Religion in the Oval Office : the religious lives of American presidents /
Smith, Gary Scott, 1950-
Religion in the Oval Office : the religious lives of American presidents / Gary Scott Smith. - 647 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
9780199391394 (cloth : alk. paper) 0199391394 (cloth : alk. paper)
40024749707
2014031749
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Religion.--United States
Christianity and politics--United States.
Biography.
E 176.1 .S6483 2015
Religion in the Oval Office : the religious lives of American presidents / Gary Scott Smith. - 647 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
9780199391394 (cloth : alk. paper) 0199391394 (cloth : alk. paper)
40024749707
2014031749
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Religion.--United States
Christianity and politics--United States.
Biography.
E 176.1 .S6483 2015