Historical perspective on faith-based initiatives

My views on this subject have changed drastically now that my research has given me the appropriate historical perspective. Please join me in a moment of reverence for the first three inductees into my "Faith-based Initiative Hall of Fame":

Pope Urban II, genius behind the first crusade
The Spanish Inquisitors (a team award)
Judge Jonathan Corwin, magistrate in Salem during America's "Golden Age" of faith-based initiatives

Stay tuned as recent development on the American political front seem ripe to produce a fresh set of hall-of-famers.