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Religion and the American Presidency

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  • © 2007

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  1. Mark J. Rozell
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  2. Gleaves Whitney
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Part of the book series: The Evolving American Presidency (EAP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Religion and the Presidency in Historical Perspective

    • Mark J. Rozell, Gleaves Whitney
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Faith of George Washington

    • Gary Scott Smith
    Pages 9-37

  4. Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of Separation

    • Thomas E. Buckley
    Pages 39-50

  5. Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison

    • Vincent Phillip Muñoz
    Pages 51-72

  6. Lincoln’s Political Religion and Religious Politics: Or, What Lincoln Teaches Us about the Proper Connection between Religion and Politics

    • Lucas E. Morel
    Pages 73-93

  7. “We Must Put on the Armor of God”: Harry Truman and the Cold War

    • Elizabeth Edwards Spalding
    Pages 95-118

  8. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Civil Religion and the Cold War

    • Jack M. Holl
    Pages 119-137

  9. Secular Icon or Catholic Hero?: Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy

    • Thomas J. Carty
    Pages 139-155

  10. Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Faith

    • Jeff Walz
    Pages 157-173

  11. Ronald Reagan’s Faith and Attack on Soviet Communism

    • Paul Kengor
    Pages 175-190

  12. The Religion of Bill Clinton

    • James M. Penning
    Pages 191-214

  13. The Faith of George W. Bush: The Personal, Practical, and Political

    • Carin Robinson, Clyde Wilcox
    Pages 215-238

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 239-254
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About this book

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.

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"A commitment to religion has persisted across American history regardless of whether the president was a Federalist like Washington, a Jeffersonian like Madison, a Republican like Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan, or a Democrat like Truman, Carter, and Clinton. Religion and the American Presidency is a scholarly benchmark in the presidency studies, and a pioneering new perspective on the highest office in the land. Students of the historical presidency, sociologists of religion, and all people of faith will thoroughly enjoy reading the essays in this volume. Thank you, Professors Rozell and Whitney." - Raymond Tatalovich, Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago'There's no better place to explore the intersection between religion and the presidency than in this collection of fascinating case studies of American presidents. Its readability, scholarship, and balance should appeal to a broad audience of scholars, students, and the general public.'

- William D. Pederson, American Studies Endowed Chair, Louisiana State University in Shreveport

About the authors

MARK J. ROZELL Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.
GLEAVES WHITNEY Director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, USA.

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