03473nam 2200733Ia 450 991081065750332120200520144314.00-230-60415-310.1057/9780230604155(CKB)1000000000342425(EBL)308090(OCoLC)314774215(SSID)ssj0000235475(PQKBManifestationID)11187573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235475(PQKBWorkID)10256266(PQKB)10111122(SSID)ssj0001660479(PQKBManifestationID)16441305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660479(PQKBWorkID)14986746(PQKB)10782409(DE-He213)978-0-230-60415-5(MiAaPQ)EBC308090(Au-PeEL)EBL308090(CaPaEBR)ebr10175717(EXLCZ)99100000000034242520061025d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion and the American presidency /edited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney1st ed. 2007.New York ;Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (263 p.)Evolving American presidencySelected conference papers.1-349-53780-2 1-4039-7771-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. Kennedy8 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; IndexThis 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.Evolving American presidency.PresidentsUnited StatesReligionCongressesPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyMiscellaneaCongressesReligion and politicsUnited StatesCase studiesCongressesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentCongressesUnited StatesReligionCongressesPresidentsReligionPresidentsReligion and politics322.1092273Rozell Mark J1084243Whitney Gleaves1687519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810657503321Religion and the American Presidency4061063UNINA