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| Debating the Right to Die, A Musical Ode to the Sikh New Year, and More |
| April 09, 2015 |
Summary: At the end of our lives, if suffering is profound, should we be able to choose how and when we go? Two priests weigh in: one calls it suicide, the other, dying with dignity. And an in-studio performance of Sikh hymns. |
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| Choosing Death: Two Religious Perspectives |
April 09, 2015 |
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It's a choice none of us ever wants to make: whether or not to hasten the dying process in the face of profound suffering. The practice is legal in Vermont, Oregon, and Washington, and currently under review in at least 18 others. Two priests confront the question this week, and offer very different views: one calls it "suicide" and a morally slippery slope, the other calls it "dying with dignity," and says there is nothing redemptive about pain.
The Right Bishop Gene Robinson, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Father Thomas Petri, instructor of moral theology and pastoral studies at the Dominican House of Studies
Bishop Robinson (left) and Father Petri in our studio.
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| Sounds of the Sikh New Year |
April 09, 2015 |
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This year on April 14, Sikhs around the world will celebrate Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year. It marks the day when, more than 300 years ago, the tenth guru of Sikhism created a fellowship of devout Sikhs called the Khalsa. Its formation is considered the very birth of Sikh identity, and this year we're doing our own celebration with some beautiful devotional music performed live in our studios.
Surinder Singh, harmonium
Balbir Singh, harmonium
Joginder Singh, tabla
Ravinder Sawhney, member of the Sikh Gudwara in Washington, D.C.
Rajdeep Singh, Director of Law and Policy at the Sikh Coalition
Listen to the full performance:
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