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We’ll have a special Word from Welton as he reflects on religious freedom in the age of Trump and notes the hypocritical irony earlier this month when this president announced a new faith-based [...]

Sadly, a campaign in Oklahoma to prevent anti-LGBTQ discrimination from becoming state law failed. Last week, Governor Mary Fallin signed a piece of legislation that allows private foster care [...]

From Washington to Jerusalem, there are Religious Right dreams coming true, while the rest of us – religious and secular folks alike – look on in confusion and consternation. Between the [...]

A new national moral revival launched last weekend with several hundred arrests of religious leaders on Capitol Hill and in events across the country. The new campaign harkens back to the effort [...]

The week started with the arrest of religious leaders engaged in civil disobedience across the country and saw the Congressional appointment of an anti-LGBTQ crusader to a body charged with [...]

Anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate crimes targeting Jews continue to rise after a precipitous spike in recent years. Avowed neo-Nazis running for public office, chants of “Jews will not replace us” [...]

Since the 2016 election, evangelicals voters have been a topic of focus for political observers of all stripes. The religious right’s power as a voting bloc helped propel Donald Trump to the [...]

By now, the United States’ use of torture in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks – often euphemistically referred to as “enhanced interrogation techniques” – is well documented, but [...]

“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” It may be a cliché, but that doesn’t make understanding history any less important. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith [...]

In 2012, the Vatican imposed a stunning set of restrictions on a group of Catholic women religious in America. Although their focus on social and economic justice seems to be in line with Pope [...]