PoliticsOrganizationsTELEVANGELIST Pat Robertson's failure to come even close to winning the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1988 taught him an important lesson: If you can't start at the top, as Gen. Dwight Eisenhower did in 1952, then start at the bottom and work your way up...
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Robertson became heavily involved in politics in the 1980s. Early in the decade, he served onRonald Reagan'sVictims of Crime Task Force, and in Virginia served on the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors. In 1988, Robertson ran for the Republican presidential nomination, relinquishing his mi...
Both are represented on the World Wide Web: Robertson at http://the700 club.org//cbn/cbn.html and The Coalition at http://cc.org. Robertson and the Coalition are probably the single most effective Christian voice in American politics today, as demonstrated by their recent demands to ...
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In 1989, then, building on his already impressive broadcasting and university empire, Robertson created his Christian Coalition. By mid 1995, the organization boasted a nationwide membership of 1,700,000 and 1,700 local chapters. The Coalition describes itself as "a non-profit citizen action ...
The tradition, while broad, is also distinct from critics of American politics, like Robertson and Hauerwas. The breadth of the tradition makes it diffuse and difficult to articulate, but its breadth also offers possibilities for ecumenical and interfaith cooperation....
In the 1980s Robertson became increasingly involved in politics, and he subsequently resigned as minister in order to run for theRepublicanpresidential nomination in 1988. His campaign focused on conservative issues, notably opposingabortionand supporting school prayer. After a strong start, however, hi...