In my Nov. 29 Pulpit column at www.gazette.com, I broach whether Sarah Palin is the new James Dobson — in other words, is she destined to lead Christian conservatives on important religious issues?
Anthea Butler, associate professor of religion at the University of Pennsylvania, writes in an essay you can read here that Palin is a rising
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religious star.
Butler, author of the book ”Women in the Church of God in Christ,” views Palin as someone on a mission to help usher in the end times, as alluded to in the Bible.
“Palin’s belief and worldview is not about creation and building, it’s about destruction and dominion. Destruction of what is “evil” and building up for the “kingdom”; that is, a government run by Christians and Christian principles, and vetted by conservative hard-line beliefs, not theology.”
She quotes leading religious figures on Palin:
Franklin Graham, son of Billy: “Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up.”
Pat Robertson on the cover of Palin’s book “Going Rogue”: “This is one gorgeous cover, this picture is unbelievable.”
Do you think Palin will become a major religious leader? Do you plan to attend her book signing in Colorado Springs Dec. 8 at Borders in Chapel Hills Mall?
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