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Vol. 36, No. 1 (Winter 2008) Dialogue Faith and forbearance can sometimes
be insurmountable barriers for religion journalists. When it comes
to some true believers, I have learned, nothing you write that
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Who speaks for America's evangelicals? The answer is not as clear-cut as in years past. With the 2008 election approaching, that’s no small thing. Editorial
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Vol. 35, No. 1 (Winter 2007) In 1993, a washington post reporter infamously described evangelical Christians as "poor, uneducated, and easy to command." The phrase was inaccurate when it appeared on the paper's front page—and was widely and deeply reproved. If anything, it is less descriptive in an era when evangelicals have expanded and extended their influence to the highest reaches of power. Still, this cavalier attitude dies hard. "Under Karl Rove's sorcerer's spell," James Wolcott wrote in the November 2006 issue of Vanity Fair, "Republicans learned how to exploit the intelligence gap, herding the dopey faithful to the polls, and depending on their docility between elections. . . . Progress in the country depends upon maneuvering around this solid bloc of recalcitrant dunces." [READ MORE] |
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