As much as I like to keep up with things, I can't read every newspaper and magazine on the planet. Fortunately some tools on the web do a great job of leading me to the cool stuff. There are websites like Drudge Report that collect stories from across the web. The problem with sites like that is that what gets posted is up to the one who runs the site. Much cooler are sights like Technorati which collect data on the most linked to sites, weblogs, stories and topics. Basically, if a weblog like mine posts a link like the ones I just posted for Drudge Report and Technorati, sites are able to take notice and compile the data. So what you end up with is a sort of collective intelligence pointing you to the cool stuff on the web.
All that is a long way of getting to something cool that I missed in the New York Times that I found at the top of the most popular news list at Technorati. This is a really long article from the New York Times Magazine, but it is totally worth the read. (Especially if you took my suggestion and read American Gospel.) It talks about the changing relationship of Christian Evangelicals and politics, particularly a change in their lockstep endorsement of the Republican party, which , the article reminds us, is still a fairly recent development. It is a really well researched and written article and gives a lot of insight into the current state of the odd relationship between the Gospel and politics.
The Evangelical Crackup
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: October 28, 2007
After the 2004 election, evangelical Christians looked like one of the most powerful and cohesive voting blocs in America. Three years later their leadership is split along generational and theological lines. How did it all come apart?
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