Speaking of Faith

Krista Tippett shares her journey in life, from her early spiritual experiences in childhood with a minister grandfather to her young adulthood in Germany to her return to spirituality in later adulthood.

Tippett's connection to faith evolves as she meets wise and enlightened spiritual teachers, and it was the wisdom she gained from these people that I liked most about this book. Croatian American theologian Miroslav Volf distinguishes between “thick” and “thin” religion. Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso uses Moses' encounter with God on Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments to illustrate the difference between spirituality and religion. Journalist Bruce Feiler tells about how his search for Abraham in the Middle East gave him a way to bring together the three faiths of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

There is a small archive of Tippett's Speaking of Faith episodes here.