Extended Interviews

This time of year many of us seem to spend more time with family, which is why it’s especially timely that this week we meet Peggy Gillespie. Peggy is co-director of the Family Diversity [...]

Just in time for Christmas, Pope Benedict XVI is out with a new book, The Infancy Narratives: Jesus of Nazareth. The new book is the third installment of a trilogy examining the life of Jesus [...]

Billionaires and Ballot Bandits With the elections behind us, the media has mostly turned its attention away from the endless lines at some polling places, and from other obstacles facing many [...]

As we all head to the voting booth on Tuesday, November 6th, there are a few thoughts Welton would like you to take with you. Here are some lessons learned and observations made during the [...]

On November 11, 2012, Interfaith Alliance will award the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award to the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, in recognition of his 15 years heading the organization, as well as [...]

Every year, the Public Religion Research Institute provides a comprehensive overview of Americans with a focus on values, faith, and the political implications of this data. This is a [...]

Even as the secular American ideal of Church-State separation seems to be under attack in many quarters, startling new research from the Pew Forum on Faith and Public Life shows an unprecedented [...]

Periodically, we’ve covered the chilling story of the sometimes-deadly marginalization of the LGBT community in Uganda. Journalist Andy Kopsa, whose work appears in Religion Dispatches, The [...]

In 2008, a handful of American pastors stepped into their pulpits one Sunday and preached in favor of a particular presidential candidate, deliberately violating the Johnson Amendment – part of [...]

In an election season steeped in religious rhetoric, a hot-button topic is on the ballot in four states. Voters in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and Washington will be weighing in on equal rights [...]