Episode

Dr. Kira Ganga-Keiffer on Religious Vaccine Resistance

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The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast
Published
Jun 25, 2026
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Summary

Why do people cite religious objections to getting vaccinated? Where do these passionate beliefs, with no foundation in science, come from? Dr. Kira Ganga-Keiffer, a professor at Fairfield University, is a scholar of health and society, American religion, and history with a Ph.D. from Boston University). Her first book is Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America (Princeton University Press, May 2026).