Author Reviews Presidents' Uses Of Public Religion

An interesting column by Jon Meacham, titled U.S. Benefits From Public Religion, is published in today's Detroit Free Press. It reviews both the sincere and the cynical use of religion and public prayer by past U.S. presidents, saying, "Cynics may dismiss prayer breakfasts and public piety as political, but the language of faith has been a perennial force at the highest levels." Meacham, is the author of "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation".