Extended Interviews

“I think that someone else phrased it this way: you know, Akin was the man who said too much.” – Sarah Posner, Senior Editor, Religion Dispatches Magazine A week ago, six-term [...]

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 [...]

In 2010, the National Organization for Marriage issued a secret document outlining a strategy to divide Obama’s African-American and LGBT support. Since then, NOM, along with their Republican [...]

Regular listeners of the show know that we work hard to be non-partisan, but at the same time, when issues of importance to us are co-opted for political purposes, that’s something we need to [...]

Ahead of the 2008 election, a lot of political organizing happened in traditional African-American churches. And 95% of Black voters pulled the lever for Obama. What impact has the [...]

In recent years, it seems that both religious values and leaders are becoming increasingly political – something we think is a very discouraging development. However, if Rabbi Dennis Ross’ new [...]

When a leading presidential candidate travels overseas, he’s going to be perceived as speaking for America. Late last month, Governor Mitt Romney went to London, where many took him to [...]

How do you balance Olympic ambitions with the faith that supports you? And what happens when they conflict? The London 2012 Summer Olympics fall during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, observed [...]

With record-setting heat waves across the country, it’s not difficult to get people talking about climate change. Whether it’s conservatives accusing climate alarmists of being un-American [...]

The recently released book Moses: A Stranger Among Us casts a new light on a historical figure we all thought we knew. This week, author Rabbi Maurice Harris joins us on State of Belief to talk [...]