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President & CEO
Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance. An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Raushenbush is a longtime interfaith leader and renowned advocate for civil rights and religious freedom. He works with affiliates, networks and leaders across the country to forge powerful alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive multi-faith democracy.
Rev. Raushenbush speaks regularly at colleges, faith communities and institutes around the country – including The Chautauqua Institute, the Center for American Progress, Council on Foreign Relations, the New America Foundation and the Aspen Institute. He is a frequent commentator on issues of religion, civil rights and social justice in media national outlets including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, ABC, CPSAN, The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Newsweek, The Hill, the Guardian, HuffPost, Salon and Religion News Service. He has published two books and contributed essays to several volumes on faith in public life.
Rev. Raushenbush also hosts the weekly podcast and radio show “The State of Belief,” in partnership with Religion News Service. Notable guests have included Timothy Snyder, Skye Perryman, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Katherine Stewart, Bishop William Barber, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Najeeba Sayeed, E.J. Dionne and Rob Reiner.
Prior to coming to Interfaith Alliance, Rev. Raushenbush served as senior vice president of the Auburn Seminary, and as the founding and executive editor of HuffPost Religion. Rev. Raushenbush has also served as associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University and as the senior advisor for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith America.
Rev. Raushenbush is married to the author Brad Gooch, and lives in New York City where they are raising their two children. He is the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and the great-grandson of the theologian Reverend Walter Rauschenbusch.
Lt. General Charles D. Luckey on the Role of the Military in Upholding Democracy.
This week on the show, we’re honored to welcome Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey (retired), former Chief of the United States Army Reserve, joining host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush. He’s a combat veteran, he’s an attorney, and he’s a pastor’s son – so he’s able to cover a wide range of topics with depth and wisdom. Having sworn an oath to the Constitution, Lt. Gen. Luckey has some really great insights into the responsibilities of citizenship, the urgent need to preserve democracy, and the important role for religion in this moment of American – and human – history.
Faith is Standing Strong: Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck
Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Faithful America Executive Director Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck about the threat to the constitutional Establishment Clause posed by the Supreme Court case St Isidore, and the hope for bringing people together across lines of division around shared values and priorities.
“Anti-Christian Bias” Witch Hunt at Trump’s VA Undermines Religious Freedom and Harms All Americans
Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, condemned the Trump Administration’s order for Veterans Affairs (VA) department staff to report each other for “anti-Christian bias,” a dangerous escalation of its Christian nationalist crusade to undermine Americans’ religious freedom and First Amendment rights
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