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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Main Author: Dowland, Seth (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2009
In: 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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