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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 [...]

On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Congressman Paul Ryan made history as for the first time, two Roman Catholic candidates faced off in a vice [...]

Fifty years ago, one man led the charge to evaluate the Catholic Church’s role in the world – but he wasn’t a revolutionary bent on dissent and schism. He was the Pope. Known by many as the “Good [...]

This week, you may have seen the headlines declaring the decline of Protestantism and the rise of “nones” – or religiously unaffiliated Americans. A new study released recently from the Pew Forum [...]

This weekend, tune in to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to learn about the rise of the “nones;” to reflect on the legacy of the “Good Pope” and Vatican [...]

We’ve repeatedly talked on State of Belief bout the misapplication of the terms “religious freedom” and “religious liberty” to describe an ever-growing list of perceived threats, as defined by [...]

When author Brian McLaren’s latest book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammad Cross the Road? Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith Word, arrived at our offices, the bloody violence that [...]

The next stage in the 2012 race for the White House started Wednesday with the first debate of the season. Both campaigns have been affected by religious rhetoric and there was a lot of [...]

This weekend, tune in to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear a recap of how religion was – or wasn’t – a factor in the first Presidential debate; [...]

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 [...]