This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Campaign calendar [debate next week ... + ... Trump sentencing 7-11 ... + ... RNC convention a month from now) ... + ... Trump VP contenders ... + ... Biden campaign goes after Trump legal troubles) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House correspondent.

Trends in US Religious Life: 5%-40% growth in evangelicals that are Non-Denominational... + ... the Fed govt and Christian advocacy from 55%-38% ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.

Formation of Conscience .... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, prof, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies".