Crossing Faiths
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.
Episodes
October 1, 2023 • 69 mins
A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics. In this episode, we discuss transubstantiation, internal factions within Christianity and the question of primacy.
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September 15, 2023 • 65 mins
In this episode, John Pina and Elliot Toman discuss the nuances of cultural integration for Muslims in the Western World.
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September 9, 2023 • 57 mins
In this episode, John Pina, a Muslim and Elliot Toman, a Christian, put on their apologetic hats in a wide-ranging discussion that touches on multiple contentious points between their mutual faith traditions.
Chapters:
00:00 Mutual Acceptance
08:10 Cognitive Dissonace
13:00 What is a Muslim, and who gets to say?
20:30 Textual Integrity
35:00 The Two Branches of Islam
43:20 Catholic Converts to Evangelicalism
50:40 The Problem of Au...
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August 29, 2023 • 57 mins
Chapters:
01:00 What we don't know.
02:18 Parfait me.
07:55 Are you as religious as you think you are?
14:15 The blurred lines between religion and politics.
22:24 The religious veneer of Conservatism.
27:00 The rise of radical Islam.
42:00 Parallels between Christian and Islamic conservatism.
44:30 The Jesus Movement.
54:20 The freedom to believe.
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August 25, 2023 • 66 mins
John Pina and Elliot Toman compare Evangelical Christian and Muslim ideas of The Rapture with a little help from Charlton Heston and Nicholas Cage's left behind. Forays into religious exclusivism, religiously motivated violence, martyrdom and charity.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:30 Khartoum
08:00 Left Behind
18:20 The Rapture
23:30 Fundamentalism
29:00 Who's In? Who's Out?
37:00 Religious Violence
52:30 Muslims Aiding the Christian Mi...
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August 16, 2023 • 74 mins
John Pina and Elliot Toman discuss issues of faith and certainty in the context of Islam and Charismatic Evangelical Christianity.
00:00 Introduction
03:30 How We Met
06:30 Team Jesus
10:25 Invoking The Holy Ghost
18:00 This is The Way
24:00 Charismatic Christianity
30:00 Prayer Circle in the White House
40:00 The Problem of Authority
49:30 Beyond the Law
56:00 The Search for Certainty
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October 13, 2022 • 67 mins
John interviews Tim Bupp, a pastor of two local Evangelical Lutheran congregations.
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October 4, 2022 • 49 mins
Matt chats a bit about his parents experience in Fort Myers, FL following Hurrican Ian. John talks about what life is like for religious minorities in Iran.
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September 27, 2022 • 61 mins
This week, John and Matt discuss a survey suggesting that a growing number of Evangelicals no longer strictly hold to basic Evangelical doctrines. This leads them to ask—what is an Evangelical anyway, and how is the definition of "Evangelical" being shifted by the growth of Christian Nationalism?
Episode Highlights:
12:45 - Basic Evangelical belief problem
23:00 The growth of Christian Nationalism
26:30 Islamic isolation after Sep...
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September 21, 2022 • 44 mins
Matt and John chat about the Queen's funeral, a quick Ukraine update, and the ramifications of a fading Christian America.
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September 13, 2022 • 61 mins
Links:
- Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks at the National Baptist Convention 142nd Annual Session - YouTube
- Text: Remarks by Vice President Harris at the National Baptist Convention 142nd Annual Session - The White House
- What Is Quiet Quitting? A Burnout Expert Discusses. - The Atlantic
- Matt's take on VP Harris speech to National Baptist
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August 23, 2022 • 40 mins
John tells of his experience in Austria handling the legendary Spear of Destiny and the conversation just unravels from there...
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August 10, 2022 • 44 mins
John and Matt discuss the post-Roe abortion vote in Kansas and its implications for the political climate. Also, what Islam smells like, and Naziing as a verb.
Support this podcast via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/crossingfaiths).
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August 9, 2022 • 35 mins
Matt catches up with John to discuss their experiences with the IRF (International Religious Freedom) summit. John joins on location from Vienna, Austria, where he is gathering intel on advanced stew and pastry technology.
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July 31, 2022 • 33 mins
John Pinna visited the International Religious Freedom summit in Washington DC, where he interviewed Fr. John Anderson. Fr. John is an Orthodox priest in the Antiochian Archdiocese.
Support this podcast via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/crossingfaiths). Special Guest: Father John Anderson.
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July 30, 2022 • 25 mins
John Pinna visited the International Religious Freedom summit in Washington DC, where he interviewed Greg Mitchell (https://www.themitchellfirm.com/about/founder/). Greg has been in national politics and government since 1991. In search of a higher purpose, Greg decided to focus on government reform and improving public policy, and in the late summer of 2003 founded The Mitchell Firm. The Mitchell Firm's goal is the ultimate in fre...
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July 23, 2022 • 18 mins
John Pinna visited the International Religious Freedom summit in Washington DC, where he interviewed Sam Brownback. Sam Brownback (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brownback) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021. Brownback previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas (1986–93), as the U.S. representa...
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July 21, 2022 • 20 mins
John Pinna visited the 2022 International Religious Freedom summit in Washington DC, where he interviewed Mariam Wahba. Mariam is the Associate Director of Advocacy with the Philos Project (https://philosproject.org/). Mariam graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Middle East studies, Arabic, and Jewish studies. While she currently resides in NYC, Mariam was born in Menya, Egypt. Previously, she was the Policy Intern at In ...
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June 18, 2022 • 23 mins
In this short episode, John and Matt continue to discuss the war in Ukraine, with John's predictions about the tide turning in Russia's favor being affirmed by emerging media. This is followed by a wide-ranging culinary discussion, including the story of a deathbed recipe.
Support this podcast via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/crossingfaiths).
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June 7, 2022 • 58 mins
John offers his unique perspective on Russia's war with Ukraine—how it could have been avoided and what its probable outcomes are. Spoilers: The birth of Starfleet Command?
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