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Last November, Oklahoma voters approved a ballot measure that would ban courts from considering Shariah (Islamic law) or international law when making decisions on cases. Now, Tennessee state [...]

Last December, Baton Rouge Magnet High School senior Zack Kopplin helped defeat efforts to add creationism to Louisiana science textbooks.  Now, he is spearheading a campaign to repeal the [...]

Nearly 70 years ago, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester began to sink, and four chaplains on board did what they knew how to do — bring calm to a chaotic situation.  In the end, Chaplains Rabbi [...]

A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute indicates that 56% of Americans believe that the upcoming congressional hearings on the alleged radicalization of the American Muslim [...]

The Kentucky State Senate recently passed a bill that would require the Kentucky Board of Education to “to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of [...]

On this weekend’s State of Belief Radio, Welton Gaddy talks to some leading Louisiana activists working to keep creationism out of public school science classes in that state. You’ll [...]

After the brutal murder of gay activist David Kato in Uganda on January 25th, 2011, we offer background on the origins of the violent anti-gay rhetoric in that country. In an interview aired on [...]

Our nation’s politicians are called to represent and uphold the highest American ideals, particularly those enumerated in the U.S. Constitution.  However, in light of Rep. Peter King and Rep. [...]

This State of the Union Address was not President Obama’s “Sputnik Moment” – and appropriately so. A little boring, yes. But his controlled and somber tone was the right pitch for a [...]

On this weekend’s State of Belief Radio, a panel of prominent religious leaders focuses on how to handle grief, respond to social-based fears and what faith leaders can contribute to the [...]