Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.

On a March evening in 1976, when Jimmy Carter was mingling in the living room of a political supporter in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who died Sunday at age 100, may well be remembered as much for his faith as for his politics.