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National Prayer Breakfast: What does its history reveal?

  • Written by Diane Winston, Associate Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
imagePresident Dwight Eisenhower at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Feb. 2, 1956.AP Photo

On the morning of Feb. 2, 2017, more than 3,500 political leaders, military chiefs and corporate moguls met for eggs, sausage, muffins – and prayer. The Washington, D.C. gathering, the 65th National Prayer Breakfast, is an opportunity...

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