About Belief and Ballots: An American podcast on faith and the public sphere
Belief and Ballots is a podcast sponsored by Saint Anselm College’s Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life. The podcast explores the relationship between faith, the public sphere, and political engagement, including interreligious and interfaith perspectives.
The podcast features interviews with scholars, activists, and religious leaders from various faith traditions. The podcast also includes discussions of current events and political issues from a religious perspective, focusing on how different faith traditions can come together to address these issues.
Publisher
The Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life at Saint Anselm College
Belief & Ballots Season 2 Episode 5- Meghan Clark, Catholic Social Teaching in a Modern Context
Meghan J. Clark, Ph.D., is a professor of moral theology at St John’s University (NY). At St. John’s, Dr. Clark engages students inside and outside the classroom on diverse topics in moral theology and Catholic social thought. In 2015, Dr. Clark was a Fulbright Scholar to the Hekima Institute for Peace Studies and International Relations at Hekima University College, Nairobi, Kenya. She has conducted theology fieldwork on human rights and solidarity in Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and the Philippines.
10 Feb 2026
Belief and Ballots Season 2, Episode 4- Katherine Stewart, Money, Lies, and God – Christian Nationalism in America
Katherine Stewart is an award-winning author and journalist who has covered politics, religion, and the rise of the anti-democratic movement, for over 17 years, Her New York Times bestselling book Money, Lies, and God is on Foreign Affairs's list of Best Books 2025. Her work appears in the New York Times, New Republic and elsewhere. Her previous book The Power Worshippers won Best Book award in Religion News Association's Nonfiction category, among other honors, and formed the basis of the documentary feature God & Country, produced by the late Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
10 Feb 2026
Belief & Ballots Season 2, Episode 3: David Black– Presbyterianism, ICE, and a call to Action
Rev. David Black is the Senior Pastor of The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. He is called to serve at the edges of the church, where people are discovering faith and where the church is engaging with its community. As one writer puts it, “to be an insider who stands near the door.” His present ministry is focused on adapting a historic church in the heart of the South Side as a hub for local artists and activists. The historic cathedral, located in the heart of the South Side, has undergone redevelopment as a hub for local artists and activists. The congregation hosts nine artists-in-residence, a dance company, an avant-garde jazz collective, an art studio for adults with disabilities, a chef-in-residence, multiple mutual aid programs, and a legal clinic providing aid to migrants. David lives in Woodlawn with his dog, Bella.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
9 ratings
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