Weekend Edition Sunday, February 3, 2008 · The Democratic presidential race is down to two senators with roots in the state of Illinois. And although Barack Obama wasn't born in the state, it was in the land of Lincoln that both he and Hillary Clinton found their connection to faith. Obama found religion in his mid-20s, after moving to Chicago in the 1980s. As a community organizer in the city's depressed south side, Obama began attending services at Trinity United Church of Christ, a black "mega-church" that stresses black self-reliance and community service. The title of Obama's recent best-seller, The Audacity of Hope, comes from a sermon given by that church's senior pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
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