THE SURPRISE ISSUE OF THE '76 CAMPAIGN - Jeff Calkins - August 1976

Jeff Calkins

All of a sudden, religion in politics has become respectable. Ten years ago, the spectacle of a presidential candidate openly and publicly expressing his heartfelt religious convictions would have been unthinkable. But times have changed. Today, "God [is] not only alive, but stumping with the candidates:" remarks one liberal Catholic magazine. Billy Graham takes a less cynical tone: "It's a refreshing thing to have candidates come along and talk about their devotion to God, especially if they back it up with their lives,"... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library