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In our 24-hour news cycle, the tendency to call every breaking story a turning point has become cliché. These days, however, it really does feel like we’re witnessing history, with instability [...]

For those of us who believe deeply in justice, dignity, and equality for all people, regardless of sexual identity or gender orientation, this was a rough week. Conservative governors in Texas [...]

For decades, religious conservatives in this country have twisted the values of Christianity in order to suit their own radical political aims. Listeners of State of Belief are well aware that we [...]

The shared affinity between the American political Religious Right and Vladimir Putin is no secret. But as the brutal Russian dictator, who some conservatives have called a “defender of Christian [...]

From our local communities, to state legislatures, to even the international stage, we’re seeing powerful figures assert their own twisted interpretations of religious values to justify [...]

Christian nationalist symbols and attitudes were deeply entangled with the movement to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. While [...]

We at State of Belief speak often about how white nationalism has inflamed religious extremism and undermined the integrity of some major religious denominations. And as we face resurgent white [...]

As the world looks on in horror at the brutal and indefensible Russian assault on Ukraine, we’re all searching for ways to make sense of this conflict. But one key explanation missing from the [...]

Extremist politics under the guise of religious conviction are dividing and damaging communities across the United States. But these issues are far from new and by no means exclusive to this [...]

This week, we revisit an unforgettable episode of State of Belief, the weekly radio program and podcast from Interfaith Alliance: an extended interview host Rev. Welton Gaddy conducted in June of [...]