Jimmy Carter is widely viewed to be the most authentically Christian president that America has ever had. On this episode of Recollecting Carter, I talk with Dr. Neil J. Young about Carter's faith and why many Christian voters turned instead towards Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election. Young's book We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics unpacks the complicated relationship between belief and political action.

You can find Neil's book at: https://academic.oup.com/jcs/article-abstract/59/1/135/2965507

You can hear more from Neil on his podcast Past Present: http://www.pastpresentpodcast.com/episodes