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Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: a provocative new ad campaign meant to achieve nothing less than “Taking back Islam from Muslim & anti-Muslim extremists [...]

At least last year, Hannukah and Christmas overlapped. Not so this year, with the Festival of Lights ending before the full force of the Christmas season even arrived. The way its celebrated in [...]

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On Tuesday night, State of Belief Host and President of Interfaith Alliance Welton Gaddy appeared on the Rachel Maddow [...]

A Word from Welton Religious liberty continues to make headlines. What’s the real threat? What’s strategic hyperbole? And what are the possible long-term consequences of this whole debate? Rev. [...]

A “Fortnight of Facts” There’s been a lot of attention paid to the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom” – the bishops’ two-week campaign culminating on July 4th to raise the [...]

In a really interesting conversation, Welton and Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion author Dr. Steve Gimbel, Chair of the Psychology Department at [...]

How does a scientist’s religious and ethnic background inform his approach to science? A new book argues that the answer is: “a lot more than we think!” Dr. Steve Gimbel, Chair of the Philosophy [...]

In 2005, a 16-year-old boy in Memphis, Tennessee came out to his parents as gay. When he learned his parents were going to send him to a conservative Christian “reparative therapy” center called [...]

Dr. Diana Butler Bass joins Welton on State of Belief this week to talk about her new book “Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of A New Spiritual Awakening.” [...]

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 [...]