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Paul is joined by Dr. Diana Butler Bass, an award-winning author and commentator on religion and spirituality. The conversation covers Diana’s journey as a writer and speaker, particularly [...]

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush welcomes the youngest guests ever to appear on The State of Belief, his sons Walter and Glenn. Together, they think about what it means to be thankful, and [...]

 Happy Thanksgiving! This week on The State of Belief, we look at gratitude and appreciation from several angles: through the eyes of children, and of a theologian who literally wrote the book [...]

 This week, we dive into the Israel-Palestine crisis, reflecting on the struggles and the urgent call for peace. Recorded just before Rosh Hashanah and the one-year mark of the October 7th [...]

 Faced with the surging threat of Christian nationalism, The State of Belief this week explores the urgent need for resistance against authoritarian theocracy, focusing on the roles that faith [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/segments/The_State_of_Belief_110924_Adelle_Banks_Bob_Smietana.mp3 In the wake of a deeply consequential election, The State of [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/segments/The_State_of_Belief_110924_Katherine_Stewart.mp3 In the wake of a deeply consequential election, The State of Belief this [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/segments/The_State_of_Belief_110924_Skye_Perryman.mp3 In the wake of a deeply consequential election, The State of Belief this [...]

 In the wake of a deeply consequential election, The State of Belief this week unpacks the electoral role played by religious communities, exploring how various faith groups influenced voter [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/segments/The_State_of_Belief_110224_Khalilah_Worley.mp3 And even as gerrymandering threatens the fairness of the vote in several [...]