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Praise for Faith and the Presidency Wonderfully informed...one could do far worse than approach his text as an alternative biographical portrait of certain chief executives. But he does such a fantastic job of explicating the Presidents' career trajectories by means of their religious convictions that the book is in fact far more than this. - Journal of American Studies At a time when presses (and readers) groan under the weight of panicky punditry on religion and the presidency, it is a welcome relief to possess Smith's well-researched, balanced and fair-minded study of a perennially interesting topic. - Christian Century This brief review only scratches the surface of Smith's meticulously crafted tome, one that will likely become a standard reference work on the subject - Journal of American History A magisterial work-exhaustively researched, comprehensive in scope, and pitch-perfect in its critical analysis... [T]his book will be the standard by which future volumes on religion and the U.S. presidency should be judged. - Journal of Law and Religion Smith draws on extensive archival research to describe how faith helped shape presidential character, political philosophy and the interplay between beliefs and policies. What resounds on page after fascinating page is that, despite all the handwringing over the role of religion in American public life, in reality we've known very little about the steadfast beliefs of our past presidents. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Gary Scott Smith is Chair of the History Department at Grove City College. He is the author of numerous books on history and religion including Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush, and Heaven in the American Imagination.

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