5 faith facts about Biden's VP choice Kamala Harris — a Black Baptist with Hindu family
(RNS) — Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California who Joseph Biden picked Tuesday (Aug. 11), as his running mate.
Bob Smietana
201d ago
Kamala Harris is the interfaith candidate - her mom was Hindu, her husband is Jewish, she is a Black Baptist
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5 faith facts about Biden VP contender Kamala Harris — a Black Baptist with Hindu family religionnews.com/2020/08/11/kam… via @RNS
Kamala Harris is dropping references to the "beloved community" and declaring: "(I'm) committed to the values she (my mother) taught me, to the word that teaches me to walk by faith, and not by sight.”
More on her faith background, via @YonatShimron
She was raised on Hinduism & Christianity. Her name, Kamala, means “lotus” in Sanskrit, & is another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. She grew up in Oakland & Berkeley attending predominantly Black churches. Story by @YonatShimron