This week on Beliefs, we return to a conversation with one of our favorite guests, scholar and writer Susan Jacoby.Secularism and atheism finds a full-throated defense in this episode. Jacoby takes u

From Our Archives:We revisit a conversation from our first season with the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim. She describes the clarity she feels from what she calls the unfinished business of Ameri

Speaker, Pastor and Scholar Dr. Christopher A. House resigned from Liberty University recently in protest of President Jerry Falwell Jrsdeleted tweet featuring both blackface and KKK characters.To

Writer and historian Jemar Tisby, Pastor Tyler Burns of New Dimensions Christian Center in Pensacola, Florida co-host the podcast Pass The Mic for their organization The Witness - A Black Christian Collective.  We gratefully thank Religion News Service r.

The steady call to reopen churchesamplified by Presidentialencouragement-is thrilling to some and alarming others.How do we return to worship when the act ofgroup singing, chanting, and prayi

A ministry of song and service, with devotion to the most invisible among us.The husband and wifesinger-songwritingteam ofAl and Andi Tauber, Urban Mennonites:Theyseek andvalue the simple li

We all have Beliefs on where our soul goes upon death.What remains is just that remains.How do wehonorthe vessel that held the person we used to know?From earth to water, and even to the sky,

To understand who we are,and what our numbers signify,we turn to the math, to thestaticians.Someamong us combine psychology, algebra, opinion, and faithto read the rivers of American opinion

For decades,the political influence offaithhas beenseen in the mightand the dominanceof theReligious Right.A new book from Religion News Servicepolitical correspondent Jack Jenkinscalled

Houses of worship across the world are adaptingto the challenges of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Keeping congregants feeling tied to their faith, themselves, and one another has been a challenge felt by all. But what if faith isn't at the center of