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 This week, renowned historian and author Timothy Snyder joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the complex relationship between religion, freedom, and democracy. His new book, On [...]

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 [...]

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People Before I begin, I want to recognize that the video posted above is about media portrayals of Arabs in American Hollywood films, not Muslims. I [...]

The following is cross-posted at BeliefNet’s Progressive Revival. October has been a good month for religious pluralism in America. Not great, but good. This past Sunday on Meet the Press former [...]

Sen. Barack Obama may think he’s too cool for air quotes, but he could have used them on ABC’s This Week yesterday. In a conversation with George Stephanopoulos about rumors that Sen. Obama [...]

Below is a post that I wrote for the new BeliefNet blog Progressive Revival: The Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life have [...]

In today’s news: Obama’s Muslim-Outreach Advisor Resigns – less than two weeks after starting. That was quick. The spot for Vice Pastor-in-Chief is wide open. Follow your [...]

We took CNN to task in April for the questions asked of political candidates during the Compassion Forum at Messiah College — particularly a question to then-candidate Hillary Clinton about [...]