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Smith, Gary Scott, 1950-

Faith and the presidency from George Washington to George W. Bush / [electronic resource] : Gary Scott Smith. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - x, 665 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-634) and index.

George Washington and providential agency -- Thomas Jefferson and the separation of church and state -- Abraham Lincoln : saving the last best hope of earth -- Theodore Roosevelt and the bully pulpit -- Woodrow Wilson : Presbyterian statesman -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the quest to achieve an abundant life -- Dwight David Eisenhower, dynamic conservatism, and the religious revival of the 1950s -- John F. Kennedy : the first Catholic president -- Jimmy Carter : first servant of the nation -- Ronald Reagan : making America God's shining city on a hill -- George W. Bush : a faith-based presidency.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA664264 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Religion.--United States
Christianity and politics--United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E176.1 / .S648 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.09/9 B