May 03 2008
Elephants in the Room
This coming week a group of influential American evangelical leaders will be releasing An Evangelical Manifesto that is critical of some current attempts to blend evangelical faith with politics. Notably, James Dobson and some other prominent evangelical leaders are not signatories, and this reflects a debate within the movement as to how far and for what purposes faith leaders should engage in the political world. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, especially with all of the controversy involving the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the Obama campaign.
UPDATE: In the meantime, Frank Rich has more details on another preacher to be watched in this election year, Reverend John Hagee and his candidate of choice, John McCain. Be sure to watch the video. Scary stuff …
