Jeff Sharlet (writer)
Videos
Jeff Sharlet is an American academic, journalist, and author. He is the Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College. Throughout his career, Sharlet's work has foc
Jeff Sharlet author photo b&w
National Prayer Breakfast
Videos
The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was Abraham Vereide. The event—which is actually a series
Jeff Sharlet (writer)
…the Heart of American Power and C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. The Fellowship Foundation, aka The Family, hosts the annual National Prayer Breakfast in DC. Sharlet appears in interview segments throughout the series. In 2023 W.W. Norton published: The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War…
President John F. Kennedy addresses the Prayer Breakfast in 1961.
President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Billy Graham at the National Prayer Breakfast held at the Washington Hilton, 1981.
President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) break out in laughter as Bono speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton, 2006.
President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in February 2009.