Obama’s Politicized Faith
“For the president-elect, religion has always been less about theology than the power God inspires in communities that worship Him, friends and advisers said.”
So asserts this article published last week by The Washington Post, one day before President Barack Obama was inaugurated.
The article summarizes how Obama’s Christian conviction is centered not primarily in his faith in the salvific power of Jesus, but rather in Obama’s recognition of the power that religion in general possesses to mobilize communities in pursuit of political and social and objectives the president endorses.
Notes the article, “It has been more than three months since he sat through a Sunday church service and at least five years since he attended regularly, but during the transition, Obama has spoken to religious leaders almost daily. They said Obama calls to seek advice, but rarely is it spiritual. Instead, he asks how to mobilize faith-based communities behind his administration.”
— Tom McFeely
