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From Washington to Jerusalem, there are Religious Right dreams coming true, while the rest of us – religious and secular folks alike – look on in confusion and consternation. Between the [...]

A new national moral revival launched last weekend with several hundred arrests of religious leaders on Capitol Hill and in events across the country. The new campaign harkens back to the effort [...]

Anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate crimes targeting Jews continue to rise after a precipitous spike in recent years. Avowed neo-Nazis running for public office, chants of “Jews will not replace us” [...]

Since the 2016 election, evangelicals voters have been a topic of focus for political observers of all stripes. The religious right’s power as a voting bloc helped propel Donald Trump to the [...]

By now, the United States’ use of torture in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks – often euphemistically referred to as “enhanced interrogation techniques” – is well documented, but [...]

In 2012, the Vatican imposed a stunning set of restrictions on a group of Catholic women religious in America. Although their focus on social and economic justice seems to be in line with Pope [...]

With support from the likes of the Koch brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has successfully pushed pro-business, anti-environment legislation in states across the country, [...]

A new poll released this week finds that while Muslims in America disapprove of the country’s direction, they are still proud to call themselves Americans. The third-annual American Muslim Poll – [...]

This past Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the Trump Muslim ban. A diverse group of activists and advocates – many of them faith-inspired – was on [...]

We often talk on State of Belief about how the religious right is slowly and successfully expanding their reach into the U.S. government, blurring the line between Church and State. However, [...]