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Progressive Blog Conference Preview on State of Belief this Sunday, on Air America

July 8, 2006 By bellen

Immediate Release

The Interfaith Alliance

July 7, 2006

Contact: Jon Niven, 202.680.8765

This Sunday’s State of Belief Radio

Welton on Obama’s Speech and Religious Conventions; Michelle Goldberg

on Christian Nationalism

Washington July 7 – On this Sunday’s “State of Belief,” The Interfaith

Alliance Foundation’s show on Air America Radio, Rev. Welton Gaddy

speaks with author Michelle Goldberg about the rise of Christian

authoritatism in America; examines Barack Obama’s speech on how faith

affects his life; examines the effect of recent religious conventions

on the landscape of America; and explores how faith bloggers plan to

make their mark.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) spoke last week on the value of his faith to

his public and political life which set off a firestorm discussion

regarding the role of religion in the Democratic Party. The speech

drew many reactions as Welton says, “it was the most impressive

statement on faith and politics in recent memory and a refreshing

departure from the self-righteous certainty of so many politicians’

religious speech.”

This summer, several religious denominations held annual meetings

including the Unitarian Universalists, the Episcopal Church USA, the

Presbyterian Church USA and the Southern Baptists. Important decisions

came out of each one as Jennifer Kottler, Deputy Director of

Protestants for the Common Good joins Welton to talk about their

impact. Welton asks her about the Episcopal Church naming their first

female presiding bishop. Kottler says, “I would like to think the

church is stepping out in some ways but I think we’re seeing the

church start to reflect the broader society especially in the role of

women.

Michele Goldberg, author of Kingdon Coming: The Rise of Chrisian

Nationalism, talks with Welton about Dominionism and how the Religious

Right is building its own fairy tale world. Goldberg says, “it’s a

whole library of lies. You’re talking about stacks and stacks of

endless books and revisionist histories and revisionist science

books…all of it describing this completely imaginary world.”

Blogger Velveteen Rabbi, also known as Rachel Barenblat, explains the

importance of not just the blogosphere, but of religiously progressive

blogs and how they can impact lives, religions and even elections.

Rachel is heading up a Progressive Blog Conference with more than 30

bloggers next week to discuss the best way to spread their message.

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.

State of Belief

Religion and radio, done differently

Brought to you by The Interfaith Alliance Foundation

5:00 to 6:00 PM EST each Sunday

Air America Radio Network

To see where and when State of Belief is broadcast, go to

www.airamericaradio.com/stations

.

(It is likely that State of Belief will be on the air this Sunday at 5

PM EST on your local Air America Radio affiliate. Or, you can listen

online or on XM Satellite Radio, channel 167).

To listen online, go to: www.airamericaradio.com/listen

To stream or podcast State of Belief, go to www.StateofBelief.com

– 30 –

The Interfaith Alliance (TIA) is a nonpartisan, grassroots

organization dedicated to promoting the positive and healing role of

religion in the life of the nation and challenging those who

manipulate religion to promote a narrow, divisive agenda. With more

than 185,000 members drawn from more than 75 faith traditions and 75

local activist groups throughout America, TIA promotes compassion,

civility and mutual respect for human dignity in our increasingly

diverse society.

www.interfaithalliance.org

 

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