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Democratic candidates debate in Iowa
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What role do you think religion should play in the role of presidential politics? What did you think of the perspectives of the voices in this program?
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Religion on the Campaign Trail
January 22, 2004
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Religious pronouncements seem to have become mandatory for the Democratic candidates in this election. Yet it's been easy to deride the resulting sound bites that are widely repeated—such as Howard Dean's proclamation of his favorite book of the New Testament: the Old Testament book of Job. Host Krista Tippett takes a larger view of what this election has to say about the role of religion in American life. Is it changing, and if so, what is substantive and important in that change?
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Michael Cromartie is Vice President at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and he directs both the Evangelicals in Civic Life and Religion & the Media programs. |
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E. J. Dionne, Jr. is Co-Chair of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. |
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Links
Program Particulars: Identifies readings, references, and sound bites you heard in the program, and provides links to source material.
Pew Forum Poll: A July 2003 poll, referenced in the program, surveying views on religious life as it relates to topics such as the presidential campaign, social policy, and perceptions of Islam.
"Kicking the Secularist Habit": Essay by David Brooks for The Atlantic Monthly offering a six-step program to realizing religion is a burgeoning part of our personal and public lives.
"The Democrats' Mutual Morality…": Column by E. J. Dionne in the Washington Post describing a new willingness by the Democratic candidates to talk about faith.
"Bush and God": Article by Carl M. Cannon in the National Journal discussing the history and appropriateness of professions of faith by President Bush.
The Living Room Candidate: An online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2000 (view with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player) presented by the American Museum of the Moving Image and University of Oklahoma Political Communication Center.
Guide to Religion in 2004 Elections: Primer compiled by the Religious Newswriters Association containing synopses, survey results, and links to resources pertaining to religion and political elections.
"Faith and Politics in America": A February 2003 Speaking of Faith program based on an event held in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life featuring former NY Governor Mario Cuomo and Indiana Representative Mark Souder.
Books
Why Americans Hate Politics
E. J. Dionne, Jr.
Simon & Schuster, 1991
ASIN: 0671682555 |
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What's God Got To Do With The American Experiment?
E. J. Dionne Jr., John J. Dilulio Jr. (Eds.)
The Brookings Institution, 2000
ISBN: 0815718691 |
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A Public Faith: Evangelicals and Civic Engagement
Michael Cromartie (Ed.)
Rowman & Littlefield, 2003
ISBN: 0742531007 |
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Piety and Politics
Michael Cromartie, Richard John Neuhaus (Eds.)
University Press of America, 1987
ISBN: 0896331075 |
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Christian America? What Evangelicals Really Want
Christian Smith
University of California Press, 2000
ISBN: 0520220412 |
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The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness
Reinhold Niebuhr
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944 |
Music
Awakening
Joseph Curiale
"The Multiples of One"
Black Box BBM 1050 |
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Archery of Guitar
Billy McLaughlin, guitar
"Tsavo"
A Major Label/Proton Discs WCM-102 |
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Billy McLaughlin
Billy McLaughlin, guitar
"Helms Place"
Proton Disc PD 001 |
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Seventh One
Dean Magraw, guitar
"Trippin' in Eden"
Red House Records RHR CD 116 |
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Guitar Gala Night
Amadeus Guitar Duo
"Jongo for Two Guitars"
Hanssler 98.401 |
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