The Vatican’s Synod on the Family, formally titled “Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization,” brought together bishops from around the world to discuss how to apply the [...]
Faith and secular leaders traveled to Ferguson last weekend to join the four days of civil disobedience and resistance called Ferguson October. During the “Moral Monday” protest, more than 50 [...]
Welton welcomes back GLAAD Director of News Ross Murray to discuss #SpiritDay, an initiative to encourage students to stand up to bullying of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peers. [...]
It’s time to mess with Texas’ textbooks. As a state with one of the largest school-age populations, education standards in Texas can affect the availability of school materials nationwide. Welton [...]
While the U.S. media obsess about domestic cases of Ebola, the outbreak in West Africa continues to worsen. Welton discusses the role faith-based organizations can play in providing assistance [...]
We last hosted openly gay Evangelical Christian activist Matthew Vines when he published his book, God And The Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-sex Relationships. Matthew [...]
We’ve recently brought you several stories about how the Religious Right, having lost many of its battles here at home, is setting its sights on projecting its culture war agenda abroad. Now [...]
Every year the Public Religion Research Institute puts out an excellent snapshot of America’s political and religious mood called the American Values Survey. This year’s report, released last [...]
Marie Alford-Harkey of the Religion Institute joins Welton to discuss her new book, Bisexuality: Making the Invisible Visible in Faith Communities. They discuss the specific challenges faced by [...]
This week, Welton gets together with Executive Religion at The Huffington Post, the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, to look back at the top religion news stories from the summer. They review recent polls [...]