October 23, 2010
Jeff Sharlet, Assistant Professor of English at Dartmouth College, returns for the second installment of an interview focusing on his new book, C Street – The Fundamentalist Threat to American...
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October 30, 2010
Mary Helen Stefaniak, on her new novel, The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. The book tells the story of Gladys Cailiff, 11, growing up in Depression-era Threestep, Ga., and her teacher, Miss Spivey, who...
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Remembering friend of the show Ted Sorenson, speech writer to President John F Kennedy. Examining the Tea Party’s policies and convictions with Greg labelle, professor of political management at...
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Haroon Moghul, Executive Director of The Maydan Institute, which works to build understanding between Muslims and the West, on the significance of Oklahoma recently passing a law forbidding the use of...
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Chris Stedman, the Managing Director of State of Formation, a new initiative at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Chris also serves on the Leadership Team of the Common Ground Campaign, a...
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David Campbell, co-author of a new book surveying religion in American politics and American life, “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us.” He is the John Cardinal OHara, C.S.C. Associate...
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December 4, 2010
Nicole Greenfield, a freelance writer and contributor to Religion Dispatches, on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s appeal, in great part based on “American Exceptionalism,” the intersection of faith...
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This weekend; three perspectives on the impact of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and the potential impact of repeal. You’ll hear from: Jeanette Coleman, a decorated U.S. Army veteran,...
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Rev. Joseph Tolton, Pastor of Rehoboth Temple in New York City and a human rights activist, on his recent trip to Uganda to better understand Ugandan Member of Parliament David Bahati’s bill calling...
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Everything Old is New Again? Welton talks to Religion News Service Editor Kevin Eckstrom about RNS’ year-end roundup of the top religion news stories of 2010. Kevin published a list that highlighted...
View ArticleJanuary 9-10, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, host Welton Gaddy revisits his conversation with one of the most important and prolific writers on religion in the modern world. Karen Armstrong is the author of more...
View ArticleJanuary 9-10. 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, host Welton Gaddy revisits his conversation with one of the most important and prolific writers on religion in the modern world. Karen Armstrong is the author of more...
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This weekend on State of Belief, could new airport security regulations result in religious profiling? Nahid Awad from the Council on American-Islamic Relations weighs in. Plus, host Welton Gaddy...
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This weekend on State of Belief, how did Biblical references end up on the rifles used by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan? Mikey Weinstein from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation weighs in...
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This weekend on State of Belief, a look at the relationship between religion and the jurisprudence of Justice Antonin Scalia. USA Today legal correspondent Joan Biskupic shares insight from her new...
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This weekend on State of Belief, is there a link between antisemitism and prejudice against Muslims? Find out when host Welton Gaddy speaks with the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies’ Dalia Mogehad...
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This weekend on State of Belief, is it time for a new direction in Christianity? Host Welton Gaddy speaks with pastor, lecturer, and author, Brian McLaren about his new book, A New Kind of...
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February 20-21, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, the founder of the Sufi rock band Junoon joins host Welton Gaddy for a conversation about religion, politics and music. Salman Ahmad is the author of a new memoir,...
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This weekend on State of Belief, tune into to hear host Welton Gaddy’s conversations with two very different guests who each in their own way will leave an impact on American society. Gay rights...
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This weekend on State of Belief, does America’s foreign policy suffer from a God gap? Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, talks about a new report on...
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This weekend on State of Belief, Religion News Service’s Daniel Burke tells us about the seven people who make up what he calls President Obama’s “spiritual” cabinet. Plus, professor Bettye...
View ArticleMarch 20-21, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, what did a self-proclaimed secular Jew learn when she went undercover at Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church? Author Gina Welch discusses her new book, In the...
View ArticleMarch 27-28, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, what role did Jews play in the discovery of the New World? Author Ed Kritzler shares stories from his book, Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of...
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This weekend on State of Belief, has Christianity become too consumer-driven? Journalist and minister Jeffrey MacDonald discusses his new book, Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the...
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This weekend on State of Belief, the Boston Globe‘s Michael Paulson speaks with Welton Gaddy about the clergy sex scandal in the Catholic Church. Plus, author Corwin Smidt tells Welton about the state...
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This weekend on State of Belief, what’s next for the Catholic Church? Feminist theologian Mary Hunt tells Welton about the reforms she hopes to see in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse scandal....
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This weekend on State of Belief, does the First Amendment allow a Christian student organization to bar gays and lesbians from joining? Or should an anti-discrimination policy prevail? Baptist Joint...
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This weekend on State of Belief, how do people of faith feel about immigration? A leading pollster and a representative from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops discuss the religious case for a...
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This weekend on State of Belief, a look at the state of religious freedom abroad. Find out how a new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom may impact America’s foreign...
View ArticleMay 15-16, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief, Boston University professor Stephen Prothero critiques the premise that all the world’s religions are essentially the same. He joins host Welton Gaddy to discuss his...
View ArticleMay 22-23, 2010
Ian Buruma, author of the new book “Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents,” speaks with Welton about how religious groups adjust to the norms of liberal, secular society. Dan...
View ArticleMay 29-30, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief: Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches on how faith is shaping the politics of our country – from the Democrats’ outreach to religious groups, to the impact of the...
View ArticleJune 5-6, 2010
This weekend on State of Belief: … Kalsoom Lakhani, director of ML Resources Social Vision, and editor of the popular blog CHUP, or Changing Up Pakistan, discuss the Ahmadi sect of Islam, whose...
View ArticleJune 12-13, 2010
On this weekend’s State of Belief, with Welton Gaddy: … Shaul Magid, professor of modern Judaism at Indiana University and contributor to Religion Dispatches, parses the Helen Thomas affair and the...
View ArticleJune 19 – 20, 2010
On this weekend’s State of Belief, with Welton Gaddy, we revisit two recent conversations that are equally pertinent today: Max Blumenthal, author of “Republican Gomorrah,” tells the curious tale of...
View ArticleJune 26 – 27, 2010
On this weekend’s State of Belief, with Welton Gaddy: John Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker join us in studio to discuss theology behind progressive politics, the importance of worship to social...
View ArticleJuly 3 – 4, 2010
On this weekend’s State of Belief, with Welton Gaddy: …Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, on the different meanings of patriotism for Americans; …Michele Naar-Obed of...
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This week on State of Belief with Welton Gaddy: Julie Ingersoll, professor in the Religious Studies program at the University of North Florida and co-author of the Religion Dispatches article Gun...
View ArticleJuly 17 – 18, 2010
Daisy Khan, spokesperson and board member of the Cordoba Initiative, on her organization’s plans to build a Muslim-led cultural center near the site of the 9-11 attacks – and the vocal opposition...
View ArticleJuly 31, 2010
… Vickie Stangl, of the Great Plains chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, on the secular invocation offered at a recent Wichita City Council meeting. Kathy Miller, the...
View ArticleAugust 7 – 8, 2010
Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear… … Dr. Jim Forbes, leader of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, and former pastor of Riverside...
View ArticleAugust 14 – 15, 2010
Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear… … Jennifer Pizer, Senior Counsel and Marriage Project Director at Lambda Legal, on the recent...
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Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear… Professor Melissa Rogers on the legal and constitutional implications of controversy over the...
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Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear… …Salam al Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council on the proposed Islamic center near Ground...
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Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief to hear… … Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty...
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Tune in this weekend to Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief for a roundtable discussion on religion and politics featuring… …Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, director of...
View ArticleSeptember 25, 2010
Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast State of Belief brings you a special episode featuring a web exclusive extended interview with Chely Wright, an award-winning country music...
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Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota, on the increasing anti-Muslim trend plaguing our country. Ellison, elected in 2006, was the first Muslim elected to Congress. Now in his second term representing...
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Dr. Robby Jones, Founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, on this week’s release of the third American Values Survey. Conducted every two years as the nation prepares for national...
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Dan Savage, on his new online “It Gets Better” project, aimed at reaching LGBT youths in the aftermath of the recent surge in suicides among gay young people. He is also a writer. Jeff Sharlet,...
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