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Religion and the American Presidency / edited by M. Rozell, G. Whitney.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Evolving American Presidency, 2945-6169
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- International relations.
- Religion and sociology.
- Political science.
- World politics.
- European Politics.
- International Relations.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Political Science.
- Political History.
- Local Subjects:
- European Politics.
- International Relations.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Political Science.
- Political History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume opens a new avenue toward understanding the politics and policies of many US presidents. As the essays in this book reveal, religion has had an enormous impact on many critical presidencies in US history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, these essays reveal the deeply religious side to Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan, among others.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Religion and the Presidency in Historical Perspective; 1 The Faith of George Washington; 2 Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of Separation; 3 Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison; 4 Lincoln's Political Religion and Religious Politics: Or, What Lincoln Teaches Us about the Proper Connection between Religion and Politics; 5 "We Must Put on the Armor of God": Harry Truman and the Cold War; 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Civil Religion and the Cold War; 7 Secular Icon or Catholic Hero?: Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy
- 8 Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Faith9 Ronald Reagan's Faith and Attack on Soviet Communism; 10 The Religion of Bill Clinton; 11 The Faith of George W. Bush: The Personal, Practical, and Political; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Selected conference papers.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230604155
- 0230604153
- OCLC:
- 314774215
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