Writes Jacques Berlinerblau: “The 2008 presidential election is probably the first in American history that has spawned a veritable faith and politics industry.”
We haven’t had one for a while??
I can see the complex part though. Ralph Reed has to have some trippy hang ups.
But industry? It’s a far cry from the Model T assembly line. And it’s hardly industrious in the virtuous sense. I think we’re much closer to idle hands and the devil’s playground.
Still, a new blog worth following. Even if he is French.
(Hat tip to Get Religion.)
I can see where Berlinerblau calls it an industry. The assembly lines are the churches, congregations, radio and TV shows, and online resources where the think tankers, lobbyists, etc. deliver their messages, forming the populace into the voting blocks they desire.
Yep, an awful cynical viewpoint.