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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.
On this edition of Interfaith Voices:
Rediscovering the Historical Jesus
Before he was Jesus the Christ, he was Jesus the man – a poor Jewish peasant living in first century Palestine. Reza Aslan explains how Jesus came to be seen as Christianity’s son of God – and why it’s a title he would not have understood. It’s not a new argument, but in the weeks since his infamous Fox News interview, it’s gotten a lot of attention. From July 2013.
Spirits Who Changed History: Leaders and Their Unseen Guides
From Joan of Arc to Heinrich Himmler, Moses to Muhammad, change-makers of all stripes have heard voices. Some have attributed the voices to God – others to spirits, ghosts or the dead. Whether you believe them or not, this much is true: many of the people who shape our world claim to have done so on the advice of spirits. From August 2013.
Featured guests:
Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Herbie Brennan, author of Whisperers: The Secret History of the Spirit World
