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How far have we come in trends toward religious tolerance? There was a time when one of America’s biggest controversies was over a group demeaned for their threatening religion, their strange racial heritage, and the suspicion that they wanted to overturn U.S. democracy. That was more than a hundred years ago, when the “race” in question were the Irish. We talk with religious, legal, and historical scholars about our society’s twists and turns in the path toward accepting those of “different” religions. Guests:  The Rev. John Copenhaver, Ph.D. - President of the Valley Interfaith Council. Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Shenandoah University.  The Rev. Heather Warren, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia.  John Whitehead, J.D. - Attorney and author specializing in First Amendment rights. President of The Rutherford Institute.  Andrew Witmer, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History, James Madison University. |
Virginia Insight is WMRA's own call-in talk show, airing Mondays and Thursdays at 3 p.m., before All Things Considered. An encore broadcast from the week is featured every Sunday afternoon at 3:00, following A Prairie Home Companion. Virginia Insight represents a key element of WMRA's commitment to serve its audience through dynamic discussions. From politics to culture, technology to religion, entertainment to relationships, Virginia Insight inspires understanding. The show's producer and host Tom Graham served as a radio news director in North Carolina, Tennessee and California. Tom has also worked in television as a reporter and news anchor. Matt Bingay, executive producer for Virginia Insight, is also WMRA's program director. In addition to his many years with WMRA, Matt has also worked at New Hampshire Public Radio in Concord, where he helped produce such highly regarded interview call-in programs as The Exchange and Perspectives. Bob Leweke, assistant producer for the show, is also WMRA’s Morning Edition host. Before coming to public radio, Bob worked in the newspaper business as a circulation manager and writer, and has taught college courses in mass media and journalism. Have an idea for a show? E-mail us at Insight@jmu.edu |
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