Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion
The term ‘compassion’ typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy has fallen out of touch with reality. Journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.
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ABOUT Krista Tippett
“Krista Tippett grew up in Oklahoma, the granddaughter of a Southern Baptist preacher. She studied history at Brown University and went to Bonn, West Germany in 1983 on a Fulbright Scholarship to study politics in Cold War Europe. She later became a Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.
When Krista graduated with a M.Div. from Yale, she saw a black hole where intelligent coverage of religion should be. As she conducted a far-flung oral history project for the Benedictines of St. John’s Abbey, she began to imagine radio conversations about the spiritual and intellectual content of faith that could open minds and enrich public life.
These imagined conversations became reality when she created “Speaking of Faith” (now ‘On Being’), which is broadcast on over 200 US pubic radio stations and globally by NPR. From ecology to autism to torture, Krista and her guests reach beyond the headlines to explore meaning, faith and ethics amidst the political, economic, cultural and technological shifts that define 21st century life. She is the author of ‘Speaking of Faith’ and ‘Einstein’s God.’
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