After years of studying the world’s great religions, Yvonne Seng decided she had had enough of doctrine and dogma. It was time to meet the “men in black dresses,” the people she calls the wisdom makers of the Middle East.
In a journey that took her to desert monasteries, Sufi enclaves, ancient cathedrals and mosques, she sought out and spoke to leaders of some of the world’s oldest religions, about what she calls “the state of the human soul in the new age of technology.” But instead of hearing the fire and brimstone of fundamentalists, she found men of faith who believe that religion has a place above politics and economics, but who worry that technology and dogma are destroying our best selves.
Guests:
Yvonne Seng, author of “Men in Black Dresses: A quest for the future among wisdom makers of the Middle East” and professor of Islamic Studies at Wesley Theological Seminary.