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Last year, over 60 houses of worship participated in an unprecedented interfaith event co-organized by Interfaith Alliance, “Faith Shared.” It brought together Christians, Jews and [...]

As the clock ticks inexorably toward year’s end, some are focused on an interpretation of the Mayan calendar that predicts the end of the world on December 21st (a pastor at my own church [...]

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As the wave of anti-American violence that continues to roil the Middle East began, Rev. Gaddy joined Libyan ambassador [...]

Rev. Harkins serves as the Director of Religious Outreach for the DNC, and is Senior Pastor of Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Northwest Washington. Welton asked him about the state of the [...]

On Wednesday night down at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Rep. Paul Ryan officially became Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee Ryan as he accepted the party’s nomination. Pundits, [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – the GOP Convention. We’ll look at what was said and how it was covered in the news with Religion News Service Editor-in-chief Kevin Eckstrom. You’ll also [...]

It isn’t often that I find myself saying “amen” to something that former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee says…but that actually happened last night as I watched his address [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – the fallout and the context for Missouri Congressman Todd Akin’s strange beliefs on rape and conception with Religion Dispatches’ Sarah Posner. Her articles on [...]

State of Belief host Welton Gaddy often talks about the need for civil discourse among people with different viewpoints and beliefs as something that would benefit us all. So when the authors of [...]

State of Belief host Welton Gaddy often talks about the need for civil discourse among people with different viewpoints and beliefs as something that would benefit us all. So when the authors of [...]