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The old adage never discuss religion and politics is roundly rejected in this incisive exploration of Presidential history and religious faith.

the Presidents & Their Faith is a fascinating and informative look at how every U.S. president exercised their personal faith, exerted presidential power, and led a religiously diverse nation.

Has there ever been a stranger prayer than Truman's, offered upon America's successful development of the atom bomb: We pray that He may guide us to use it in His ways and for His purposes ?

At the nation's founding, Northeast Presbyterians demanded explicit mention of Jesus in the Constitution. George Washing refuted them, saying that religious piety was a matter best left between an individual and his God; religious instruction was the responsibility of religious societies, not the civil state. What drove Washington to make that argument, and what if he had lost?

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