Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (Hardcover) by Jimmy Carter

from madamejeanie

I've always been amazed that the country was so concerned about whether Carter would be a good President because he was a professed "born again Christian," and yet in the years after his term ended, suddenly (according to the devout fundamentalists across the country) belief in God was mandatory,...

from kuzmatt9

Imagine that, a smart President. Maybe he wasn't the most successful President we ever had, but The Carter Center's work in fighting poverty, proliferation, and disease has been amazing. A quick read, but quite good.

from trilliams

Perhaps the greatest ex-president of all time (I know, Harding never got the chance), it's a good look at his mid-2000s assessment of the moral issues facing the country. As an admittedly non-religious person, it's interesting to see the perspective of a lifelong devout Christian.

from cbradley

This was the first book I ever read by former president Carter. I don't know what I was expecting, but this certainly wasn't it. Today it seems hard to imagine that one of our most deeply spiritual presidents was a Democrat. Our Endangered Values describes the rise of the Christian right and the ...

from nancygrahamogne

I found this book to be a fascinating examination of the simultaneous rise of fundamentalism in religion and politics -- not only in other countries but our own. Carter reiterates his own Christian faith to ensure his readers do not misinterpret his views as anti-faith ... instead drawing bold pa...