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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.
Faith, Race and the Police
The police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile re-ignited Black Lives Matter protests across the country. Then, five Dallas police officers were shot to death by a lone gunman. We do some soul-searching with black and white clergy who’ve been thinking deeply about where we go from here. This week, we speak with Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., Rev. Nancy Ladd, Senior Minister at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, MD, Imam Johari Abdul Malik, Director of Outreach at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, VA and Rev. Matthew Braddock, Senior Minister at Christ Congregational Church in Silver Spring, MD.
The Art and Power of Black Preaching
When we listen to the call and response of a jazz trio, we are hearing echoes of black preaching. When we tap our feet to a hip-hop song, we are also hearing black preaching. And when we get caught up in the words of a powerful storyteller, that too is black preaching. This week we listen back to some of the most riveting examples of African-American sermons. Our guest, Martha Simmons is the co-editor of Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present.
