Gloves off: the truth about the Texas theocratic nexus
Rev. Welton Gaddy, as a longtime Baptist minister and a champion of keeping religion out of politics (and politics out of religion), has a unique history with some of the techniques and leaders of the rapidly growing Evangelical/Catholic alliance that, most recently, gathered several weeks ago in the Lone Star State to attempt to anoint [...]
Some good TV coverage of religion in politics
It’s potentially encouraging that the mainstream media is shining more of a spotlight on the way religion is being used and abused in the current electoral cycle. Of course, the old saying “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” holds true when talking heads without much familiarity with the subject wade into the discussion. It’s [...]
An Interfaith Holiday Story
We are hosting a college classmate of my oldest son in our home. Having just graduated from college, she is in the area looking for a job. Z is a delightful person who happens to be Muslim. In the spirit of her faith tradition and the holidays, she wanted to volunteer over the holidays and [...]
Something Right In Oklahoma- An Appreciation
In this season of reflection, of hope, we are thankful for our Interfaith Alliance family around the country. This note was sent in by our Oklahoma Affiliate President Jeff Hamilton. Rev Mark Davies helped host our 2009 High School leadership program in OKC and Orhan Osman and the Turkish community center recruited students for LEADD. [...]
Lowes could use a little home improvement of its own
Caving to religious bigotry, Lowe’s pulled its advertising from the TLC program, “All-American Muslim.” The show examines life in Dearborn, Mich., through the lens of five Muslim American families. Dearborn is home to the largest mosque in the United States, serving more than 3,000 worshipers. The Florida Family Association has said it finds the show [...]
TOO MUCH “Christ” in “Christmas”? Rick Perry’s “Obama’s war on religion” ad? What happens when you “flunk sainthood”? This week on State of Belief Radio.
When Time contributing writer Amy Sullivan publisher her column Let’s put ‘Christ’-mas In Its Place in USA Today, we knew we had to have her on the show. As provocative as the head-line is, you may be surprised at the faith-based rationale behind the writer’s suggestion. Amy is the author of The Party Faithful: How [...]
This Weekend: State of Belief Radio in Iowa
As the state of Iowa gears up for the first-in-the-nation presidential primary event, the Iowa Caucuses, Welton broadcasts from Des Moines. Connie Ryan Terrell, Executive Director of Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, joins us to talk about the impact of the debates inspired by the caucuses on the work of the Alliance, and the overlap between [...]
This Weekend: Grieving Mom Fights School Bullying; The Pepper-sprayed Pastor; Wage Theft Days of Action
When Tammy Aaberg’s 15-year-old son Justin killed himself last year, she had no idea he’d been bullied mercilessly at school. She also didn’t know that he wasn’t the first to be bullied to death there. On this week’s show, the Minnesota mom tells Welton Gaddy why knowing what was going on might have saved her [...]
This Weekend: Muslim Advocates New Report on Freedom; Rt. Rev. Jane Dixon; and a Reluctant Call to Battle
On November 13th, Interfaith Alliance will recognize the recipients of this year’s Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Awards at a gala dinner in New York City. The recipients are retired Episcopal Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon, and legendary PBS journalist Jim Lehrer. On this week’s State of Belief Radio, hear an in-depth interview with Bishop Dixon, [...]
This Weekend: “Occupy Interfaith,” still a free media pass for Dominionists, and Knitting4Peace.
Welton is joined this week by Chris Stedman, the Interfaith and Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University and the Founder of the first blog dedicated to exploring atheist-interfaith engagement, NonProphet Status. His memoir is due out next year from Beacon Press. It’s called Faitheist: How One Atheist Learned to Overcome the [...]
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