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The Best of State of Belief


Washington June 9 – This Sunday’s "State of Belief," The Interfaith Alliance Foundation’s show on Air America Radio, features some of the best moments from the program’s first months. Among other highlights, Sen. Patrick Leahy discusses religious liberty and the first amendment; Esther Kaplan, author of With God on Their Side, tells Welton what scares her most about the religious right; NPR correspondent and priestess of Wicca Margot Adler looks at the ever-growing pagan community; and journalist Chris Hedges, author of War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, explains how the radical religious right in America reminds him of totalitarian movements he covered in Europe and the Middle East.

<>The show will also feature Welton’s response to the recent Religious Right-sponsored “War on Christians” conference. “I feel my American values are under attack,” says Welton, “not my Christian values.” And in a highlight from State of Belief’s popular “Your Voice” segment, a peace activist tells of being spied on by the federal government – in a Quaker meeting house! In just five months State of Belief has done something unique to today’s radio dial – brought religion and politics together for a helpful discussion. In covering topics from the right-wing takeover of the government and the federal marriage amendment to the environment and the economy, Welton has opened the doors for dialogue among religious leaders and politicians as well as all Americans.
“I knew the concept of our show was a good one,” said Welton, “but I had no idea it would be widely embraced across the country. Each week I hear from people who listen to it on the radio, iPod, or computer and their reaction is amazing. Our discussions have sparked conversations at work, in the home and in houses of worship and I could not be more pleased.”

<>State of Belief explores the intersection of religion with politics, culture, media, and activism. Through interviews with newsmakers and celebrities, reports from the field, and his own commentary, Welton shows how religion and radical freedom are best friends and how the religious right is wrong – wrong for America and bad for religion.

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