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The recent passage of an anti-choice amendment as part of the House health care bill has many asking whether Catholic bishops have been appointed an honorary seat in Congress.  The amendment [...]

  This weekend on State of Belief, we head out to the ball game for a look at the growing influence of evangelical Christian ministries in professional sports. Host Welton Gaddy speaks with [...]

The website Beliefnet reports on how conservative Christian voters are celebrating the results of Tuesday’s election.  The big win in the eyes of the Religious Right is of course the defeat [...]

The New York Times offers an in-depth analysis of  how the marriage equality movement will recoop after the crushing defeat in Maine.  Voters in the state overturned a bill legalizing same [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports today on the controversy over health insurance for “spiritual healing.”  As the Times points out, two powerful Senators – Hatch and Kerry – [...]

Journalist Sam Freedman has an insightful piece in his column On Religion for the New York Times about the growing acceptance of Paganism.  Pagans around the world celebrated the holiday of [...]

Humanist chaplain Greg Epstein is a guest on this week’s State of Belief and his work is also featured in the current Washington Post On Faith section. The title of his book, Good Without [...]