Review: The Faith of Barack Obama
New York Times Best-Selling Author, Stephen Mansfield’s “The Faith of Barack Obama” is a respectfully written, almost unbiased commentary on the Presidential hopeful’s often misunderstood personal faith.
In what some consider a controversially titled book, Mansfield takes the reader on a journey through Obama’s cultural, ethnic and religious lineage in an attempt to bring clarity and understanding of the Senator’s current spiritual convictions. He touches on Obama’s mother’s atheistic beliefs and his partial Islamic upbringing under his step-father’s leadership. He also provides touching detail on Obama’s search for a place to belong as he struggled with his faith and his bi-racial background.
Written from the prospective of a man who has claimed publicly that he has no intention of voting for Obama in the 2008 General Election, “The Faith of Barack Obama” can at first glance evoke feelings of anger and disbelief for supporters of Obama. Certain portions of the book seems to dissect Obama’s walk with GOD, his service to Christ, his community, and his country to determine if he is a Christian based on the conservative, judgmental yardstick of the political “Right.” Evangelicals and traditional Christians may realize the same feelings of anger and disbelief as they review the “politically pro-choice” actions of Obama while he admits that he is personally pro-life.
The most compelling part of the book is the final chapter, A Time to Heal. Mansfield strategically and objectively discusses the plight of Obama as a black man, part of an oppressed people, and his potentially “ordained” place in the world’s spotlight. He even brings light on the Theology of the black church, including Jeremiah Wright, in a manner that even the most unapologetically condemning person could understand.
“The Faith of Barack Obama” is a must read for those looking to gain insight into how Obama reached his faith.
To read the first 2 chapters of “The Faith of Barack Obama”, courtesy of Thomas Nelson, please click here
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[...] Review: The Faith of Barack Obama [...]
Speaking of Barack Obama:
Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual, and in his heart and mind he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.