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As our country passed a grim milestone of 500,000 COVID-related deaths this week, our politics are still wracked with division. But with good news about the development of vaccines and a new [...]

The brutal winter storms that swept across much of the country had an outsized impact on Eastern Louisiana, where our host, Rev. Welton Gaddy, lives and works. With ice-covered roads and [...]

Finally, Noel Jacobs, executive director of Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma, will join Welton to discuss how the political Religious Right has decentralized its ongoing efforts toward a [...]

Although African American religion hasn’t demanded accommodation in the public square nearly as loudly as does the dominant strain of political Christianity in this country, the fact is that [...]

In honor of Valentine’s Day, journalist and author Susan Katz Miller will join Rev. Welton Gaddy, host of State of Belief, to discuss how America’s growing religious diversity is increasing the [...]

The second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump is underway this week, shedding a new and terrifying light on the events of January 6. The influence of Christian nationalism on the [...]

Later on in the show, Welton will continue the conversation on religious extremism and insurrection with Dr. Chrissy Stroop, a writer and expert on the Religious Right. Chrissy’s Religion [...]

Though Christian nationalism has long been a potent force in our political system, the Trump administration unleashed it by courting its adherents in the highest halls of power. Understanding the [...]

Though the struggle for racial justice has always been a critical part of our country’s movement toward a more perfect nation, last year brought a national reckoning with the systemic racism that [...]

This week marks the start of Black History Month. As people of faith and of convictions, each of us has a moral responsibility to listen to and show up for Black Americans — because without [...]