Faith-Based Initiative

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Journalist Chris Hedges attended the annual convention of National Religious Broadcasters and writes about the political theology of “Dominionism” that unites different groups on the Religious Right in the new issue of Harper’s Magazine. He’ll discuss the weekend’s news, including the national simulcast of the Justice Sunday: the Filibuster Against People Of Faith event organized by the Family Research Council in support of the use of the “nuclear option” in Senate judicial confirmation hearings.

Also: Historian Scott Sandage on the changing definition of failure in America.

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