To many Americans, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's fiery pulpit pronouncements about race, terrorism and the federal government's alleged war on black youth seemed recklessly provocative. But as Sen. Barack Obama, who for 20 years attended Wright's Chicago church, sought Tuesday to limit the sermons' damage to his campaign to become the nation's first black president, another view of the retired pastor's comments emerged. Wright, supporters in the black clergy said, merely was adhering to traditions of Christianity and the black church.

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