During the Harlem Renaissance, music, religion, and spirituality were connected—not only in the church, but also in the jazz club. The public radio special “The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race” combines music, archival audio, and guest commentary to explore this fascinating period in African-American history.
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The programs aired on WNYC, WBEZ, and other public radio stations nationwide throughout February 2012. The two-hour special is part of IRCPL’s radio series, Rethinking Religion, produced in connection with Magnetic Arts and the Luce Group.
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A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with journalists Jon Meacham, James Traub, and David Shipley. Jon Meacham is executive editor at Random House, former editor of Newsweek magazine, and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. James Traub is a politics and international-affairs writer for New York Times Magazine. David Shipley is executive editor at Bloomberg News and former op-ed editor of the New York Times.
A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with journalists Nazila Fathi, Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, Omid Memarian, and Mehdi Yahyanejad. Nazila Fathi is a New York Times reporter covering Iran since 2000. Kelly Golnoush Niknejad is founder of the news site Tehran Bureau. Omid Memarian is an Iranian journalist and blogger. Mehdi Yahyanejad is co-founder of 
A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with Charles Taylor, professor emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the Templeton Prize and the Kyoto Prize. He is in conversation here with Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with George Rupp, Ruth Messinger, and Amanya Ebye. George Rupp is the president of the International Rescue Committee and author of Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community (2006). Ruth Messinger is the president of American Jewish World Service. Amanda Ebye is the head of Middle East International Rescue Committee programs. Hosted by Norris J. Chumley. Running time 52 minutes.
Philip Gourevitch is a journalist and the award-winning author of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families about the Rwandan Genocide and, more recently, The Ballad of Abu Ghraib. Errol Morris is an Academy Award-winning film producer and director, who collaborated with Philip Gourevitch on the book and film, Standard Operating Procedure. 
Salman Rushdie is a novelist and essayist, author of Midnight’s Children, which won the prestigious Man Booker Prize, Shalimar the Clown, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and The Satanic Verses, for which a fatwa was issued on him in 1989.