LEADER 03532nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910450938103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-230-60415-3 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230604155 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342425 035 $a(EBL)308090 035 $a(OCoLC)314774215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187573 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256266 035 $a(PQKB)10111122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001660479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16441305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14986746 035 $a(PQKB)10782409 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60415-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308090 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10175717 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342425 100 $a20061025d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReligion and the American presidency$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney 205 $a1st ed. 2007. 210 $aNew York ;$aBasingstoke $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aEvolving American presidency 300 $aSelected conference papers. 311 $a1-349-53780-2 311 $a1-4039-7771-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a8 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 330 $aThis volume opens a new avenue toward understanding the politics and policies of many US presidents. As the essays in this book reveal, religion has had an enormous impact on many critical presidencies in US history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, these essays reveal the deeply religious side to Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan, among others. 410 0$aEvolving American presidency. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xReligion$vCongresses 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography$vMiscellanea$vCongresses 606 $aReligion and politics$zUnited States$vCase studies$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresidents$xReligion 615 0$aPresidents 615 0$aReligion and politics 676 $a322.1092273 701 $aRozell$b Mark J$0917785 701 $aWhitney$b Gleaves$0945545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450938103321 996 $aReligion and the American presidency$92134851 997 $aUNINA