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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.
Kathryn Joyce: Saving Orphans that Don’t Need to Be Saved
For many evangelical Christians, giving a needy child a home isn’t the only reason to adopt an orphan; according to journalist Kathryn Joyce, the call is also rooted in ‘orphan theology.’
Taking in a child mirrors the Christian salvation experience– reflecting how God adopted them into the family of believers. But Kathryn Joyce says the demand doesn’t match the need, and children with intact families are sometimes swept into the adoption system.
Kathryn Joyce is the author of “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption.”
Jedd Medefind: A Response
The president of a leading Christian adoption alliance says Kathryn Joyce has taken facts out of context, and woven them into a story that misses the bigger picture. Adoption corruption exists, he says, but that’s no reason to stop working to give truly needy children a chance at a better life. Read another analysis of the book by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Jedd Medefind is president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
