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Monday, February 11, 2008

Rev. Jeremiah Wright Retires....




The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that yesterday (Sunday Feb 10)
was Reverend Jeremiah H. Wright's last day in the pulpit of the city's Trinity United Church of Christ.Rev. Wright was Barack Obama's spiritual mentor and Wright's sermon "The Audacity of Hope" inspired Obama's breakthrough 2006 speech and highly acclaimed book of the same title. The videos below help illustrate some of the controversy that surrounds Pastor Wright and his church.





See Baltimore Sun, 1/16/08
Tags: barack obama, rev jeremiah wright,trinity united church of christ,religion and politics, campaign 08, audacity of hope,

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