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...recent Evangelical Protestant monopoly began in 1989, when George H.W. Bush asked Billy Graham to deliver both the invocation and benediction (the opening and closing prayers) at his Inauguration. Graham did the same for Bill Clinton in 1993 and again in 1997. The decision to delegate the religious role to Graham seemed a reasonable alternative to filling the stage with an ever-growing number of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu and Baha'i clergy. The famous Evangelist regularly topped the list of people Americans most admired, and he prayed in fairly broad terms, referring just to "God" and using...
...When Obama asked Warren to take part in the Inauguration, he thought he would get Pastor Rick. And on Tuesday Warren will undoubtedly deliver a blandly optimistic - if explicitly Christian - prayer of the sort that has made him popular with the tens of millions of Americans who have purchased his books. But the uproar that has accompanied his selection suggests that Obama would do well to get to know the other Rick Warren, particularly if his Administration intends to continue an ongoing relationship with the pastor...
Historical comparisons can be treacherous. Notwithstanding our current fears about the future and our corresponding eagerness to turn the page, 2009 is not 1933. Yet there are echoes. At F.D.R.'s request, a simple prayer service was added to the Inaugural program, conducted by a clergyman who had voted for his opponent. Endicott Peabody's support of Herbert Hoover did not, however, preclude him from asking the Lord to bless his former Groton pupil. Across Lafayette Square from St. John's Church, a bone-weary Hoover seethed with resentment over his successor's refusal to cooperate during the dreary four...
...Indeed, there may be a deeper significance to Obama’s selection of Warren. The President-elect’s recent selection of openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson to give an inaugural prayer suggests that his invitation to Warren is one of mere courtesy, not an endorsement of the evangelical leader’s political views. In fact, there may be a distinct policy perogative at stake—winning younger evangelicals over to a more progressive position on gay rights. And there is reason for such hope as, despite Biblical injunctions, younger evangelicals are becoming more...
...demanding more measurability and accountability from their advertising spend," says Tom Dellner, editor of Electronic Retailer and Online Strategies magazines. "In a way, [direct-response advertising] makes the big branding ad agencies look a little wasteful and indiscriminate - pouring millions into creative media buys with a hope and a prayer that it works...