Religion and the American Presidency

Includes a timely analysis of Biden as the second Catholic president Provides a scholarly retrospective on the presidential legacies of Obama and Trump Presents a comprehensive and chronological history of key presidents and contextualizes their administrations

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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.

Inhalt

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.