This book chronologically analyzes fourteen key US Presidents, from Washington to Biden, 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 presidents as Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan, among others, and the impact that faith had on their administrations. Now in its fourth edition, this work includes analysis of Joe Biden as the second Catholic president in United States history and provides a timely update to a key text in the study of religion and the presidency.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Importance of Religion To Understanding the Presidency.- Chapter 2: The Faith of George Washington.- Chapter 3: Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of Separation.- Chapter 4: Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison.- Chapter 5: Lincoln’s Political Religion and Religious Politics: Or, What Lincoln Teaches Us About the Proper Connection Between Religion and Politics.- Chapter 6: “We Must Put on the Armor of God”: Harry Truman and the Cold War.- Chapter 7: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Civil Religion and the Cold War.- Chapter 8: Secular Icon or Catholic Hero?: Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy.- Chapter 9: Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Faith.- Chapter 10: Ronald Reagan’s Faith and Attack on Soviet Communism.- Chapter 11: The Religion of Bill Clinton.- Chapter 12: The Faith of George W. Bush: The Personal, Practical, and Political.- Chapter 13: President Barack Obama and His Faith.- Chapter 14: Donald J. Trump and the Enduring Religion Factor in US Elections.
About the author
Mark J. Rozell is the Founding Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA, where he holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Faculty Chair in Public Policy. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the intersection of religion and politics and he serves as the editor of the Palgrave Series on Religion, Politics, and Public Policy.
Gleaves Whitney has been the executive director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, USA, since September 2020. Previously he was the Director of the Hauenstein Center for the Study of the Presidency at Grand Valley State University. He has authored or edited 17 books.
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