The young Jimmy Carter was a political nobody the first time he ran for governor of Georgia. That long-shot 1966 effort failed, leaving him wrestling with doubts about his future and his faith. But ...

Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God ...

Carter was one of the most explicitly religious presidents, but his rise in politics came during a transformative era in American Christianity.

As the world pays homage to former President Jimmy Carter, some people overlook a primary source of inspiration for his ...

Lesser known, and particularly relevant for American politics today, is our 39th president’s commitment to the Baptist value ...

As tributes pour in from all corners for former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away ... but it's easy to forget also.

That doesn’t mean those others didn’t have good intentions, but for Jimmy Carter ... your religion.” Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a ...

Jimmy Carter, a progressive Baptist, balanced faith with politics, advocating for church-state separation while evolving on ...

Carter, an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, is being honored with the pageantry of a ...