Faith-based

The term Faith-based (literally, based on religious faith) has come into public use as an abbreviation of "faith-based initiative", in the context of U.S. President George W. Bush's proposals to give religious charitable social-service groups federal

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U.S. President - George W. Bush

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grant money. See Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

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Faith-based is often used as a euphemism for the word "religious" in this context, in order to avoid the thorny issues of separation of church and state in the United States.

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