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It has been interesting to watch the role of faith at the Democratic Convention. Their have been examples that I hope others will look to as a guide, and others that completely missed the mark. [...]

You can’t have it both ways—fully integrate religion into the program of the convention and then complain when you find your party in the middle of a theological argument. No sooner had the [...]

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Democratic National Convention to share my concerns about the misuse of religion during this election – from both parties. The following is [...]

You’ve probably already heard about the Democrats’ opening night interfaith festivities which featured speakers like Bishop Charles Blake, of the Church of God in Christ, Rabbi Tzvi [...]

Well played, Steve Waldman! We promised Steve Waldman, editor in chief of Beliefnet.com, some kind of State Of Belief trophy if his predictions for vice-presidential candidates came true…and all [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to State of Belief—the blog that is.  I welcome you to State of Belief on line with the same enthusiasm that I find in us getting together on the radio.  I hope that we [...]

The following is cross-posted at On Faith and BeliefNet’s Progressive Revival. I approached Rick Warren’s Saddleback Civil Forum with much anticipation, but without a clear idea of [...]

Below is a post that I wrote for the new BeliefNet blog Progressive Revival: The Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life have [...]

Below is a post that I wrote for the new BeliefNet blog Progressive Revival: O God, here we go again, I thought as news wires began to sketch the tragedy played out in Tennessee Valley Unitarian [...]

Below is a post that I wrote for the new BeliefNet blog Progressive Revival, which we hope you will check out on a regular basis! While Senator Obama tours the Middle East this week, his campaign [...]