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Radio Free Acton: Christian Democracy in America
Radio Free Acton: Christian Democracy in America
Apr 25, 2025 11:57 AM

On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Hunter Baker, Micah Watson, Paul Bonicelli and Jordan Ballor discuss the prospects for a Christian democratic political movement in the United States.

Hunter Baker isa university fellow and associate professor of political science at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He is also an affiliate scholar at the Acton Institute, and the organizer of a symposium on Christian Democracy and America in the latest issue ofPerspectives on Political Science. Contributors to the symposium includeMicah Watson, associate professor and William Spoelhof Teacher-Scholar Chair in political science at Calvin College, andPaul Bonicelli, director of programs and education at Acton, who co-authored a piece on Christian Democracy and foreign policy withJordan J. Ballor, senior research fellow here at the Acton Institute.

You can listen to the podcast via the audio player below.

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