Steve Waldman has collected the texts of every inaugural benediction since 1937, when the practice began. Check them out here.
Inaugural prayers through history
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Mark Driscoll, new Calvinism, and fire and brimstone
The New York Times Magazine ran a piece on Mark Driscoll, the pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, dubbed…
Religious anti-feminism
The past October, more than 6,000 women gather in Chicago to promote "biblical womanhood, complementarianism, or---most bluntly---the patriarchy movement," Religion…
Controversy over a Brooklyn Hebrew-language charter school
A Hebrew-language charter school may open in Brooklyn this coming fall. Opponents of the school worry that this will violate…
How religion can bring peace to the Middle East
Gordon Lynch at the Guardian writes about how religion can bring peace to the Middle East, rather than cause problems.
Blood donations for Ashura in Lebanon
The Shi'a Muslim holiday of Ashura is marked by an ancient ritual of blood-letting. The Daily Star of Lebanon reports…
BBC airs Islam and Science
The BBC recently aired the first episode of a documentary entitled Islam and Science, which looks at the scientific advances…
The Vatican and bioethics
Laurie Goodstein and Elisabetta Povoledo write in the New York Times about the 32 page document recently issued by the…
An Islamic revival in secular Bosnia
Religion, especially Islam, has spread into what were previously secular areas of Bosnian society, Dan Bilefsky reports in the New…
The Church of England undermines female bishops
The Church of England may vote to create a new clergy position , Riazat Butt reports in the Guardian.