Extended Interviews

The ultimate judgement about our identity will be decided not by what we say about ourselves, but how we treat others – Welton Gaddy After reports that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects [...]

We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw -Eboo Patel Examining the events and aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, Eboo Patel, founder [...]

What started as a Facebook wall post from a Bostonian away at Seminary in Rome has been forwarded and republished tens of thousands of times. The essay is in the form of a letter to the younger [...]

After speaking at a pro-marriage equality rally on the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, State of Belief Radio host Welton Gaddy shares his thoughts on being present as oral [...]

How do Americans really feel about immigration reform? Both political parties are making it a priority issue – and Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute has a new [...]

Religious Liberty used to mean freedom from persecution and even death – and still does in many parts of the world. But how did this powerful phrase come to represent the interests of [...]

The Rev. Pat Bumgardner, senior pastor of the New York congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, the world’s largest LGBT organization, on the Supreme Court’s taking on DOMA later this [...]

Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, host of State of Belief Radio, urges the preservation of Church-State separation, as mandated by the US Constitution, even in the case of [...]

In tough economic times, who could possibly object to a few government aid dollars going to houses of worship ravaged by Superstorm Sandy late last year? Turns out a number of Church-State [...]

So Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world with the sudden announcement of his imminent resignation on February 28th. According to Alessandro Speciale, Vatican correspondent for Religion News [...]