Faith and the Presidency From George Washington to George W. BushOxford University Press, 12 באוק׳ 2006 - 680 עמודים In the wake of the 2004 election, pundits were shocked at exit polling that showed that 22% of voters thought 'moral values' was the most important issue at stake. People on both sides of the political divide believed this was the key to victory for George W. Bush, who professes a deep and abiding faith in God. While some fervent Bush supporters see him as a man chosen by God for the White House, opponents see his overt commitment to Christianity as a dangerous and unprecedented bridging of the gap between church and state. In fact, Gary Scott Smith shows, none of this is new. Religion has been a major part of the presidency since George Washington's first inaugural address. Despite the mounting interest in the role of religion in American public life, we actually know remarkably little about the faith of our presidents. Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist, as his political opponents charged? What role did Lincoln's religious views play in his handling of slavery and the Civil War? How did born-again Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter lose the support of many evangelicals? Was George W. Bush, as his critics often claimed, a captive of the religious right? In this fascinating book, Smith answers these questions and many more. He takes a sweeping look at the role religion has played in presidential politics and policies. Drawing on extensive archival research, Smith paints compelling portraits of the religious lives and presidencies of eleven chief executives for whom religion was particularly important. Faith and the Presidency meticulously examines what each of its subjects believed and how those beliefs shaped their presidencies and, in turn, the course of our history. |
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... presidential election underscored. The religious views and values of presidents are very important to many Americans today. In a 2004 poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 72 percent of respondents said they want ...
... presidential election underscored. The religious views and values of presidents are very important to many Americans today. In a 2004 poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 72 percent of respondents said they want ...
עמוד vii
... presidential leadership.''8 Similarly, one religious conservative laments that professing Christians ''may still ... presidents affected their actions and policies because many factors play a role. This study of eleven presidents ...
... presidential leadership.''8 Similarly, one religious conservative laments that professing Christians ''may still ... presidents affected their actions and policies because many factors play a role. This study of eleven presidents ...
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... presidents, but I have especially scrutinized presidents' own words in both their public and private statements. ''Because religion is often tightly interwoven with particular cultures and ethnic groups,'' William Martin maintains, it ...
... presidents, but I have especially scrutinized presidents' own words in both their public and private statements. ''Because religion is often tightly interwoven with particular cultures and ethnic groups,'' William Martin maintains, it ...
עמוד ix
... presidential libraries in Abilene, Kansas; Atlanta; Boston; Hyde Park, New York; Simi Valley, California; and West ... presidential libraries also helped me identify, locate, and analyze important primary sources. I would like to ...
... presidential libraries in Abilene, Kansas; Atlanta; Boston; Hyde Park, New York; Simi Valley, California; and West ... presidential libraries also helped me identify, locate, and analyze important primary sources. I would like to ...
עמוד 5
... presidents. It focuses on those chief executives for whom religion was an important issue because of their own beliefs, the issues they confronted, the elections they participated in, and/or the times in which they lived. Religion and ...
... presidents. It focuses on those chief executives for whom religion was an important issue because of their own beliefs, the issues they confronted, the elections they participated in, and/or the times in which they lived. Religion and ...
תוכן
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53 | |
Saving the Last Best Hope of Earth | 91 |
4 Theodore Roosevelt and the Bully Pulpit | 129 |
Presbyterian Statesman | 159 |
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Quest to Achieve an Abundant Life | 191 |
7 Dwight David Eisenhower Dynamic Conservatism and the Religious Revival of the 1950s | 221 |
The First Catholic President | 259 |
First Servant of the Nation | 293 |
Making America Gods Shining City on a Hill | 325 |
A FaithBased Presidency | 365 |
Conclusion | 415 |
Notes | 431 |
Index | 635 |
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