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Religion in the Oval Office : the religious lives of American presidents /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Gary Scott, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Religion.
Christianity and politics > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • John Adams: a church-going sage
  • James Madison: champion of religious liberty
  • John Quincy Adams: a republic of virtue
  • Andrew Jackson: providentialist president
  • William McKinley: America as God's instrument
  • Herbert Hoover: individual faithfulness and cooperative association
  • Harry S. Truman: the golden rule president
  • Richard Nixon: a private and enigmatic faith
  • George H. W. Bush: "one nation under God"
  • Bill Clinton: sin, atonement, and repairing the breach
  • Barack Obama: "we are our brother's keeper"
  • Conclusion.