Dr. Bruce Prescott's 11-08-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Razi Hashmi, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK).  We talk about the reaction of the Muslim-American community to the recent shootings at Fort Hood.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 10-4-09 "Religious Talk" radio broadcast.  I read and comment on Neal Gabler's outstanding Op-Ed on "Religion as Politics" and then talk about Baptists, Liberty of Conscience, and the need for a passionate progressive faith.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 9-13-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Nandu Dayanand, pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Hyderabad, India.  We talk about the work his congregation is doing among the Banjara Gypsys, the Koya Tribe, the Kondadora people, and those infected with HIV/AIDS.  We also talk about his relationship with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in the United States.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 7-29-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Cecil Sherman.  We talk about his autobiography "By My Own Reckoning," about his pastorate in Ashville, N.C., about the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention and the "peace committee" of the SBC, and about his work as the first Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 7-12-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Melissa Rogers, Director of Wake Forest University School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public Affairs.  We talk about the judicial record of Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor regarding church-state issues, about her work on President Obama's advisory council on Faith-based and Community Partnerships, and her work at Wake Forest University.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 7-5-09 "Religious Talk" radio program.  As a corrective to Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern's "Proclamation for Theocracy" and Hobby Lobby's full-page newspaper advertisements for Christian Nationalism, Dr. Prescott recites James Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance" in its entirety.  Madison was the author of the U.S. Constitution and the author of the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment.  His "Memorial and Remonstrance" (1785) is the definitive document for understanding the original intention of the framer of the U.S. Constitution regarding relations between church and state.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 6-21-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Timothy Eaton, President of Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore, Oklahoma.  We talk about the history of Free Will Baptists, about Hillsdale College, and about the New Baptist Covenant Regional meeting (NBCMW) that will be held in Norman, Oklahoma on August 6-7.  Dr. Eaton will be a panelist discussing the documentary film "Beneath the Skin:  Baptists and Racism" at the NBCMW meeting.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 5-24-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Mike Pontious, Professor in the Department of Family and Preventative Medicine at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Program Director for OU/Enid Family Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.  We talk about proposals and possibilities for health care reform and the need for universal health-care coverage.

Excerpts from Dr. Bruce Prescott's 6-4-2000 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Jim Wallis.  We talk about his book Faith Works and about the need for a "living wage."

Excerpts from Dr. Bruce Prescott's 9-2-02 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Slayden Yarbrough, Retired Professor Emeritus of Religion from Oklahoma Baptist University.  We talk about the restructuring of the Southern Baptist Convention and the elimination of the Southern Baptist Historical Commission, about the Baptist History and Heritage Society, about the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message and about Dr. Yarbrough's book Southern Baptists:  A Historical, Ecclesiological, and Theological Heritage of a Confessional People.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 4-19-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Rev. Wade Burleson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma and author of "Hardball Religion:  Feeling the Fury of Fundamentalism."  We talk about Burleson's transition from being a trusted foot soldier in the post-1979 Southern Baptist Convention to being a dissident blogger against SBC fundamentalism.  His blogging proved so controversial that he became the only Southern Baptist trustee to ever be "recommended for removal or officially censured."  Despite that, Burleson and other dissident SBC bloggers were instrumental in electing Frank Page as President of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2006 and 2007.

Brief video of Poet Nathan Brown reciting his poem "Verb Play."

The recital was part of the "Poetry and Praise" event at NorthHaven Church in Norman, Oklahoma on March 29, 2009.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 3-29-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Bill Leonard, Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University.  We talk about Wake Forest's Divinity School, about the New Baptist Covenant Southeast Region Meeting that will be held on April 24-25, and about trends and developments within American Christianity.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 3-22-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Kathryn Joyce, author of "Quiverfull:  Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement."  This movement, with strong ties to the homeschool movement and to Christian Reconstructionism, takes a spectrum of extreme positions on patriarchal authority within the family and the subjugation of women in society.  We talk about their opposition to contraception and touch on the influence this thought wields within the Southern Baptist Convention.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 3-8-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Joe Trull, Editor of Christian Ethics Today.  We talk about the work of the Christian Ethics Today Foundation, about the work of the T.B. Maston Foundation, and about the influence of T.B. Maston.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 3-1-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Micheal Salem, Oklahoma's leading constitutional lawyer.  We discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in the Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum decision.  That decision declared that all monuments on government property represent government speech. 

We also discuss the relevance of this decision to the pending case before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse lawn in Haskell County Oklahoma.  We touch briefly on legislation before the legislature to erect a Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state capitol.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 2-22-09 "Religious Talk" radio program.  I discuss House Bill 1330 which proposes to authorize the erection of a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the State Capitol in Oklahoma.  Dr. Prescott explains the religious and political significance of the various interpretations, divisions and numberings of the Ten Commandments.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 2-15-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Carolyn Crowder, public school teacher in Oklahoma who is President of the Oklahoma Education Association and a member of the National Executive Board of the National Education Association.  We talk about the work of OEA/NEA and about the Educator-Clergy Conferences that they have been sponsoring.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 2-8-09 Religious Talk radio program.  This week the world celebrates the 200 anniversay of the birth of Charles Darwin.   Dr. Prescott participates in the Evolution Sunday emphasis taking place in churches around the world.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 1-25-09 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Brent Walker, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.  We talk about his critique of David Barton, about Christian Nationalism, and about the cynical use of religion by politicians and the manipulation of religion by political parties.

Louay M. Safi, of the Islamic Society of North America Leadership Development Center in Plainfield, Indiana, speaking on January 11th about love of God and love of neighbor at the Baptist-Muslim National Dialogue at the Andover Newton Theological School.

Muhammad Shafiq, of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y., speaking on January 11th about collaborative community efforts between Baptists and Muslims at the Baptist-Muslim National Dialogue held at the Andover Newton School of Theology.

Dr. Charles Kimball, Director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, speaking on love for God and neighbor in Christian scriptures on January 10th at the Baptist-Muslim National Dialogue hosted by the Andover Newton Theological School.

Dr. Robert Sellers of the Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons Univeristy in Abilene, Texas, speaking on January 10th about the Baptist tradition at the Baptist-Muslim National Dialogue hosted by the Andover Newton Theological School.

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, speaking on January 11, 2009 at the Baptist-Muslim National Dialogue hosted by the Andover Newton Theological School.  Dr. Gilkes discusses common themes between the Baptist and Muslim faith traditions and highlights traces of the influence of the Islamic faith of African slaves on the spirituality of the black churches in America.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 12-14-08 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Frank Schaeffer.  Frank is the son of the late Francis and Edith Schaeffer.  He is the author of several novels and books and the producer of the "How Should We Then Live?" and the "Whatever Happened to the Human Race" film series.  We talk about his latest book, "Crazy For God:  How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or almost all) of it Back." 

My interview picks up where Terry Gross's Fresh Air interview with Frank for NPR leaves off.  We talk about his and his father's involvement in the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, about their relations with Christian Reconstructionists, and about statements in his book regarding Billy Graham's family.

Dr. Bruce Prescott's 12-7-08 "Religious Talk" radio interview with Dr. Kevin G. Welner, associate professor of education and director of the Education and Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  We talk about Dr. Welner's book "NeoVouchers:  The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling."