US - President speaks, perhaps in tongues

The inaugural address of President Bush has provoked an unusual amount of reaction in the global media. Is it the religious tone that seems provocative to many ?. The US media has noted press reaction around the world and debates the use of relgious phrases that strike other, more secular, listeners as odd more from the Christian Science Monitor... As some noted though, this kind of talk is not considered unusual in many states more from the Houston Chronicle... Perhaps this is intended to sound reassuring to the domestic audience when discussing foreign policy issues.