> This book is available at http://www.amazon.com > > A friend sent me the following, but he did not have the hyperlink to the > story. I think he just typed this from the hard copy. He says: > > A longer version of the article re this book on Clinton appeared in the Sat. > Jan. 2 issue of the Marin Independent Journal, > page D 10. > > It was written by John Hanchette of the Gannett News Service. > > Other contributors to the book are: > Jean Bethke Elshtain, Max Stackhouse, Stanley Hauerwas, Robert Jewett, > Stephen Carter, Andrew Sullivan. > > A book of essays, published in December and edited by a liberal who > voted for Clinton twice, questions Clinton's manipulation of religion. > Shelby Steele is one of the contributors. > > "WE BELIEVE THAT SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS > ARE BEING EXPLOITED FOR POLITICAL ADVANTAGE. THE RESULTING MORAL > CONFUSION IS A THREAT TO THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN RELIGION AND TO THE > FOUNDATIONS OF A CIVIL SOCIETY." > > "Judgment Day at the White House" > A Critical Declaration Exploring Moral Issues > and the Political Use and Abuse of Religion > > Edited by Gabriel Fackre > Eerdmans Publishing Co., > Grand Rapids, Mich. 190 pages, $12.00 > > > Editor Gabrial Fackre voted for Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and considers > himself a loyal Democrat. Earlier this decade he authored a book > warning of the rise of the religious right. Professor emeritus of > Christian theology at the prestigious Andover Newton Theological School > near Boston, Fackre said, "We have been troubled by both the > high-profile religious pleas to 'forgive and forget' and by the war > cries of the religious right." > > Fackre opens the book with a three-page declaration from 157 signers, > many of whom are self-declared proponents of Clinton policies and from > recognized bastions of liberal political thought. In their declaration > they express doubt in President Clinton's "spiritual sincerity." > > More than 150 Christian moralists, theology professors and ethics > scholars have published a withering protest of President Clinton's > "manipulation of religion and debasing of moral language" during the > ongoing national discussion about his impeachment. > > Fackre said that reaction to the declaration has been somewhat > predictable: "We are already getting flak for it from our colleagues in > academia and religion. What hurts the most is the response from my own > colleagues in mainstream churches. They ask, 'How could you dissent > from what is apparent, that Clinton has done great good in public > issues? You are being used by Republicans for their own devices." > _______________ > > Regards, > > Allan J. Favish > http://members.aol.com/AllanF8702/page1.htm >
