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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450938103321

Titolo

Religion and the American presidency [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

0-230-60415-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Evolving American presidency

Altri autori (Persone)

RozellMark J

WhitneyGleaves

Disciplina

322.1092273

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Religion

Presidents - United States

Religion and politics - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government Congresses

United States Religion Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected conference papers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.