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Article: Liberal path.('The Future of Liberalism' and 'The Faith of Barack Obama')(Book review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 5, 2009
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The Future of Liberalism. By Alan Wolfe. Knopf, 352 pp., $25.95.
The Faith of Barack Obama. By Stephen Mansfield. Thomas Nelson, 192 pp., S19.99.
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IMAGINE THAT A STRANGER had walked up to you a few years ago and presented the following scenario about a man with unconventional religious roots:
His father was born Muslim. His mother was a self-described seeker who ultimately embraced atheism. His maternal grandmother rejected the strict Methodism of her youth, chiding what she referred to as its "sanctimonious preachers." His maternal grandfather was a lapsed Baptist. His mother's family participated in organized ...