See blog by Daniel Pulliam (http://www.getreligion.org/?p=3821) on recent forum featuring Rick Warren with both presidential candidates.
I was fascinated by how the format seemed to deny each candidate easy opportunity to play off of, focus on his opponent … it seemed like it put the candidates in a vacuum where they had to answer more directly than they would have if they had been on stage together with the moderator. I’ve never seen a format like that before.
I would have liked to have seen Warren ask a more probing question to each candidate about his faith foundation … a friend remarked he was disturbed by Warren describing each man as a Christian, lending to each an air of credibility that may or may not be accurate … of course, Christians and nonChristians alike could argue all day about what does the term “Christian” mean?
For a good book on definition of Christian, read the book “UnChristian” by the president of the Barna Group, David Kinnaman, published this year by Baker Books.
Alan D. Blanchard
Associate Professor of Journalism, Cornerstone University
www.cornerstone.edu/journlaism
Tags: Barna Group, Christian, Daniel Pulliam, David Kinnaman, McCain, Obama, Rick Warren, UnChristian
