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".