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Protestant scholars in Germany took the lead in the early 19th century, similarly sifting the New Testament for evidence of the flesh-and-blood Nazarene beneath the "myths." Often their Jesus turned out to be an inspirational preacher who bore a suspicious resemblance to a 19th century German. But by the 20th century, the great Protestant critic Rudolf Bultmann of Marburg University had concluded that such quests were fruitless. The Bible is so much an article of faith, so laden with unprovable events and legends, he contended in 1926, that "we can now know almost nothing concerning the life...
...enough, the man who scores lowest on the Biblical Scoreboard is a Black Baptist minister, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson, the only presidential hopeful to quote Jesus Christ at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Jackson, the man who called on the nation to put principles ahead of politics, the preacher who--like Christ--challenged his fellow sisters and brothers to feed the hungry and clothe the naked...
...presidential aspirants the white Baptist--television evangelist Pat Robertson--is tops. Robertson is right on every "biblical, family, moral freedom issue" save one. The preacher misses a perfect score because he favors imposing "sin taxes" on those who indulge in vices. Though arguably laudable, this is nonetheless an endorsement of higher taxes, something God and Biblical Scoreboard oppose...
...Dukakis who controlled the convention's machinery, it was Jackson who held its heart. There was a mood of almost religious rapture in the Omni Tuesday night as the preacher restated the riffs and rhapsodies that had carried him to within sight of the mountaintop. His praise for the Massachusetts Governor and his crowning metaphor of "common ground" was all that Dukakis could have hoped. But in ceding the spotlight, Dukakis became almost a spectator at his own coronation -- an image that he underlined when he said that watching his own nomination on television was a "little bit like...
...message that Jackson's campaign sent to millions of first-time voters and traditionally undervalued minority groups was that they, too, are entitled to a voice in the political process. It was a classic lesson in the politics of empowerment--though the main player, a preacher and civil rights activist from Chicago, was hardly your standard political figure...