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There are also those Cronkite Award winners who are remembered, no less for their activism and impact in defending our Constitiution, but because they grew to be dear friends of Welton’s and [...]

While for us Walter Cronkite is remembered as a champion of religious freedom, most Americans know him as the “most trusted man in America” and a paragon of television news. And, of course, a [...]

Many of our Cronkite Award winners – including Rachel Maddow, Sally Quinn, and John Meacham – have been journalists who seek to further Walter Cronkite’s profound legacy. Don’t miss this chance [...]

One of the most important aspects of the U.S.’s promise of religious freedom is the ability for faiths to grow, change, and work together freely. It is one of the reasons that a diversity of [...]

For people across the country, this week is a time of reflection and gratitude. Well it’s a week of thanksgiving for us here at State of Belief as well as Rev. Gaddy takes a moment in the sun in [...]

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called on Welton Gaddy to comment on the wholesale absence of truth from the current presidential campaign – in particular the immunity of one particular [...]

As many American leaders plumb new depths of intolerance and fear-mongering, Welton reflects on the toll such rhetoric can all too easily take on us as a people, and as a nation. As a keen [...]

In continuing the discussion of the Paris attacks, Samuel Grzybowski joins us from France, where he’s the founder of Coexister, the leading interfaith organization in the country. The motto of [...]

In the wake of the Paris attacks, Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer wrote Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success for Religion Dispatches. In his compelling article, Dr. Juergensmeyer goes beyond [...]

This week the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released the findings of the 2015 American Values Survey. With the startling title “Anxiety, Nostalgia and Mistrust,” the report paints a [...]