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• Faith succeeds where prison fails | President Bush's faith-based social services initiative offers hope that rehabilitation may be restored as a politically acceptable response to crime (David Cole, The New York Times)
• Funding faith-based charities a wise idea (Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald)
• Poverty 2001: Searching for America's heart (Arianna Huffington)

Bush's other policies:

• Hand on the Bible, eyes on the polls | Is this what America wants, the morality President? (Gay Alcorn, The [Melbourne, Australia] Age)
• Bush wins by putting his faith in God (Andrew Sullivan, The Sunday Times, London)
• Bush urged to champion human rights | Conservatives call on president to promote democracy, freedom in foreign policy (The Washington Post)
• In first radio address, Bush softens on school vouchers (The New York Times)

The Bushes at church:

• Dubya shopping for a church (Capitol Hill Blue)
• Standing ovations for W. at black church in capital (New York Daily News)
• Bushes get a warm welcome from Methodist church in NE (The Washington Post)
• Bushes attend largely black church (Associated Press)
• Bush sings and claps as he worships at black church (Reuters)
• D.C. churches reach out to Bushes (Associated Press)
• Where presidents attended church (Associated Press)

Inaugural prayer still provoking debate:

• Debating the wisdom of invoking Jesus at inauguration (The Boston Globe)
• God's place on the dais | Use of 'Jesus' in inaugural prayers breeds some worry (The Washington Post)
• Bush's inaugural address, and Jeff Greenfield's reaction | What struck me most about Bush's inaugural address was how deft were the very modest references to religion in it. (Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune, second item)

More religion and politics:

• Evangelicals feel targeted by intolerance (The Seattle Times)
• Religion law debate remains unresolved | Without changes, Idaho's Free Exercise of Religion Act goes into effect this week (The Idaho Statesman)
• Godly motto could move into schools | House favors public display; Gilmore also supports plan (The Washington Post)
• 'Ten Commandments Judge' opts not to hang plaque in high court chamber | Decalogue displayed instead in Roy Moore's office (Associated Press)
• Spokane City Council advised to drop prayer (The [Spokane, Wash.] Spokesman-Review)
• Group promotes 'Christian statesmanship' | D. James Kennedy's organization praises politicians who don't compromise (The Washington Times)
• National Prayer Breakfast is annual rite with global reach (The Washington Times)
• Evangelical bishops join debate on Chiluba's presidency (Panafrican News Agency)
• View video clip from Jay Bakker's television discussion last night (Larry King Live - CNN)

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