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Getting Evangelicalism All Wrong







Getting Evangelicalism All Wrong

Getting Evangelicalism All Wrong 04/10/2004 12:37 PM

How the left's fear of a right-wing Christian conspiracy gets George W. Bush -- and today's evangelical Christians -- all wrong. Alan Jacobs (more from him here and here) suggests that the idea that President Bush's evangelical Christianity has an impact on his politics is really a misunderstanding of Bush, fundamentalists, and evangelicals.




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pdns

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Whats the problem with FOAF?

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