Religion and the Bush presidency / edited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rozell, Mark J.

Whitney, Gleaves.

Series:

Evolving American presidency

The evolving American presidency series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Religion.

Bush, George W.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Political and social views.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Political and social views.

Religion.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Politics and government.

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

viii, 268 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

George W. Bush has invited more analysis and controversy over the&impact of religion on his presidency&than perhaps any&chief executive&of the modern era.&Opinion on Bush's religiosity is intensely divisive, with conservative evangelicals seeing him as a man of deep faith and principles&and at the same time many progressives seeing the president as almost dangerously fanatical. This volume is a scholarly review and analysis of the role of religion in the Bush presidency. It is divided into two sections of essays by leading scholars: The first examines the impact of various religious voting groups to the 2004 presidential campaign. The second reviews and assesses the impact of religion on the policies of the George W. Bush presidency.

Contents:

Bush and the Christian right : the triumph of pragmatism (Mark J. Rozell)

"What does the Lord require?" Evangelicals and the 2004 presidential vote / Corwin Smidt ... [et al.]

Catholics and the politics of change : the presidential campaigns of two JFKs / John Kenneth White and William D'Antonio

The mainline Protestant vote / Laura R. Olson and Adam L. Warber

The politics of the religious minorities vote in the 2004 elections / Paul A. Djupe, Eric McDaniel, and Jacob R. Neiheisel

Keeping the charge : George W. Bush, the Christian right, and the new vital center of American politics / John W. Wells and David B. Cohen

The politics of faith-based initiatives / Amy E. Black and Douglas L. Koopman

Buying Black votes? the GOPs faith-based initiative / Michael K. Fauntroy

Life issues : abortion, stem-cell research, and the case of Terry Schiavo / Ted G. Jelen

Evangelical "internationalists" and U.S. foreign policy during the Bush Administration / Kevin R. den Dulk

President George W. Bush and judicial restraint : accommodating religion / Nina Therese Kasniunas and Jack E. Rossotti.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403980071

9781403980076

OCLC:

76141078

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