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John Danforth on Religion and Politics
Clip: Season 19 | 7m 42s
A former US senator questions whether religion has any place in politics.
American politics today have become so partisan that many say the political system is badly broken. Former US Senator John Danforth of Missouri, an Episcopal priest, in a new booked on The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics, offers some hope. What America needs, Danforth tells correspondent Lucky Severson, are politicians willing to lose and to make compromises.
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
John Danforth on Religion and Politics
Clip: Season 19 | 7m 42s
American politics today have become so partisan that many say the political system is badly broken. Former US Senator John Danforth of Missouri, an Episcopal priest, in a new booked on The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics, offers some hope. What America needs, Danforth tells correspondent Lucky Severson, are politicians willing to lose and to make compromises.
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