Michael Cromartie and E. J. Dionne — Religion on the Campaign Trail

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Michael Cromartie and E. J. Dionne — Religion on the Campaign Trail

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Religious pronouncements seem to have become mandatory for the Democratic candidates in this election. Yet it’s been easy to deride the resulting sound bites that are widely repeated—such as Howard Dean’s proclamation of his favorite book of the New Testament: the Old Testament book of Job. Host Krista Tippett takes a larger view of what this election has to say about the role of religion in American life. Is it changing, and if so, what is substantive and important in that change?