“What people are looking for is not the symbols of faithfulness but the substance of faith and how you live your life and how you dedicate your life,” Booker said.
Sen. Cory Booker , a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, campaigns at an Amherst house party in Amherst, N.H., on April 6. By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Sarah Pulliam Bailey Reporter covering religion Email Bio Follow April 11 at 4:32 PM Sen. Cory Booker introduced a Senate proposal this week to establish a commission to study reparations, the idea that descendants of slaves should receive some form of payment, calling it “a nationwide effort for truth and reconciliation” in an interview Tuesday.
“What people are looking for is not the symbols of faithfulness but the substance of faith and how you live your life and how you dedicate your life,” he said, citing the biblical passage that “faith without works is dead.” “Many Democratic nominees and candidates have eloquently spoken of their faith when promoted or asked, but almost as an addendum, not necessarily as the basis of their politics,” he said. “Booker is attempting to change that.”
Booker, who told Religion News Service he regularly meditates and prays on his knees, was raised in an African Methodist Episcopal Church and is now a member of a National Baptist church in Newark.The black church was not just a place where values and morals were instilled in his parents and grandparents, he said.
On the campaign trail, Booker has used religious language liberally, but it might not help him rise out of the pack to be a serious contender, said Anthea Butler, a professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Polls by Quinnipiac University and Fox News in March found Booker receiving between 2 and 4 percent support among Democratic voters.
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