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This week on State of Belief Radio, I spoke with the Rev. Welton Gaddy about my piece last week about Donald Trump smashing the religious right’s presidential primary formula to bits. You can listen…

Shortly after November’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, Al-Aqsa mosque in Philadelphia received a phone message stating, “I hope you people are happy about what you did in Paris. I’d like to…

An illustrated guide.

Today is a good day for the world famous so-called “Serenity Prayer.” It is part of the twelve-step “liturgy”—helpful when confronting addiction. Since many of us confess we are addicted to fossil…

An excerpt from Asma Afsaruddin’s new book, “Contemporary Issues in Islam.”

After Barack Obama pointed out in a televised address on the San Bernardino shootings that Muslim Americans occupy many familiar social roles including “sports heroes,” Donald Trump offered an…

A well-known national figure tries to rally Americans to the danger posed by a poorly understood minority religious group that’s increasingly making its presence felt in the country. He charges that…

Dear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed in your testimony before the Senate. I recognize that your agency is understaffed in the face…

From the killing of Matthew Shepard to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, horrific incidents of violence against members of marginalized communities galvanized the social justice movement to pursue…

When the archdiocese of New York announced in 2014 that it would begin closing parishes and merging them with neighboring churches, much of the media coverage was focused on the emotional impact…