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You've told us that our weekly conversation gives rise to meaningful conversations of your own. Many of you are actively involved in discussion groups. And a growing community is discussing compelling themes heard on Speaking of Faith within places of worship, classrooms and book clubs.

New Discussion Group Resources for Your Conversation
We've developed discussion guides and designed printable program transcripts to help you continue the conversation with your family, circle of friends, religious community, classroom, or book group. Designed to be flexible and easily customized to a variety of settings, our aim is to help you trace the program's intersection of religious ideas and real life within the communities in which you gather.


Discussion Guides ($12.95 $6.48)
Designed to help your discussions retrace the intersection between religious ideas and real life, Speaking of Faith discussion guides feature introductions by Krista with essential background and context, compelling discussion questions, and facilitator notes.

Each six-page guide comes as a full-color, downloadable PDF — perfect for e-mailing to participants or printing from your desktop.

The discussion guide contains:
» introductory commentary from Krista - sets the tone of the group conversation and provides Krista's insights into beginning an informative dialogue
» in-depth tips – serves as a way to shape discussion for different types of group settings and help people listen to others' experiences
» facilitator notes – enables group moderators to encourage discussion and prompt open-ended dialogue
» profound quotes – encourages participants to reflect and relate ideas from program guests and other wise voices to their own experiences and thoughts
» discussion questions – invites participants to think about their own ways of looking at the program's theme, ranging from the personal to the political, and talk about how their religion, ethics, and values inform those decisions

Program Transcripts ($9.95 $4.48)
Formatted and easily readable word-for-word accounts of Speaking of Faith conversations. Use our transcripts in your group or for personal reading and reflection. Also comes as a downloadable PDF.


Compact DiscDiscussion Group Edition Program Audio ($12.95 $6.48)
Program audio free of announcements and music enables your group to focus on your topic without interruption. Available on CD or as an MP3 download.

Conversation Pack ($29.95 $14.48)
A bundled offer of the above elements priced for even greater savings.

Significant savings for a limited time
For a limited time we're offering 50% off each item. Order a Conversation Pack and save even more. You can make up to 12 copies of program discussion guides and transcripts, available as a downloadable PDF document-perfect for e-mailing to participants or printing from your desktop. Program audio is available on CD or as an MP3 download.

The cost is nominal, the experience valuable, and it all goes to further support the in-depth, important conversations you hear on public radio's Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett.
 

Listeners are speaking of faith
St. Peter's Church of Philadelphia hosts a weekly adult education group that focuses on Speaking of Faith.

"Our congregation is generally well-educated and intellectual," explains Reverend Claire Nevin-Field. "But we wanted something that moves discussions to a more personal understanding of spiritual faith."

University of North Carolina religious studies professor Celia Sinclair incorporated Speaking of Faith and its "people-side up" format into a recent course:

"Speaking of Faith doesn't get into who's wrong and who's right. It's not about finding out 'who I'm like.' It's about hearing, appreciating, and attempting to understand multiple perspectives."

Selected Programs Available for Discussion Groups
Discussion guides and transcripts are available for the following Speaking of Faith programs.
Buy Brother Thay: A Pilgrimage with Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy Deciphering the Da Vinci Code
Buy The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi
Buy Einstein's Ethics
Buy Einstein's God
Buy Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin
Buy Gay Marriage: Broken or Blessed
Buy The Gods of Business
Buy Quarks and Creation
Buy Seeing Poverty After Katrina
Buy The Soul in Depression
Buy The Spirituality of Parenting
Buy Stress and the Balance Within


Who Can Use the Discussion Guides?

» Book Clubs
» Discussion Groups
» Religious Education Study Groups
» College or High School Classes
» Clubs and Organizations
» Retreat Gatherings
» Families