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Religion & Ethics Newsweekly - "2008 Campaign: Election Wrap-Up"
2008 Campaign: Election Wrap-Up
Cover Story, Original Broadcast Date: November 7, 2008 (Show #1210):
Religion has played an unprecedented role this campaign season. Candidates from both political parties talked openly about their faith, and political operatives from both parties actively competed for faith-based votes. What impact did religious voters' have on the outcome of the election? And how are people of faith, religious leaders and the African-American community reacting to Barack Obama's election as the next U.S. president? Bob Abernethy is joined by University of Akron political science professor John Green, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY managing editor Kim Lawton and Bishop Eugene Sutton from the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland for a post-election studio discussion and analysis about faith and the 2008 presidential race. "In Barack Obama's election, no matter who we voted for, I think people realize that, you know, he's giving us a more hopeful future," Bishop Sutton observes. That's a redemptive moment."
Featured (in alphabetical order):
Professor John Green, Senior Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Director, Ray C. Bliss Institute, University of Akron
Kim Lawton, Managing Editor, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY
Bishop Eugene Sutton, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
Religion has played an unprecedented role this campaign season. Candidates from both political parties talked openly about their faith, and political operatives from both parties actively competed for faith-based votes. What impact did religious voters' have on the outcome of the election? And how are people of faith, religious leaders and the African-American community reacting to Barack Obama's election as the next U.S. president? Bob Abernethy is joined by University of Akron political science professor John Green, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY managing editor Kim Lawton and Bishop Eugene Sutton from the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland for a post-election studio discussion and analysis about faith and the 2008 presidential race. "In Barack Obama's election, no matter who we voted for, I think people realize that, you know, he's giving us a more hopeful future," Bishop Sutton observes. That's a redemptive moment."
Featured (in alphabetical order):
Professor John Green, Senior Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Director, Ray C. Bliss Institute, University of Akron
Kim Lawton, Managing Editor, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY
Bishop Eugene Sutton, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland