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On Being with Krista Tippett

[Unedited] Vincent Harding with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

Sociology, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Arts, Culture, On Being, Society, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences

4.710.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Vincent Harding was wise about how the vision of the civil rights movement might speak to 21st-century realities. He reminded us that the movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s was spiritually as well as politically vigorous; it aspired to a “beloved community,” not merely a tolerant integrated society. He pursued this through patient-yet-passionate cross-cultural, cross-generational relationships. And he posed and lived a question that is freshly in our midst: Is America possible?

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Support for on-being with Christa Tippett comes from the Fetzer Institute, helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world.

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Fetzer envisions a world that embraces love as a guiding principle and animating force for our lives,

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a powerful love that helps us live in sacred relationship with ourselves, others, and the natural world.

0:19.0

Learn more by visiting Fetzer.org.

0:23.0

I'm Christa Tippett. Up next, my unedited conversation with Vincent Harding, the late magnificent civil rights elder.

0:31.0

There is, as always, a shorter, produced version of this wherever you found this podcast.

0:37.0

And we'll get him set up here in just a second.

0:39.0

Thanks.

0:48.0

Can you hear me, Dr. Harding?

0:50.0

All right. We may need to pull that microphone just a little closer to you.

0:54.0

Stay fairly close. There you go. Tell us what you had for breakfast this morning.

0:59.0

I am telling you what I wished I had breakfast this morning.

1:03.0

That's fine.

1:07.0

I'm going to need to sit up in this chair.

1:09.0

Yeah, probably so.

1:11.0

So that we can hear you fine.

1:16.0

So how's the voice going?

1:17.0

It sounds really good.

1:19.0

All right. I believe Miss Tippett is with us on the line right now.

1:23.0

Hi, Christa.

1:24.0

Hello.

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Christa Tippett, I want to tell you that I am one of your fans.

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