Crossing Faiths
A Christian & a Muslim talk religion & politics
About the show
Two friends, Matt Hawkins (a former policy director for the Southern Baptist Convention) and John Pinna (former Executive Director of American Islamic Congress) talk religion and politics. The podcast delivers weekly episodes featuring commentary on news, politics, multifaith experiences, and expert guests. The conversations build on a decade of their collaboration, advocating in Washington, D.C. for religious freedom domestically and around the globe. The two developed the podcast with a desire to share conversations that model friendship and collaboration despite deep differences in religion and background. Support our podcast via Patreon.
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Episodes
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Special guest: John Prabhudoss | India in Crisis
December 18th, 2019 | Season 1 | 59 mins 20 secs
christianity, citizenship, hindu nationalism, immigration, india, islam, modi, politics, religion
A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.
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Special Guest: Robert Nicholson | Islam is different, and that's ok
December 11th, 2019 | Season 1 | 47 mins 23 secs
christianity, islam, politics, religion
A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.
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Reliable Jesus?
December 4th, 2019 | Season 1 | 31 mins 56 secs
bible, christianity, isa, islam, jesus, new testament, religion
A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.
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Special guest: Kristina Arriaga explains her resignation from USCIRF
November 27th, 2019 | Season 1 | 47 mins 33 secs
andrew brunson, christianity, diplomacy, islam, politics, religion, state department, uscirf
A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.
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0108: On Location: London. John is shocked by Kurdistan's Multifaith Capacity
November 21st, 2019 | Season 1 | 53 mins 20 secs
christianity, islam, kurdistan, politics, religion, syria
A Christian & a Muslim talk religion and politics.
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On location: Erbil, Kurdistan; A multi-faith community responds in crisis
November 4th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 52 secs
christianity, greek orthodox, islam, kurdistan, multifaith, politics, religion
After the United States withdraws troops from Kurdistan, precipitating a brutal invasion of the region by Turkey, John and a Greek Orthodox priest discuss with Matt the situation on the ground, on location from Erbil.
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Bonus: What to expect from Afghanistan election
October 25th, 2019 | Season 1 | 12 mins 1 sec
afghanistan, election, politics, religion
John Pinna relays his expectations and hopes for Afghanistan following the September 28th election.
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Headline edition: Impeachment, Security in houses of worship
October 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 55 mins
christianity, impeachment, islam, politics
Matt and John talk impeachment and one evangelical predicting civil war. Also what houses of worship are increasing security to face mass shootings.
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Fake Muslim?
September 26th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 13 mins
christianity, human rights, islam, politics, religion
Who are the real Muslims? Who are Fake? Cohosts Matt and John discuss.
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Headline edition: Self-flagellation, Hindu-Muslim joint prayer, and more
September 17th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 mins
Matt and John talk religion headlines including self-flagellation commemorating Ashura, joint Hindus & Muslims prayers, and U.S. Senate passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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John tells of his American Muslim life after 9-11
September 11th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 16 mins
Matt asks John to share his experiences as an American Muslim following 9-11-01.
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Netflix's The Family
September 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 58 mins 10 secs
Matt and John review the Netflix series "The Family."
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Messiah Complex?
August 27th, 2019 | Season 1 | 44 mins 20 secs
evangelicals, presidents, trump
Is president trump Messianic? Matt and John analyze the apocalyptic news cycle.