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Presidential faith and foreign policy : Jimmy Carter the disciple and Ronald Reagan the alchemist /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steding, William, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 1977-1981.
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989.
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924- > Religion.
Reagan, Ronald > Religion.
Religion and international relations > United States > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Religion in the American political sphere
  • Jimmy Carter's cognetic narrative: an evangelical engineer
  • Jimmy Carter's evangelical mission: human rights
  • Redemption: Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal treaties
  • Jimmy Carter's just peace in the Middle East
  • Ronald Reagan's cognetic narrative: all-American alchemist
  • Ronald Reagan's divine imperium of freedom
  • Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative
  • The Strategic Defense Initiative and US-Soviet relations: 1983-1987.