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| Religion and the Race to the White House |
| January 28, 2016 |
As the Iowa caucuses approach, we take a look at how presidential candidates are bringing God into their campaigns. Is it a good strategy? Plus, how Culture Wars have defined America since Thomas Jefferson's election. |
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| God in the Presidential Elections |
January 28, 2016 |
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Religion often plays a key role in presidential elections. A candidate is expected to be seen at least occasionally in some house of worship and to offer prayers or religious sentiments on the stump now and then. There is also the quest to win over certain groups of religious voters: Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, etc. with special messages for each. Today we look at using--or not using--religion as a campaign strategy.
Darrin Grinder, Professor at Northwest Nazarene University and author of The Presidents and Their Faith
Molly Worthen, Professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and author of Apostles of Reason
David Domke, Professor at University of Washington and author of The God Strategy
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| How Culture Wars Define America |
January 28, 2016 |
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The Culture Wars. That’s a phrase we apply to contemporary political battles over issues like abortion, same sex marriage or even legalizing marijuana. But Stephen Prothero says the Culture Wars have been around for a long time, since the election of Thomas Jefferson. He says Culture Wars are often tied up in religious sentiments and teachings-- from anti-Catholicism and anti-Mormonism, to the struggle over Prohibition, to the Islamophobia of today-- and that these thorny debates help to define and refine what it means to be American.
Stephen Prothero, professor of religion at Boston University and author of Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections) |
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