Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)
Summary: Interfaith Voices is the nation’s leading religion news magazine on public radio. We offer weekly analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of African-American Mormons and atheists in the military, evangelical environmentalists and Muslim feminists. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore. That’s why Interfaith Voices matters.
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- Copyright: Copyright 2020
Podcasts:
Are blasphemy laws compatible with Islamic thought?
As we commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we learn about the role American religion has played in both reinforcing and combating racism.
As we commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we learn about the role American religion has played in both reinforcing and combating racism.
Many American Christians are remembered as anti-racist activists and abolitionists. But American Christianity as an institution has done much to buttress racism… even before the country was founded.
Take a moment to think of the most famous women of the civil rights movement. Coming up short? Our guest says the African-American experience has been “flattened” by history.
We talk to two people who are proudly both Jewish and Black. They reflect on the shared history of the two groups, and how they are sometimes "othered" by the larger Jewish community.
We hear the stories people of choosing to embrace the pain of loss: through religion, through creativity, through honesty, or through emotional vulnerability.
When Andy Chaleff was 18 years old, he experienced a loss so profound, it would change the trajectory of his life. But now, he facilitates letter writing workshops where people can break down emotional barriers.
An expert in religion in an academic way, Elaine Pagels was forced to grapple with faith on a personal level when she unexpectedly lost her husband in an accident, just a year after their son died of a rare lung disease.
We close the show with a story from our live show, held last November. Audience members were invited to share stories on the theme of "One Family, Many Beliefs." This was the last story of the evening, by James Burns.
We hear the stories people of choosing to embrace the pain of loss: through religion, through creativity, through honesty, or through emotional vulnerability.
When Andy Chaleff was 18 years old, he experienced a loss so profound, it would change the trajectory of his life. But now, he facilitates letter writing workshops where people can break down emotional barriers.
An expert in religion in an academic way, Elaine Pagels was forced to grapple with faith on a personal level when she unexpectedly lost her husband in an accident, just a year after their son died of a rare lung disease.
We close the show with a story from our live show, held last November. Audience members were invited to share stories on the theme of "One Family, Many Beliefs." This was the last story of the evening, by James Burns.
In our first ever live show, we explore the beauty and chaos that comes with having a diverse family.
