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This weekend on State of Belief, how do people of faith feel about immigration? A leading pollster and a representative from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops discuss the religious case for [...]

  This weekend on State of Belief, does the First Amendment allow a Christian student organization to bar gays and lesbians from joining? Or should an anti-discrimination policy prevail? Baptist [...]

This past Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a case that pits a faith-based student organization’s religious freedom rights against the [...]

Dorothy Height died early this morning at age 98. The nation lost a great citizen and all freedom loving people lost a friend.  When the civil rights movement in this nation began in the 1960’s, [...]

This weekend on State of Belief, what’s next for the Catholic Church? Feminist theologian Mary Hunt tells Welton about the reforms she hopes to see in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse [...]

Rev. Welton Gaddy interviews Father John Dear, author and peace activist, on the recent nuclear security summit and the religious case against nuclear weapons. Is President Obama being honest [...]

Yesterday, federal district court struck down the National Day of Prayer as unconstitutional.  The opinion authored by Judge Barbara Crabb is a thoughtfully written, thorough explanation of the  [...]

This morning I experienced an unexpected pleasure. When I boarded the shuttle bus to go to the airport, I found myself seated beside my good friend Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, former head of the Islamic [...]

This weekend on State of Belief, the Boston Globe‘s Michael Paulson speaks with Welton Gaddy about the clergy sex scandal in the Catholic Church. Plus, author Corwin Smidt tells Welton [...]

  This weekend on State of Belief, has Christianity become too consumer-driven? Journalist and minister Jeffrey MacDonald discusses his new book, Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and [...]