Text Messages
« The Filmmaker of Lig... Main Index Archives Colorado Springs, 2-... »

This Just In: Obama Not Orthodox

Monday November 17, 2008

Categories: politics
Based on remarks President-elect Obama made to Cathleen Falsani four years ago (and recently reprinted on Beliefnet), there's been a dustup over whether he can legitimately be said to be a Christian: 

Joe Carter at Culture11 says no.

Rod Dreher echoes him.

Tony Jones says Yes He Can. 

Steve Waldman points out that if Barack Obama isn't strictly orthodox in his theology (particularly his soteriology), that makes him just like 70% of his fellow Protestants. 

I won't venture a guess about the state of Obama's soul. I'll just point out that if he's not precisely orthodox, he's no different from our most evangelical president.  


Post the First Comment »
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Christianity, Culture11, Joe Carter, President Bush, President-elect Obama, Rod Dreher, Steve Waldman, Tony Jones
posted by Patton Dodd @ 5:25pm Permalink email icon Email This arrow Add to »
Advertisement

Post a Comment

By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.



Please type the text you see in the box below to verify your post and help us prevent spam. You have a limited time to type - you may wish to compose your comment in a separate document and paste it here upon completion.

Type the characters you see in the picture above.

« The Filmmaker of Lig... Main Index Archives Colorado Springs, 2-... »

Advertisement

About Text Messages

This blog is no longer updated and is closed for comments. We welcome your comments about Christianity in our Christianity forums.

 Patton Dodd is a senior editor for Beliefnet and the author of My Faith So Far: A Story of Conversion and Confusion (Jossey-Bass).

Search This Blog

Blogroll

Current Favorites 

Daily 

Weekly 

Calendar

Recent Posts

Tag Cloud

Advent, Alan Jacobs, Alexandra Pelosi, Andy Crouch, atheism, Barack Obama, Beliefnet, Bible, blogging, Books, Christianity, Christianity Today, Christmas, church, Culture Making, Entertainment, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Jesus Creed, movies, New Life Church, News, orphans, Politics, prayer, Rod Dreher, Scot McKnight, Steve Waldman, Ted Haggard, Tony Jones

Top Features

Advertisement

Advertisement


About Beliefnet

Our mission is to help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness. More about Beliefnet.

Help

Media Kit

Subscribe

Legal

Copyright © Beliefnet, Inc. and/or its licensors. All rights reserved. Use of this site is subject to Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. Constructed by Beliefnet.

Advertisement

Report as Inappropriate

You are reporting this content because it violates the Terms of Service.

All reported content is logged for investigation.