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Religion and the American presidency

Title
Religion and the American presidency / Mark J. Rozell, Gleaves Whitney, editors.
Publication
  • Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Rozell, Mark J.
  • Whitney, Gleaves
Description
xvi, 312 pages; 21 cm
Summary
This book chronologically analyzes key US Presidents, from Washington to Trump, to highlight how religion has informed or influenced their politics and policies. For years, leading scholars have largely neglected religion in presidential studies. Yet, religion has played a significant role in a number of critical presidencies in US history. This volume reveals the deep religious side to such presidencies as Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan, among others, and the impact that faith had on their administrations. Now in its third edition, this work also provides a fresh look at the legacy of Obama's faith-based administration, as well as a new chapter on the 2016 Trump campaign's dependence on religious voters in order to provide a timely update to a key text in the study of religion and the presidency--back cover.
Series Statement
The evolving American presidency
Uniform Title
Evolving American presidency.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the importance of religion to understanding the presidency / Harold F. Bass, Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney -- 2. Faith of George Washington / Gary Scott Smith -- 3. Thomas Jefferson and the myth of separation / Thomas E. Buckley, S.J. -- 4. Religion in the life, thought, and presidency of James Madison / Vincent Phillip Munoz -- 5. Lincoln's political religion and religious politics: or, what Lincoln teaches us about the proper connection between religion and politics / Lucas E. Morel -- 6. "We must put on the armor of God": Harry Truman and the Cold War / Elizabeth Edwards Spalding -- 7. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Civil religion and the Cold War / Jack M. Holl -- 8. Secular iron of Catholic hero?: Religion and the presidency of John F. Kennedy -- 9. Jimmy Carter and the politics of faith / Jeff Walz -- 10. Ronald Reagan's faith and attack on Soviet communism / Paul Kengor -- 11. The religion of Bill Clinton / James M. Penning -- 12. The faith of George W. Bush: the personal, practical, and political / Carin Robinson and Clyde Wilcox -- 13. President Barack Obama and his faith / Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox -- 14. Donald Trump and the enduring religion factor in US elections / Mark J. Rozell -- Index.
Call Number
JFD 18-1833
ISBN
  • 3319621742
  • 9783319621746
LCCN
2017945796
OCLC
989981959
Title
Religion and the American presidency / Mark J. Rozell, Gleaves Whitney, editors.
Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
Third edition
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The evolving American presidency
Evolving American presidency.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Rozell, Mark J., editor.
Whitney, Gleaves, editor.
Research Call Number
JFD 18-1833
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