A “profound spiritual odyssey” prompted Abraham Lincoln’s forging of the Emancipation Proclamation, one of “the most revolutionary documents ever signed by an American president,” a prominent religious historian told a conference on racial reconciliation.
As the second inauguration of President Barack Obama approaches with public ceremonies on Monday, Jan. 21, District of Columbia Baptists will engage in the events in different ways. Amy Sullivan is an editor at the National Journal and author of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats are Closing the God Gap. She is also a Baptist, living and working in Washington. She spoke recently to the Herald’s contributing writer Leah Grundset Davis about her role interpreting the evangelical mindset to the larger world.
