Jimmy Carter
Journalist Tim Alberta on American Evangelicals and Extremism
By Ray Kirstein — February 24, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with journalist Tim Alberta, best-selling author of the new book "The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism"
Jimmy Carter’s religious values were never far from his presidency or his policy
By Lovett H. Weems Jr. — March 22, 2023
(RNS) — The former president possessed an inner confidence in relation to his faith that may not be fully understood by many, even to this day.
How Jimmy Carter integrated his evangelical Christian faith into his political work, despite mockery and misunderstanding
By Lori Amber Roessner — March 1, 2023
(The Conversation) — A media scholar who studied Carter and interviewed him explains how he attempted to translate Jesus’ teachings into action through his life of public service.
The Christian right’s Faustian bargain
By Mark Silk — September 6, 2022
(RNS) — It goes back 42 years.
A look back at the history of US presidential visits to the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — October 26, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Historically, the relationship between the Vatican and the Oval Office has often been tense — even occasionally hostile.
The US needs an ambassador to the Holy See
By Thomas Reese — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Joe Biden will soon be the first Catholic president to nominate an ambassador to the Holy See, something that in earlier days would have been anathema to American Protestants who feared the papacy’s political and religious power.
Biden, former presidents urge Americans to forgive and unite at National Prayer Breakfast
By Bob Smietana — February 4, 2021
(RNS) — Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter called for unity and forgiveness during the National Prayer Breakfast. Donald Trump was notably absent.
Jimmy Carter taught me how to pray for a president
By Maina Mwaura — January 28, 2021
(RNS) — Given our high expectations for our presidents, we must consider how we should pray for this person.
How Hanukkah came to be an annual White House celebration
By Jonathan D. Sarna — December 4, 2020
(RNS) — Since 1979, when Jimmy Carter helped light the National Menorah, every president has recognized Hanukkah with a special ceremony.
Jimmy Carter to teach Sunday school days after breaking hip
By The Associated Press — May 17, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday school this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Jimmy Allen, a Southern Baptist for everyone, taught us how to deal with change
By Bill Leonard — January 14, 2019
(RNS) — History will remember the last moderate Southern Baptist leader for his grace in the upheavals that hit American religious and political life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Revisiting Jimmy Carter’s truth-telling sermon to Americans
By The Conversation — July 13, 2018
(The Conversation) — At at time when hypernationalism and xenophobia are increasing in the world, Jimmy Carter's speech — a theological meditation that cautioned against excess, offers a counterexample.
In finding common ground, Jimmy Carter and Liberty U set good example
By Jacob Lupfer — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr. and Jimmy Carter offered a model of civility and generosity that all Americans, whether Baptist or not, can stand and applaud.
Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 20, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter took a gentle poke at President Trump at the start of a commencement address to graduates of Liberty University in Virginia.
Jimmy Carter to give address at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter will deliver the keynote address to about 18,000 graduates Saturday at the conservative Christian university in Lynchburg.
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