The Pastoral Office of the President

“Like much else that George Washington said and did as President of the United States, this [supplication for God's blessing] was precedent-setting. His thirty-third successor would launch a Presidential administration with a formal Inauguration Prayer. … Meanwhile, in 1791, the states had rati...

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Main Author: Carter, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1968
In: Theology today
Year: 1968, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-63
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Summary:“Like much else that George Washington said and did as President of the United States, this [supplication for God's blessing] was precedent-setting. His thirty-third successor would launch a Presidential administration with a formal Inauguration Prayer. … Meanwhile, in 1791, the states had ratified a Bill of Rights whose first article forbade ‘any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’ Twentieth century jurisprudence has strictly construed this article, assuming that freedom from establishment must mean the right of non-exercise.”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057366802500106