The more every public issue seems to get hijacked by partisanship – and the more fossilized partisan divides seem to become – the more critically important it becomes to find ways to engage across that divide. Especially when the issue is one that affects all of us, as is the case with the pandemic. Welton will sit down with Dr. Christopher Beem, managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, to discuss his recent Religion News Service article, Why refusing the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t just immoral – it’s ‘un-American.’
Hear the full August 14, 2021 State of Belief Radio program here.