8/22/11: Rick Perry and Conservative Christian Politics

KUER 90.1

Published August 19, 2011 at 10:22 AM MDT

By Doug Fabrizio

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8/22/11: Rick Perry and Conservative Christian Politics

Salt Lake City, Utah – Texas Governor Rick Perry is shaking up the GOP Presidential race. Within 3 days of entering, a Rasmussen poll already showed him with a double digit lead over Romney and Bachmann. Perry's appealing to the Evangelical Christian vote with a massive prayer rally earlier this month and his vocal skepticism on issues like evolution. Monday, we're talking about Perry's faith and about his relationship to the New Apostolic Reformation - a conservative Christian movement with clear political goals.

Read Forrest Wilder's article Rick Perry's Army of God at the Texas Observer. His blog is called Forrest for the Trees

Professor Anthea Butler blogs at Religion Dispatches

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