{"id":1048,"date":"2013-11-26T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/how-jfks-religion-changed-american-public-life.html"},"modified":"2013-11-26T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T07:52:00","slug":"how-jfks-religion-changed-american-public-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/how-jfks-religion-changed-american-public-life.html","title":{"rendered":"How JFK\u2019s Religion Changed American Public Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
One of the most memorable moments of those fateful days following\u00a0President John F. Kennedy\u2019s assassination<\/a>\u00a0was the haunting beauty of his funeral at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 Kennedy\u2019s Catholic faith played a prominent role during his lifetime and in the official ceremonies in Washington following his death.\u00a0 It\u2019s important for us to remember that for Kennedy, his faith tradition not only informed and influenced his personal identity, but also played a central role in his and all Americans\u2019 public engagement.<\/span><\/div>\n
President Kennedy shattered the stained-glass ceiling that kept non-Protestants from the highest political office in the land.\u00a0 Arguably one of the most important steps he took in that ascent was his famous presidential campaign speech before a group of Protestant ministers, in which he promised that as a Catholic president he would be a servant of the nation, not an agent of the pope.<\/span><\/div>\n
Some critics reacted against this framing because they heard Kennedy as strictly separating the spheres of church and state, thereby undermining the role of any and all faith in American public life.\u00a0 But we can move past such tired interpretations of Kennedy\u2019s legacy if we reflect on previous public statements he made.\u00a0 His was truly a textured philosophy, one that gave more than a little room for religion to exercise its graces and inform our politics and public deliberations.<\/span><\/div>\n
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One of the most memorable moments of those fateful days following\u00a0President John F. Kennedy\u2019s assassination\u00a0was the haunting beauty of his funeral at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 Kennedy\u2019s Catholic faith played a prominent role during his lifetime and in the official ceremonies in Washington following his death.\u00a0 It\u2019s important for us to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nHow JFK\u2019s Religion Changed American Public Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the most memorable moments of those fateful days following President John F. 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