{"id":1040,"date":"2009-06-05T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T13:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2022-10-24T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T01:25:29","slug":"obamas-faith-fits-our-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/obamas-faith-fits-our-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s faith fits our times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Mansfield, author of The Faith of Barack Obama<\/em>, which I have reviewed here<\/a>, has written another great piece on this topic. This time it\u2019s an opinion article in USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>

In short, Mansfield believes that President Obama\u2019s eclectic, \u201cbig-tent\u201d type of faith is exactly what the country ordered.<\/p>

Americans are less likely to believe that any single faith is the only path to God, and they are more likely to believe that there is truth in religions differing from their own than at any prior time in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p><\/blockquote>

\"Faith_of_Barack_Obama\"<\/a><\/figure>

Based on some of the President\u2019s own speeches and writings, this is a great summary of his faith as well. And while that may satisfy the majority of our nation, it causes me great alarm.<\/p>

As someone who is devoted to helping people properly understand Biblical teachings, there is nothing more frustrating than the post-modern, pluralistic, \u201call truth is relative\u201d mindset held by so many today, including our President.<\/p>

These \u201cnew revelations\u201d might come from a non-Christian religion as well, for Obama does not believe his Christianity is the final word. \u201cI am rooted in the Christian tradition,\u201d he has said. But \u201cI believe there are many paths to the same place and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>

Everyone should take a few minutes to read the full article here<\/a>. And for more information about President Obama\u2019s faith, check out Mansfield\u2019s book, The Faith of Barack Obama<\/a> <\/em>(and my review here<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Mansfield, author of The Faith of Barack Obama, which I have reviewed here, has written another great piece on this topic. This time it\u2019s an opinion article in USA Today. In short, Mansfield believes that President Obama\u2019s eclectic, \u201cbig-tent\u201d type of faith is exactly what the country ordered. Americans are less likely to believe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":1,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"Stephen Mansfield, author of The Faith of Barack Obama, which I have reviewed here, has written another great piece on this topic. This time it\u2019s an opinion article in USA Today. In short, Mansfield believes that President Obama\u2019s eclectic, \u201cbig-tent\u201d type of faith is exactly what the country ordered. 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