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Religion is a key, but largely underappreciated factor in the actions of many U.S. presidents. For example, major biographies of presidents such as Truman (by McCullough), Eisenhower (by Ambrose), and Reagan (an exception is Kengor’s biography), make only a passing reference or none at all to religion in the lives of these leaders who were all deeply religious men and were guided by faith in many of their major policy decisions.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. 1983–1984. Eisenhower (2 vols.). New York: Simon & Schuster.
Carter, Jimmy. 1982. Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President. New York: Bantam.
Kengor, Paul. 2004. God and Ronald Reagan. A Spiritual Life. New York: Regan Books.
McCullough, David. 1992. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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Rozell, M.J., Whitney, G. (2007). Introduction: Religion and the Presidency in Historical Perspective. In: Rozell, M.J., Whitney, G. (eds) Religion and the American Presidency. The Evolving American Presidency Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230604155_1
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