A Catholic in the White House?
Subtitle: religion, politics, and John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign
By: Thomas Carty.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960; Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography; Catholics -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Anti-Catholicism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963
Genres: Biography.
Description: "According to numerous scholars and pundits, JFK's victory in 1960 symbolized America's evolution from a politically Protestant nation to a pluralistic one. The anti-Catholic prejudice that many blamed for presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith's crushing defeat in 1928 at last seemed to have been overcome. However, if the presidential election of 1960 was indeed a turning point for American Catholics, how do we explain the failure of any Catholic - in over forty years - to repeat Kennedy's accomplishment? In this exhaustively researched study that fuses political, cultural, social, and intellectual history, Thomas Carty challenges the assumption that JFK's successful campaign for the presidency ended decades, if not centuries, of religious and political tensions between American Catholics and Protestants."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.