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...watchdogs wary of any threat to civil liberty posed by these men who have found a very male god. There will be a lot to watch. This Saturday, Promise Keepers will bring their tears-and-revival extravaganza to Washington, in a six-hour program of worship, repentance and prayer, titled "Stand in the Gap," at the National Mall. It could rival in numbers the more than 870,000 who attended the Million Man March organized by Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam. Says Promise Keepers leader and founder Bill McCartney: "Guys are gonna leave with a new resolve, saying...
...Democracy Studies write: "In its conception and execution, Promise Keepers is one of the most sophisticated political movements the right wing has yet conjured up." For the past year, the center and its new PK Watch newsletter have been accusing Promise Keepers of using seemingly benign teachings on prayer and social responsibility to create a grass-roots network designed to buttress the religious right. In May, 59 religious liberals, including Joseph Hough, the dean of Vanderbilt University, and William Howard, the president of New York Theological Seminary, warned the nation's churches of the potential dangers of Promise Keepers...
Promise Keepers founder McCartney, 57, is without doubt deeply conservative. As head football coach for the University of Colorado, McCartney had mandatory pre-game prayer, for which he was attacked by the American Civil Liberties Union. In 1989 he caused an uproar at the university when he addressed a pro-life rally. The college was infuriated again in 1992 when McCartney announced support for Amendment 2, which barred certain gay-rights laws in Colorado. He has also said, "The only way God can be worshipped is through Jesus Christ. There is no other...
McCartney has managed to touch the hearts of men who don't consider themselves religious at all--the way a coach can get the toughest jocks to huddle for prayer. Of course, McCartney was born to be a coach. "From when I was little, I never saw myself doing anything else," McCartney says. "I knew I was gonna be a coach all my life." After graduating from college, he plunged straight into coaching football, and it was during his tenure as a defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan that he and his wife Lyndi, who were originally Roman Catholic...
...observable natural factors that influence the functions of the body. Attempts were made to relate specific symptoms to actual internal or environmental causes, rather than to the intervention of displeased and vengeful gods. This was a departure for physicians accustomed to seeking cures by appealing to the divinities with prayer and sacrifice...