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They were held in a huge tent a few miles south of my hometown, Alexandria. I strongly believe those meetings still provide an important clue to understanding the men and women who form the core of Mr. Robertson's political support.
For some of my classmates, attending a revival and being religiously ''born again'' was a normative rite of passage. For the rest of us, especially for a Jew, it was an opportunity for socializing akin, say, to attending high school football games and drinking milk shakes together.