This volume opens a new avenue toward understanding the politics and policies of many U.S. presidents. For years, leading scholars have largely ignored the religious factor in their studies of presidents. Yet, as the essays in this book reveal, religion h
Introduction: Religion and the Presidency in Historical Perspective; M.J.Rozell & G.Whitney The Faith of George Washington; G.S.Smith Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of Separation; T.E.Buckley Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James