Jimmy Carter's Bible-Study Teachings - Newsweek Beliefs - MSNBC.com

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Jimmy Carter has been a Sunday-school teacher his entire life, and this week, Simon & Schuster releases “Sunday Mornings in Plains,” audio recordings of the President’s Bible-study classes at his church, Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga. The recordings were made almost a decade ago, and they have a quaint, homespun quality. It is a jolt to realize how much our world, and our conversations about religion, have changed since then. When the 39th president talks about global religious conflicts, he uses Ireland, the Middle East and Bosnia as examples—nothing, in other words, that comes close to the soul-wrenching conflagration in Iraq. It is also a jolt, for those of us who remember hearing his voice in our homes three decades ago, to hear it again, both folksy and a little bit prissy, full of humor and some sanctimony. Carter knows his Bible; during each lesson he endeavors to connect its teachings to world events. NEWSWEEK’s Lisa Miller spoke with Carter about his vision of God, the power of the religious right, and what he’s learned from the controversy over his recent book, “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.” Excerpts: