Why do suspicions that Barack Obama is a Muslim persist (and why are they framed as “suspicions”)? Why do questions regarding his willingness to wear a lapel pin, and thus questions about his patriotism, continue to resonate?
Louis A. Ruprecht
Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. is William M. Suttles Chair of Religious Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of seven books, most recently: JJ Winckelmann andd the Vatican’s First Profane Museum (Palgrave, 2011).
