Religion and Politics

The New Evangelical Moral Minority

In The New Yorker, Kelefa Sanneh profiles Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Sanneh writes, “During this election season, Moore has sometimes appeared out of place in his own denomination—a Trump detractor leading a church largely peopled by Trump supporters. But he seemed comfortable in this uncomfortable position, perhaps because he has learned to accept the limits of his ability to change the world, or even to understand it.”

Read at The New Yorker

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