Faith and the presidency : from George Washington to George W. Bush / Gary Scott Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Gary Scott, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Religion.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining the lives and presidencies of 11 chief executives for whom religion was a particularly important issue because of their own beliefs, Smith paints portraits of the religious lives of the leaders and shows how their beliefs shaped their actions and in turn the course of our history.

Contents:

George Washington and providential agency

Thomas Jefferson and the separation of church and state

Abraham Lincoln : saving the last best hope of earth

Theodore Roosevelt and the bully pulpit

Woodrow Wilson : Presbyterian statesman

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the quest to achieve an abundant life

Dwight David Eisenhower, dynamic conservatism, and the religious revival of the 1950s

John F. Kennedy : the first Catholic president

Jimmy Carter : first servant of the nation

Ronald Reagan : making America God's shining city on a hill

George W. Bush : a faith-based presidency.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-634) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029370-5

0-19-539596-4

1-280-84616-X

1-4294-3850-9

0-19-804115-2

9786610846160

OCLC:

79836196