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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.
As we celebrate the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., we reflect on one of his partners in the civil rights movement: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. A survivor of the Holocaust, Heschel was known for his political activism, his deep spirituality, and his ability to put wonder into words.
Susannah Heschel, professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, and the daughter of Rabbi Heschel
Steve Brand, director of the upcoming documentary, Praying With My Legs
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschelt, walked in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. After this march he wrote in his diary, “I felt as if my legs were praying.”
From a young age, Shannon Kearns knew there was something out of sync between his body and his spirit. So when he went to seminary, he made a life-changing decision: to transition from female to male. Now, Kearns is being ordained in the North American Old Catholic Church, an inclusive church independent of Rome.
The word “faitheist” might not mean much to you. For many ardent non-believers, though, it has a sour ring–for them it means a kind of wishy-washy, religion-loving atheist. Chris Stedman, an atheist and proud “faitheist,” explains why religious folks and non-believers can learn a lot from celebrating their shared values
