Title: God in the White House; the faiths of American Presidents,
Authors: Fuller, Edmund, 1914-2001.; Green, David E.; Green, David E.
Publisher: Crown
Year: 1968
Subjects: Presidents United States Religion
Abstract: The authors have skillfully woven an anecdotal, historical, fact-filled account of the White House occupancy of each of the Presidents, for obviously not religion alone decided events or guided action. Adds a new dimension to their characters, and more prestige to many.
Contents: Religion and the modern presidency -- Religious liberty and the public faith: toward the "gentlemen's agreement" -- Panorama of past presidents: priests of the national religion -- Spinning off the sixties: the demise of the moral consensus -- The turning point: Nixon to Ford -- Enter "The deacon" -- Born-again White House -- Rocks and shoals of a religious presidency -- The religious right and Ronald Reagan -- God in the Reagan White House -- Church and state and the oval office -- Conclusion: The Presidency and the public square -- Epilogue: God in the Bush White House.