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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790942403321

Autore

McAndrews Lawrence J.

Titolo

What they wished for : American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004 / / Lawrence J. McAndrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Georgia : , : University of Georgia Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8203-5386-8

0-8203-4711-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Disciplina

282.73

Soggetti

Catholics - United States - History

Presidents - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-483) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Catholics and John Kennedy (1961-1963) -- Catholics and Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) -- Catholics and Richard Nixon (1969-1974) -- Catholics and Gerald Ford (1974-1977) -- Catholics and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Catholics and Ronald Regan (1981-1989) -- Catholics and George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) -- Catholics and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) -- Catholics and George W. Bush (2001-2004).

Sommario/riassunto

As a religious bloc, Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the United States, comprising one in four Americans. With the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. From Vietnam to Iraq, the civil rights movement to federal funding for faith-based initiatives, and from birth control to abortion, American Catholics have won at least as often as they have lost. What They Wished For by Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the role of American Catholics in presid