Religion and Faith

The Dalai Lama arrives in Minn. for first Twin Cities visit since 2001
The Dalai Lama will participate in many events this weekend, including a public address on Sunday afternoon at the University of Minnesota. His speech is entitled "Peace through Inner Peace."
A look back at the Dalai Lama's previous visits to Minnesota
The Dalai Lama is making his first official visit to the Twin Cities since 2001, when he spoke at the University of Minnesota as part of the Carlson Lecture Series.
Where faith, history, and politics meet
Krista Tippett and the staff of On Being recently spent 10 days in Israel and the West Bank. She joins Kerri Miller to discuss what they learned, and the questions left unanswered.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he is taking to heart the prayers from a National Day of Prayer observance outside the Minnesota Capitol.
Novelist illuminates a special time in Rome
David Bezmozgis sets his new novel "The Free World" in the late 1970s, when many Soviet Jews fleeing communist Russia ended up in Rome. There they waited to learn where they would end up: the USA, Canada, Australia, or Israel.
While divisions always exist in communities as large and diverse as Muslims or Arabs, many said they hoped the news of bin Laden's death would pave the way for the kind of unity in their community and with other Americans.