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Our country is at its most politically divided in decades, and it seems that this divide is only growing deeper. However, in the face of rising animosities, organizations such as OneAmerica are [...]

Some of President Trump’s most enthusiastic cheerleaders come from the far-right evangelical movement. Few know the inside workings of this powerful community as well as Frank Schaffer, who spent many [...]

All eyes will be on Iowa ahead of the first-in-the-nation February, 2020 presidential caucuses. Luckily, Interfaith Alliance has boots on the ground, thanks to the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa. Connie [...]

Often, adherents to faith traditions face misconceptions and over-generalizations. For instance, when we talk of “Baptists,” many think only of the politicized Southern Baptist Convention; when in [...]

Vice President Mike Pence said it himself: “I am a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican – in that order.” For someone who often advocates for the melding of his Christian faith and [...]

The Supreme Court will take up the issue of employment protections for LGBTQ workers on October 8th. Having devoted a significant amount of his time to fighting for equality because of, not in spite [...]

Anyone with a finger on the pulse of faith and politics is sure to be familiar with Religion News Service. RNS has been an invaluable resource to State of Belief since our inception. Bob Smietana, [...]

With religious extremism and hatred of the “other” measurably on the rise, programs that facilitate interfaith cooperation are more important than ever. And that is precisely what the OMNIA Institute [...]

Following President Trump’s address at UNGA, Interfaith Alliance’s President Rabbi Jack Moline said it best: “If the president is serious about promoting true religious freedom worldwide, he should [...]

In our final segment this week, we’ll hear from the man who has been part of the show for almost a decade, but with whom listeners may not be as familiar. Ray Kirstein, State of Belief’s producer, [...]