Religion and the American presidency / edited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney.

Contributor Rozell, Mark J.

Edition Statement:1st Palgrave MacMillan paperback editio: January 2012.

Imprint:New York, NY : Palgrave, c2012, c2007.

Descriptionvi, 302 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Papers from a conference held at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Mich. in Nov. 2004.

Note:Introduction: The importance of religion in understanding the presidency / H.F.Bass, M.J.Rozell & G.Whitney -- The Faith of George Washington / G.S.Smith -- Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of Separation / T.E.Buckley, S.J. -- Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison / V.P.Munoz -- Lincoln's Political Religion and Religious Politics: or, what Lincoln teaches us about the proper connection between religion and politics / L.E.Morel -- "We Must Put on the Armor of God:" Harry Truman and the Cold War / E.E.Spalding -- Dwight D. Eisenhower: Civil Religion and the Cold War / J.Holl -- Secular Icon or Catholic Hero?: Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy / T.J.Carty -- Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Faith/ J.Walz -- Ronald Reagan's Faith and Attack on Soviet Communism / P.Kengor -- The Religion of Bill Clinton / J.M. Penning -- The Faith of George W. Bush: The Personal, Practical, and Political / C.Robinson & C.Wilcox -- President Barack Obama and his faith / R.P.Jones & D.Cox -- The Obama fiath-based office: continuity and change / D.L.Koopman.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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