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This weekend on State of Belief Radio – Dr. Warren Throckmorton on the pernicious attempts of some on the far right to rewrite American history and redefine this as a conservative Christian [...]

How does a scientist’s religious and ethnic background inform his approach to science? A new book argues that the answer is: “a lot more than we think!” Dr. Steve Gimbel, chair [...]

In 2005, a 16-year-old boy in Memphis, Tennessee came out to his parents as gay. When he learned his parents were going to send him to a conservative Christian “reparative therapy” center called [...]

Despite the best efforts of his political opponents to drive a wedge between President Barack Obama and his base over his support of same-sex marriage, the NAACP announced its support for [...]

Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to listen in on a compelling conversation between Welton and a NAACP national board member; learn what [...]

This weekend on State of Belief Radio – The NAACP comes out in support of Marriage Equality. You’ll hear a compelling conversation the Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, a civil rights legend and a [...]

Because the issue of marriage equality has not been divisive enough already in this country, and especially in North Carolina, another pastor has taken it upon himself to make extreme, [...]

The mainstream media often seem to feel a need to fit religion into a nice, neat box, inevitably reinforcing a simple, black-and-white image of faith in this country that for many people of faith [...]

Dr. Diana Butler Bass joins Welton on State of Belief this week to talk about her new book “Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of A New Spiritual Awakening.” [...]

There’s an old saying “all politics is local,” and that’s particularly true when talking about the politics of values and religion – something we often forget with our focus on the national news. [...]