Religion: Born Again at the Ballot Box

The Protestant right gets down to political fundamentals

When he was nine years old, John B. Anderson knelt at an Illinois tent revival and committed his life to Jesus. During 19 years in Congress he has been one of the most articulate Evangelicals in politics. Jimmy Carter's well-publicized faith made "born again" a famous phrase. And Ronald Reagan? In February he told a TV interviewer that he is born again, too, but seemed shaky about the Evangelical concept of personal belief, concluding, "I suppose I would qualify."

Obviously Fundamentalists and Evangelicals who want to mix...

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