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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.
How Does an Accusation of Genocide Help ISIS’s Victims?
The United States’ decision to label ISIS atrocities as ‘genocide’ comes after months of pressure by lawmakers, activists, and scholars. We discuss the conditions on the ground for Christians, Shia Muslims, and Yazidis in Syria and Iraq. Plus, we ask Gregory Stanton, Professor of Genocide Studies and Prevention at George Mason University and founder and president of Genocide Watch if a formal declaration of ‘genocide’ will actually help to stop ISIS and save religious minorities.
Listen to Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement on ISIS and read the Holocaust Museum’s investigation into ISIS atrocities and genocide.
The Gender Gap in Religious Piety
Globally, women attend religious services more often than men. But in Islam and Orthodox Judaism, the opposite is true. And in the United States, women tend to be less religious if they work outside the home. So what explains these trends? We discuss the findings of a new study ion gender and religion by Caryle Murphy, senior writer and editor at the Pew Research Center on Religion in Public Life.
Read the Pew study: “The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World”
Listen to our 2012 interview on “Why Men Hate Going to Church.”
