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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.
Does Your Religious Interpretation Trump My Seat Assignment?
This is the question 81-year-old Renee Rabinowitz found herself asking when she was asked to switch seats on a flight to Israel becase an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man didn’t want to sit next to her, citing a strict interpretation of Jewish law that forbids even inadvertent contact with the opposite sex. Now, she’s taking the airline El Al to court in the name of gender equality. Renee Rabinowitz is a retired lawyer with a Ph.D. in educational psychology, who is suing the Israeli airline El Al.
Religion and Women’s Rights in The Public Sphere
Is it right for a flight attendant to ask a woman to switch seats to accommodate a religious man? We speak with Anat Hoffman, director of the liberal advocacy group Israel Religious Action Center, which is partnering with Renee Rabinowitz in her lawsuit against El Al airline. As we hear, the group has been taking a stand against gender segregation, not just in planes.. but on buses, on sidewalks and even on the air waves. Featuring Anat Hoffman, director of the Israel Religious Action Center.
Faith Factor: John Kasich on the Campaign Trail to Salvation?
On March 15th, John Kasich, the Governor of Ohio, won the Republican primary in his home state, which keeps him in the race for the Republican presidential nomination… for now. Kasich is widely considered the most moderate candidate in the Republican field; Chrissie Thompson ask how his political views dovetail with his religious beliefs. Thompson is a political reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer. Listen to “Faith Factor: Hillary Clinton + Election Roundup” + “Faith Factor: Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz” + “Faith Factor: Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.”
Memory Research and What the Bible Really Tells Us About Jesus’ Life
Bart Ehrman, biblical scholar and a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, tackles a central question for scholars of the New Testament– the accuracy of the text. Here’s the problem: Jesus died around 30 A.D., but the first gospel – Mark’s gospel – did not appear in writing until about 40 years later. So how were eyewitness accounts of Jesus’s life transmitted over time? Were they changed or embellished? And how accurate are the stories of Jesus’s life we have today? These are some of the issues Bart Ehrman takes on in his latest book, “Jesus Before the Gospels.”
