Faith, Identity, and Justice: Conversations with Kirsten Lesage and Hafza Girdap

On today’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan sits down with two distinguished guests to explore faith, identity, and human rights. First, he talks with Kirsten Lesage, Research Associate at Pew Research Center, about global trends in religious identity, focusing on “religious switching” and the movement between faith traditions, especially Catholicism and Protestantism. After a short break, Monsignor Sullivan interviews Dr. Hafza Girdap, Assistant Professor at Hofstra University and spokesperson for Advocates of Silenced Turkey, about the intersection of religion, gender, and systemic discrimination in Turkey, exploring how religious identity can be used for persecution and highlighting ways listeners can support human rights initiatives worldwide.