Interview 109: The Ultimate Failure of the Moral Majority

About this episode

The episode discusses the historical failures of the Moral Majority and its implications for current Christian political engagement.

Today we continue discussing our latest edition of FrontLine, the March/April issue focused on the topic, “Is Conservativism Enough?” This week, we are talking to Bud Steadman, who is now a “Missions Mentor” with Baptist World Mission, previously serving as the Executive Director of the Mission and before that spending many years in the pastorate. He is also currently Chairman of the FBFI Board and a good friend, as I too spent many years serving under Baptist World Mission. His topic is “The Ultimate Failure of the Moral Majority.” This is a look back at what seemed to be a burgeoning Christian movement into politics in the eighties. It succeeded in getting Christians involved in politics, but as an organization it collapsed in on itself, with its leaders spinning off into other related political organizations. Dr. Steadman evaluates the history of the movement and its problems as a lesson to Christians and their involvement in politics in our present day. If you are a regular listener to this podcast, you would share with us and with the Moral Majority in similar kinds of political concern. The question remains, however, how should we work to solve those political concerns? Dr…

People in this episode

Guest: Bud Steadman

Topics covered

• Moral Majority
• Christian involvement in politics
• Conservativism
• Political movements
• Lessons from history

Keywords

• Moral Majority
• Bud Steadman
• politics
• Christianity
• conservativism
• Baptist World Mission
• FBFI
• political concerns
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baptist World Mission, FBFI, Moral Majority

Books & works: FrontLine

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