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On the next State of Belief Radio – the Pope says even Atheists go to heaven. A few days later, a Vatican spokesman says, no, they don’t. Who does one believe? Kevin Eckstrom, Editor-in-chief of [...]

As it so often does, the Daily Show gets right to the heart of an issue – humor can expose truths that earnest reporting sometimes can’t. Consider this take on the profiling issue. [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Not so comprehensive, if you look at some of the groups being excluded from the current legislative proposal which just moved [...]

What an incredible moment it was yesterday when we learned that after years of delay, the Boy Scouts finally decided to allow openly gay youth to participate. This has been a long time coming and [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – the Obama scandal-o-rama with George Washington University’s Greg Lebel. What looks like an uncharacteristically clumsy response from an ordinarily [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – how is it that the language of faith and values seems to stick only to conservative agendas? Examples abound: during a recent videocast trying to rile up [...]

Today is the National Day of Prayer. It is a day when Congress has mandated the President to issue a proclamation on the virtues of prayer. Prayer has been a positive and meaningful force for [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – with the Boston bombing suspects dead or in custody, the victims are embarking on the long road to recovery, and the rest of us can return to our normal [...]

  The Rev. Dr. Robert William Edgar passed away on Tuesday, April 23rd. His death was sudden and unexpected, and prompted this remembrance from State of Belief host and Interfaith Alliance [...]

Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: Boston after the bombing. Rabbi Matt Soffer of Temple Israel in Boston attended the Interfaith service for the [...]