Religion and the American Presidency: George Washington to George W. Bush, with Commentary and Primary Sources
George W. Bush's citation of Jesus as his favorite philosopher, alongside the preponderance of evangelical Christians in his administration, elicited howls of protest from critics. Never before, said some, had we elected a president so hostile to the separation of church and state. Bush offered...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 715-717 |
| Review of: | Religion and the American presidency (New York : Columbia University Press, 2009) (Dowland, Seth)
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| Summary: | George W. Bush's citation of Jesus as his favorite philosopher, alongside the preponderance of evangelical Christians in his administration, elicited howls of protest from critics. Never before, said some, had we elected a president so hostile to the separation of church and state. Bush offered federal support to “faith-based” charities and revved up the war on terror with religious rhetoric. But, as this rich volume shows, Bush was just the latest in a long line of presidents whose personal faith seeped into policy decisions and public pronouncements. Franklin D. Roosevelt viewed himself as “God's agent” (p. 198). Harry Truman “aimed to harness and coordinate the world's religions in an effort to stop the communists” (p. 234). |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq008 |