# Religion & Modernity:The 2009 Kaufman Conference Parts 1 & 2

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Podcast: [Common Threads: An Interfaith Dialogue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-threads-an-interfaith-dialogue-450462)
Published: 2026-01-29T19:20:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wgvunews.org/programs/common-threads
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## Resource

OK Kids, here's another classic Common Threads that was misplaced ages ago and is now available. The Kaufman Interfaith Institute (of which Interfaith Dialogue Association is an affiliate) holds conferences each year. In 2009 we hosted 3 thought leaders from the Abrahamic traditions to discuss the challenge of modernity and religion. We decided to interview James Carroll, a noted Catholic influencer (in '09 we did not even know that was a word, but that's what he was). As with most, if not all, of these archived episodes, the relevance of the conversation holds up against time. Theme music "Nigal."

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