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| Faith in Action: Relief, Values, and Leadership |
| March 23, 2023 |
Anwar Khan discusses fundraising for those impacted by the earthquake in Türkiye. Then, Dr. Tricia Bruce on Americans' confusion around abortion rights, and a profile of Dr. Amina Wadud by Hana Baba. |
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| “People also have spiritual needs.” |
March 23, 2023 |
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Anwar Khan is the President of Islam Relief USA and is a board member of global and national humanitarian organizations working to alleviate hunger and human suffering. He describes their counterparts in Turkey and how the organization’s disaster response efforts are targeting the most vulnerable after the devastating earthquake on February 6th.
Anwar Khan, Co-founder and current president of Islamic Relief USA. He has 30 years of experience working in the field of humanitarian and development assistance. |
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| "There's a massive silencing effect." |
March 23, 2023 |
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Dr. Tricia Bruce is a sociologist from Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion in Society. Bruce along with colleagues recently published a paper studying discordant benevolence as it relates to attitudes about abortion in America. What happens when a request for help from friends or family members invokes conflicting values? Bruce found many are willing to help others who make decisions that they themselves might not. But most striking, she shares how the absence of public spaces and ways to gather and wrestle with beliefs has a silencing effect and is likely not to produce the dramatic shift in public opinion following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Dobbs case. Bruce shares insights after presenting at the 2023 Religion Newswriters Association conference in Bethesda, Maryland.
Tricia C. Bruce, Ph.D. Sociologist and award-winning author. Affiliate of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society and adjunct research associate professor of sociology with the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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| A feminist pioneer in Islamic theology |
March 23, 2023 |
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In 2005 Dr. Amina Wadud made waves when she led Muslim prayers in New York City. Wadud is an African-American activist and a professor emerita of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. A well-known scholar of Islam and is also the author of the book Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective. In this profile by reporter Hana Baba, listeners hear how Wadud seeks to reaffirm the role of women as spiritual leaders, a position that has been lost over the centuries.
The Spiritual Edge podcast explores the shifting landscape of religion and spirituality. Stories of people and communities who balance a commitment to long-held beliefs with an active modern life. |
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