tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post1585057603650339471..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: God and the Modern American PresidencyPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-62629486423318909732009-02-19T10:39:00.000-07:002009-02-19T10:39:00.000-07:00I would have loved to have seen some discussion of...I would have loved to have seen some discussion of faith and the presidency in the age of William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs and others who proclaimed Christian ideals yet still lost elections to secularists. It seems to me that faith has been a part of political PROTEST for quite a while, but has only been part of the political establishment since these last thirty years. What do you think? Did William McKinley in 1896 play religious politics better than Bryan, was the country less religious, or did McKinley just win without having to pander to the working class religious people and simply appeal to the middle class moral respectability of religion? I know this is about the world since JFK, but it's also about the "modern presidency."<BR/><BR/>That's the other thing-- I think a lot of "religion" in the nineteenth century was not about personal faith but that sense of morality that evangelicals today call secular/ humanist. - janine giordano, grad studentJanine Giordano Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743145462085629472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-89470120932493301452009-02-11T16:11:00.000-07:002009-02-11T16:11:00.000-07:00You're probably right about that, ridiculously nam...You're probably right about that, ridiculously named, unironic "Our Founding Truth." I wonder where you purchased your "Christian Detector," or God-dar. Do they still sell those at Christian bookstores in Iowa? As I recall these were right between the mountain of end-time books and the Thomas Kincade paintings.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-19545475674215160832009-02-11T12:13:00.000-07:002009-02-11T12:13:00.000-07:00samiOne of the great mysteries of presidential pol...samiOne of the great mysteries of presidential politics over the last half-century is why it was that evangelicals who helped propel Jimmy Carter into office turned so dramatically against him.><BR/><BR/><BR/>Maybe because Carter wasn't a real Christian, and the church is filled with unbelievers.Our Founding Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-74203700093682761532009-02-09T09:49:00.000-07:002009-02-09T09:49:00.000-07:00I'm thrilled to see Balmer getting the publicity I...I'm thrilled to see Balmer getting the publicity I think his book deserves. He's an amazing public intellectual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com