Last night's Rachel Maddow show offered a fascinating example of public religion happening at the very heart of the government shutdown crisis -- in the form of Senate Chaplain Barry Black. Black's prayers at the opening of each day's Senate session have become increasingly pointed in calling for an end to the crisis, and for cooler heads to prevail. Watch the story here.
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There are reasons to be deeply skeptical of the very idea of a Senate chaplain in a secular and religiously pluralistic society. But if there is to be a Senate chaplain, this is the kind of Senate chaplain we need.
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