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This week on State of Belief, a look at the Democratic and Republican conventions...from the change in how Democrats discuss one controversial issue to the topic interfaith leaders say both parties need to address. And, how is religion being used in the hunt for VP candidates? Find out more...
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This week on State of Belief, host Welton Gaddy broadcasts from the Chautauqua Institution in New York state where he is joined by the Reverend Joan Brown Campbell to discuss religion and this year's presidential election. Plus, a look at faith, hope and redemption in the music of Bruce Springsteen...and does a new attack ad from John McCain imply Barack Obama is the anti-Christ? That and more.
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This week on State of Belief, Congressman Keith Ellison talks with host Welton Gaddy about illegal hiring practices at the Justice Department. Plus, Kathy Miller of the Texas Freedom Network tells Welton about a new law in Texas allowing the Bible to be taught in the state's high schools. And, author Daniel Maguire offers a lesson in progressive Catholicism…
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This week on State of Belief, host Welton Gaddy is back from Madrid, Spain and he speaks with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield about the recent interfaith conference they attended. And, what do Fundamentalists get wrong when they disparage Darwin? Author and scientist Karl Giberson talks about how it’s possible to be a Christian and believe in evolution. Plus, journalist Sarah Posner discusses the week’s religion and politics news…
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 This week on State of Belief, host Welton Gaddy explores how Islam has been portrayed in this year’s presidential campaigns with Salam Al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Also, as Batman hits the big screen this weekend, the Comic Book Rabbi, Simcha Weinstein, returns to State of Belief to talk religion, Judaism and superheroes…And a look at a recent lawsuit on religious discrimination at Disney World.
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 On this weeks show, faith - based initiatives...Presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will continue the Bush program of providing federal grants to religious organizations that provide social services. But is a program aimed at helping religious charities dangerous for religion? Join host Welton Gaddy as he explores the constitutional questions raised by the controversial faith-based initiative.
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In honor of Independence Day, State of Belief revisits some of our favorite and most patriotic interviews…. all of which celebrate the origins of religious freedom in this country and the need to protect this first freedom for all Americas. Host Welton Gaddy speaks with Newsweek’s Jon Meacham, Beliefnet’s Steve Waldman, Reverend Forrest Church and Pulitzer-prize winner Anthony Lewis. Also, tune in to hear Welton’s own wish for this year’s holiday.
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On this week’s show, host Welton Gaddy is joined by Ted Sorensen, a personal advisor and speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy. He is the author of a new book, Counselor: A Life At the Edge of History. Ted shares his insight into religion in the Kennedy White House and his personal experience helping to draft Kennedy’s now famous speech on Catholicism and the separation of church and state.
Also, Greg White of the Pew Center on Religion & Public Life talks about a new survey on the religious landscape in America…
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In celebration of National Gay Pride Month, State of Belief looks at religion and faith and the struggle for gay rights.
Activist and businessman Mitchell Gold tells us why he took his success and used it to found an organization called Faith in America, a non-profit dedicated to ending religious bigotry against homosexuals.
And, Representative Tammy Baldwin has recently helped formed a House caucus dedicated to ending all forms of discrimination against gay Americans. She joins us to talk about some of her work as the nation’s first openly lesbian member of Congress.
Plus, we hear from a gay Muslim filmmaker who has fearlessly chronicled the stories of other gay and lesbian Muslims living in countries where homosexuality is forbidden.
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On today’s program, we take a look at one of the most controversial issues for both religion and politics: the death penalty….as seen through the eyes of a chaplain on death row. Host Welton Gaddy is joined by the award-winning director of a documentary about a man named Carroll Pickett, a pastor who presided over nearly 100 executions during his tenure at a Texas state prison…The film is called At the Death House Door.
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