what role does faith play in sustaining and perpetuating these communities that you lookedat ? >> i focused on four people, for groups of people. there, syria, gaza and egypt. all of them are very different. all of them face very different challenges. but overwhelmingly the theme is that they are at risk of being eradicated. some quicker than others. but let's look at the rack. rack i first was aware of the ancient christians because the land of the prophets, the apostles was ninevah and north mosul and the northern plains which runs into curtis dan. it's where jonah and the whale or st. thomas the apostle are all of the apostles who basically went there to be evangelicalsand to gain more from their flock . in 2003 as saddam hussein was about to fall, i was living in baghdad and i was working as a journalist

thank you for sharing your book faithful presence. i want to tell our viewers, thank you for joining us pretty flights get a copy of this book please use the link to do that. it will allow us to continue to make this festival free. also if you want to donate to humanity's tendency please feel free to go to the website. there are ways to do that way. governor thank you so much for your time foverage of the national book festival. >> hello and welcome to the 2021 library of congress national book festival. i am sherry horowitz reported the washington post and i'm here with patrick and eric to talk about their book on the opioid epidemic which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 people

what circumstances i'm called i have a faithful presence, part of having a faithful present as having humility to know you might not be rights. my first ever political boss as an internas in college and united states senate from tennessee became majority leader f of the senate, went to beat reagan's chief of staff and ambassador to japan under george h.w. bush. baker had a saying that said always remember the other fellow might be right he was a little town north of knoxville i was his way of saying it in every discussion of going to work my hardest to remember i have my answer here i need to walk into it with the realization i might not have this exactly right. and so what happened as governor within her own team with staff okay that'ser really what's the administration's position. i learned quickly that did not get us to the best answer. so an example i might not always be right or moving my chair from the head of the table we had our senior staff meetings to the middle of the table so i get make certain they did not cut off the discussion pretty learned really quick if it was the a

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their own convictions about certain issues of the christian faith. god bless you. you are a trooper. thank you for being on the show. i am excited. i look forward to hearing the outcome of the latest case. >> thank you. and thank you, jonathan. gates to find this and other book tv appearances. >> good eveni

give us a sense of how faith sustains them. so they are, of course, facing heartbreaking discrimination, persecution, horrific violence, as you recount in detail in the book. yet many choose not to flee, even in the face of this. what role does faith play in sustaining and perpetuating these communities that you looked at? >> i looked -- i focused on four people, four groups of people. iraq, syria, gaza, and egypt. and all of them are very different. all of them face very different challenges. but overwhelmingly, the theme is that they are at risk of being eradicated. some quicker than others. like, let's look at iraq. so iraq, i first became -- of course all my life i was aware of the ancient christians because the land of the prophets, the apostles, watt ninevah, which is mosul and the northern plain which runs into kurdestan. it's where the apostles went to bear witness and gain more from their flock. in 2003, as saddam hussein was about to fall, i was living in baghdad, and i was working as a journalist. i had opened up a b

how do you share your faith, practice your faith, assemble, petition your government?reedom of speech is the most important right we have. that is with the left is coming after. if you try, they call you racist and tried to cancel you. come after you, your family, your employer. a few months back, governor desantis [applause] was doing a roundtable discussion. he had doctors there. we know the viruses here, but we think the constitution is serious, too. the attorney general said when this thing started, the constitution is not suspended during a crisis. amen to that. i would argue, that is when it is most important. that is when it counts the most. governor desantis is doing a roundtable discussion on the virus. as for the panelists, one is a professor of medicine from stanford. they put it on youtube. youtube takes it down. and i am like, he is a professor of medicine from stanford. his been in the wall street journal, on tv. i told one group, it is not the big 10, but it is pretty good. this is today's left. it underscores why it is so important. their attacks on the

what does faith mean to you? why is that an important element of study and what it means to be a journalist, from your perspective? >> it's a really good question because so many of the conflicts i reported, whether it's israel-palestine or the balkans, bosnia, kosovo, come down to where people say this is all about religion or faith. particularly in the middle east. and yet for me what i did on the ground as a witness and as a human rights investigator was very separate from the as a person. although when you live amongst come if you live, if you're living in a war zone, i think you very strongly right now by timing sarajevo pixels living undersea industry that was completely blockaded and was very scary. there was a shelling all the time. there was sniping. but the was a catholic church that was open throughout this and to get to it was actually the cathedral on marsala tedious trigger i don't know if anyone knows sorry a though, but to reach it was kind of great peril. you had to like runout sniper sally, snip

and she -- her faith many times was the only thing that -- and her family's faith is what helped them survive the gnawing hunger in their belly and the violence of the world around them and the discrimination and the racism. and when she was an adult, i look at a few moments in her life that transformed her. and there were acts of violence against her. and some people would have retreated and receded and hidden or run away. and she thought about those things, but she turned to her faith, and she prayed that she would survive and asked god, her god, you know, what should i do, give me a sign. and i look at her being reborn a couple of times as a result of the violence and the trauma that happened to her. and at one point she said something to the effect of as she started emerging in the movement or decided to commit herself to the movement, she told colleagues and audiences that she felt that those white supremacists had been trying to kill her all along and so what's the difference, she might as well go out and fight as long as she had breath, and that's what she did. and she changed

the cost of my i faith. decision to make it shop took me to the supreme court with jack j phillips. thank you so much for being on the show. i really recommend this book because it ist' so encouraging. it will edifyk people's faith. as you said with this whole experience and i think it will encourage people. and help people to strengthen their own conviction about son issues of the christian faith. god bless you. you are a trooper and thank you for being on the show and i look forward to hearing the outcome of the case. >> honestly it is such an honor to be on the show today. host: thank you jonathan. >> have a great day >> in 1787 may through september james madison gave 167 speeches and made 72 motions and served on for committees at the constitutional convention in philadelphia. in the new biography he writes most importantly madison author the virginia plan a bold call for a total redesign that set the agenda for the convention and establish the foundation upon which the constitution would be built. at t

appearing today to discuss his new book faithful presence, the promise and peril of faith in the public square. also my former boss and a special guest today. welcome to the southern festival of books. >> thank you. i'm used to having people introduce me as an author. i'm kind of used to being on the other side of the table. it is really fun. >> you are welcome.t kinda like the u.s. open. just one book get you qualified. one thing about this session that we need to talk about his time. we have about 40 minutes here to talk. i thought that we could just jump right in. i read your book. i went through it a couple of times. i just have a couple of questions that i thought would be interesting. four viewers and for me in general. why you chose this topic and this time to do it. >> almost like anybody else in america, i am frustrated. not just the polarization and partisanship, i may argue it is not all that new. with the hatred, not too strong of a word that exists today. one of the things that i talk about in the book is there something i call motivation attribution symmetry. you think the

yes, very much so and, and i'm not a person of faith myself. i that's an agnostic but i've, i've been to hundreds of church services around the world over the last years. and pentecostals do a good church. that has it is, it is uplifting their production values are really high that the music is, is wonderful. and, and one of the things that, that really has power pentico says, and since the beginning is, is, is music is that ecstatic worship it is. it is experience, it is what you personally feel not necessarily does what you're being told or what you're writing in the bible. it is, they're very essential and very important to people and very understandable in the modern world where, you know, people might necessarily like what experts are telling them or to read in the book . but they just know that they go to this particular church, or this particular passa, and they feel good about it. and it's very close based as well. and some people call it spiritual colonialism. you use that term in the book of how it spreads all around the world adaptin

ah, and bring faith to you in that very though my scholarly manner. whereas at pentecost breech preacher has bubbled up from below with you. he's probably the most charming guy in the village. oh, the fellow. he is mixed. race like you. he looks and sounds like you. he grew up playing football with you. he knows that your mother 2nd goes round and visits her . he starts church at 5 in the morning because he knows everyone's got to be at work at the factory by 7 am. he will go around to the pub and you know, tell, tell your idiot husband said to get out of the public eye hammond, look after his family. and that again, is that the real here now pentecostalism does really well and, and why it's a meaningful opinion. says gone from 3 percent 30 percent of brazil allied to her gangs or works in prisons help. also don ira when you mentioned l g b g q plus rights. you are talking about social conservatism with but it goes in that america. we knew about catholic liberation, theology allied with the, with the left. her. you talk about guatemala. i mean, this i

my argument is here, a faithful presence in the public square. i would argue to have that same thing if you are a teacher or a hospital administrator or working on an assembly line or whatever it is that you do. what are we called to do and be? i will come back and answer your question in a second, i promise. particularly in politics, okay, the christian position on this issue. some things, it is really clear. we are supposed to be concerned. we are supposed to be the board. it does not tell us how to do that. and, so, one of the points of making the book, hey, this is really clear. that is not up for debate. help me do that in terms of the economic system, i think that that is up for debate. that is where we should engage fully to get to the best answer. to your question, circumstances, where i was called to have a faithful presence, i think this is what i would classify as risk. it is having think humility to know that you may not be right. my first ever political boss was when i was an intern in college and worked for senator harold baker who

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the yorba people around lagos traditionally would into marry among faith. so you might have a, a christian father animals. the mother said they might go to her to both churches. gotta make better grandmas happier or however it is. go going to both church and mosque and, and over time they noticed that they were losing, you know, these kids on fridays and they were, they were just going to church or sunday because it's giving them health and wealth and, and putting on a really good show and, and, and giving them a lot more than, than traditional islam. so, so one particular sect is, is, is pentecost lising in its own way though they certainly don't like, i don't like me saying that i sent the i'm of them. will bank ever lead to once and for in terms of the, the conversion. i mean, they also preach the and times and they completely support israel. but do they support israel and are anti bro soon? you in the sense that on the day of judgment, all the jews will then be killed and only they will go to heaven and drizzle. go to hell. is that their bizarre belief

and you need to double down your faith to, to get rid of them. so we've seen that has a name president ais, very influenced by pentecostalism die from this. he denied that it was happening, that it was just spiritual things going on in the world. and he eventually succumb to it. we've also seen some, some more interesting things happening that within us or in the pandemic, that it sort of accelerated certain trends that we're going. and so just like a lot of mom and pop stores have shots in all parts of the world, because the only thing that could really say open and compete in during the pandemic web, you know, your big box safe markets and things like that. where saying that with, with a lot of churches as well. so a lot of small churches were, were forced to close in the world and they just didn't have the infrastructure. they're like a hill song on and like a lot of the other big churches who could already broadcast on line so. so they're getting huge amounts of new followers who still wanted that sunday morning experience, but weren't able t