State of Belief on NOW: Obama's remarks, Kingdom Coming author+ Bloggers

[bettyellen]

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) spoke last week on the value of his faith to
his public and political life which set off a firestorm discussion
regarding the role of religion in the Democratic Party. The speech
drew many reactions as Welton says, "it was the most impressive
statement on faith and politics in recent memory and a refreshing
departure from the self-righteous certainty of so many politicians'
religious speech."

This summer, several religious denominations held annual meetings
including the Unitarian Universalists, the Episcopal Church USA, the
Presbyterian Church USA and the Southern Baptists. Important decisions
came out of each one as Jennifer Kottler, Deputy Director of
Protestants for the Common Good joins Welton to talk about their
impact. Welton asks her about the Episcopal Church naming their first
female presiding bishop. Kottler says, "I would like to think the
church is stepping out in some ways but I think we're seeing the
church start to reflect the broader society especially in the role of
women.

Michele Goldberg, author of Kingdon Coming: The Rise of Chrisian
Nationalism, talks with Welton about Dominionism and how the Religious
Right is building its own fairy tale world. Goldberg says, "it's a
whole library of lies. You're talking about stacks and stacks of
endless books and revisionist histories and revisionist science
books...all of it describing this completely imaginary world."

Blogger Velveteen Rabbi, also known as Rachel Barenblat, explains the
importance of not just the blogosphere, but of religiously progressive
blogs and how they can impact lives, religions and even elections.
Rachel is heading up a Progressive Blog Conference with more than 30
bloggers next week to discuss the best way to spread their message.

[Kagemusha]

1. So you're saying Obama is *part* of the Religious Right.

Just making sure I'm understanding my anti-African American senator propaganda correctly.

[bettyellen]

2. um, no.... where does it say that?

there are 3 different segments on the show referenced.
the rev actually praises Obama's statement. highly in fact.

[Kagemusha]

3. Sorry. I saw Obama mentioned in the same breath as Dominionism

and I assumed that the connection was the point, that they should be spoken of in the same breath.

Unusually sloppy reading on my part, sorry.