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| God and Government: Turkey Edition and Remembering Marcus Borg |
| January 22, 2015 |
Summary: Turkey's government is officially secular. So why does the state control nearly every aspect of religious life? Plus, our final interview with the warm and wise Marcus Borg, who died on Jan. 21. |
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| Controlling Religion in Secular Turkey |
January 22, 2015 |
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The founders of modern Turkey thought the best way to keep Islam from competing with government was to take it over. Now critics say the country’s president is using his power not to control religion, but to promote the religion of the majority: Sunni Islam. We begin with the story of 'Fatma,' an Alevi Muslim teenager who was automatically enrolled in a state-run Sunni school.
Mustafa Akyol, author of Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
Susanne Güsten, Mercator IPC Fellow with the Istanbul Policy Center
Our story was produced by Dalia Mortada, with help from Jocelyn Frank, Jonathan Miller and Laura Kwerel. |
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| In the Studio with Guitarist Celil Refik Kaya |
January 23, 2015 |
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Celil Refik Kaya was born in Turkey and moved to Austin, Texas, to study classical guitar when he was 19. He’s also a master of the rebab, a three-stringed instrument that’s played with a bow. He came to the studio to play for us, and to explain how music can connect the listener and performer to the divine.
Celil Refik Kaya, Turkish musician and composer
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| Celebrating the Life of Marcus Borg |
January 22, 2015 |
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Marcus Borg looked for the larger message in scripture. He used to say, "The Bible is true, and some of it actually happened." Although not a literalist, he handled scripture with reverence, curiosity and rigor. And it showed. The revered liberal theologian and Biblical scholar passed away on January 21st, so this week, we're listening back to his final interview with us, from last June.
Listen to Marcus Borg's 2013 interview about a new way to imagine the resurrection of Jesus:
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