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Born to a Christian-turned-secular mother and a
Muslim-turned-atheist African fatherObama grew up living all across
the world with plenty of spiritual influences, but without any
particular religion.
He is now a Christian, having been baptized in the early 1990s
at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. But rumors about
Obama's religion persist. In the new NEWSWEEK Poll, 12 percent of
voters incorrectly believe he's Muslim; more than a quarter believe
he was raised in a Muslim home.
His baptism presents its own problems. The senior pastor at
Trinity at the time of Obama's baptism was the
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the preacher who was seen
damning America on cable TV for weeks last spring—and will
doubtless be seen again this fall. In the NEWSWEEK Poll, almost
half of the respondents say Obama shares at least some of Wright's
views; nearly a third say Wright might prevent them from voting for
the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The story of Obama's religious journey is a uniquely American
tale. It's one of a seeker, an intellectually curious young man
trying to cobble together a religious identity out of myriad
influences. Always drawn to life's Big Questions, Obama embarked on
a spiritual quest in which he tried to reconcile his rational side
with his yearning for transcendence. He found Christ—but that
hasn't stopped him from asking questions. "I'm on my own faith
journey and I'm searching," he says. "I leave open the possibility
that I'm entirely wrong."