A Catholic in the White House? religion, politics, and John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign /

Main Author: Carty, Thomas
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10135511
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the unresolved "Catholic issue" : the debate about religion's role in the 1960 Presidential campaign
  • Popish plots, religious liberty, and the emerging face of American Catholicism before 1928
  • Protestant America or a nation of immigrants? : Al Smith, Joe Kennedy, and Jim Farley pursue the nation's highest office
  • Nativist anti-Catholicism or Christian evangelization? : Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, and the marginalization of religion during the 1960 Presidential campaign
  • Religious liberty or religious test? : debating the 1960 campaign's "Catholic issue" in liberal organizations and media
  • Defining religious bigotry : pluralism and political strategy in the 1960 Presidential election
  • The Cold War and the domestic response to Kennedy's Catholicism
  • Testing the "Bailey thesis" : state-level reactions to a Catholic Presidential candidate in California, Georgia, Michigan, and New York
  • Epilogue: Catholics and Presidential elections since 1960.