It was discussed as a matter of the difference between the evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin. Was it merely a generational thing, Billy the dad being born in 1918 and Franklin, the son ...

Devoutness wasn't always an important feature in a presidential candidate. That all changed after Carter professed his “born ...

Jimmy Carter professing his “born again” Christianity paved the way for Jerry Falwell and Ronald Reagan's style of religious ...

Hard as it may be to believe, Carter won the majority of evangelical voters in 1976. Being a white evangelical Christian from ...

Truth is, the former president was part of two endangered groups — populist Southern Democrats and progressive Southern Baptists. In 1976, he fared well with evangelical voters, for a Democrat, but ...