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Inspired
Inspired is the nation's leading public radio show about faith, ethics and spirituality. Each week we offer you analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of Orthodox Jewish artists and African-American atheists, Muslim feminists and spiritual seekers. 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.
Religious Leaders as First Responders to Domestic Violence
How do ancient religious texts and practices protect– or endanger– victims of domestic violence? Often, victims of abuse will go to a pastor or a rabbi before they go to the police. But experts say without proper training, well intentioned religious leaders sometimes do more harm than good. We speak with a group of interfaith advocates who are trying to change that: Ilana Flemming, manager of Advocacy Initiatives at Jewish Women International; Negar Abay, Gender Equality and Advancement of Women representative at the U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs; Aisha Rahman, executive director of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights; Rev. Bruce Langwiser, Baptist pastor, and chairperson of the Domestic Violence Prevention Committee at Faith Communities in Action in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Secular Grieving: Breaking Bread and Raising a Glass
Where do non-religious people go when they need a spiritual harbor? We attend a dinner party where young “nones” are writing their own instruction manual on grief. With Lennon Flowers, co-founder of The Dinner Party and Casper ter Kuile, Harvard Divinity School student, in training to become a non-religious minister.
Read “How We Gather,” Casper’s report on innovative secular communities.
Read assistant producer Katie’s essay on grieving in The Huffington Post.
