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In 2009, host Rev. Welton Gaddy spoke with Bethany Moreton, who had just published the book, To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise. The interview remains insightful [...]

The respected Southern Poverty Law Center is under attack by organizations, like the Family Research Council, that are enraged at being exposed for what they do – fund and foment anti-gay [...]

With the 16th anniversary of September 11th only a week away, we felt compelled to revisit a deeply moving interview that we first aired last year. Sociologist Orlando Rodriguez lost his son in [...]

Happy Labor Day Weekend! As we take some time this weekend for family and friends, this week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s radio show and podcast, we revisit some of the show’s [...]

Finally, Welton will be joined by Dr. Christopher Stroop, the scholar and expert in religion and politics who started the hashtag #EmptyThePews as a wake-up call to fundamentalist churches that [...]

“Facts” continue to be in short supply at the White House and across the nation, or at the very least, any agreement about what is factual or not. To help you navigate this terrain, [...]

Host Rev. Welton Gaddy will be joined by Terry Swartzberg, an American-born journalist and activist who’s a leader in the Stolperstein (“stumbling block”) movement, which commemorates [...]

As Americans debate whether or not to remove Confederate monuments from the public square, it’s instructive to look to Germany to see how that country has memorialized historical conflicts. [...]

And Welton will share some thoughts on the essential need to step up and speak out in the face of white supremacy and hate – regardless of the level at which such tendencies show themselves.

It was inspiring to see a diverse group of faith leaders gather in Charlottesville to stand against racism and hate, but we later saw images of those same leaders under attack by white [...]