John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Faith.
Title:
John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Faith.
Author:
Lacroix, Patrick.
ISBN:
9780700630509
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Series:
Studies in US Religion, Politics, and Law Series
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. John F. Kennedy at the Crossroads of Politics and Faith -- Chapter 1. Widening the Bounds: Postwar Pluralism and Its Limits -- Chapter 2. Two Controversies: Federal Aid to Education and the Peace Corps -- Chapter 3. Spiritual Errands: Faith and American Foreign Policy, 1961-1963 -- Chapter 4. Mobilizing the Faithful: Religion and the Politics of Civil Rights -- Chapter 5. Ecumenism, Secularism, and Reaction: The Transformative Character of the Kennedy Years -- Conclusion. The Religious Legacy of John F. Kennedy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
The strident anti-Catholicism that John F. Kennedy battled on the campaign trail followed him into the White House in 1961. As he gradually appeased Protestant fears and charted a liberal course, Kennedy inspired alliances and forms of religious activism that are still with us today.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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