Serious Answers to Hard Questions

Host

Bishop Kenneth Lee Carder is the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School. He served as bishop to the Nashville and Mississippi conferences of the United Methodist Church. While serving a church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Bishop Carder helped initiate an ongoing dialogue between scientists and theologians, including a dialogue between members of the Council of Bishops, on In Defense of Creation. He is the author of Sermons on United Methodist Beliefs, A Bishop’s Reflections, Living Our Beliefs, and a study guide for Who Are We? The Doctrine, Mission, and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.

Lessons and Video Presentations

1. Evil — R. Kendall Soulen (27:05)
2. Religion and Science — John Polkinghorne (31:00)
3. Other Religions — Sathianathan Clarke (32:12)
4. Evangelism and Tolerance — Scott Jones (26:14)
5. The God of the Old Testament — Amy-Jill Levine (31:05)
6. Jesus and Christianity— Richard B. Hays (30:15)
7. Resurrection — N.T. Wright (30:52)
8. The Gnostic Gospels — Ben Witherington (32:52)
9. The Sins of the Church — Douglas M. Strong (30:44)
10. Forgiveness — L. Gregory Jones (27:43)