The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents: From Truman to Obama

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index 379 Abilene, Kans., 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 44 abortion, 69, 135, 160–64, 208, 227–29, 234, 240, 249, 258, 260, 262, 312; initial support and later rejection of by Southern Baptist Convention, 163–64, 227–28 Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, 283 Acheson, Dean, 14 Adams, John, 62, 74 Adenauer, Konrad, 84, 85 African Methodist Episcopal Church, 306, 312, 314 Afrocentrism, 292, 306, 308–9 Agnew, Spiro, 117, 130, 131 Alito, Samuel, 262 Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., 312, 314 American Episcopal Cathedral in Paris, 39 anti-Semitism, 16–17, 113, 122–23, 169 Apple, R. W., Jr., 64 Aquinas, Thomas, 67 Arvad, Inga, 52–53 Ashby, Kit, 222 Ashcroft, John, 260 Auchincloss, Hugh, 55, 57 Auchincloss, Janet Bouvier, 55–56, 57 Augustine of Hippo, 366–67n83 Baillie, John, 200 Balmer, Randall, 134, 163–64, 208 Baptist faith, 2, 3, 4–5, 8, 12, 13, 17, 148, 154, 158, 160, 290, 291, 296, 372n109 Barnes, Ben, 249 Barth, Karl, 167 Battell Chapel, Yale University, 225, 244–45 Baxter, William, 87 Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, 180–81, 184, 185 Bell, Michael E., 315 Benton Boulevard Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., 3 Biden, Joseph, 295 Billings, Kirk LeMoyne (“Lem”), 51, 66, 67, 70, 72 Bishop, Jim, 45, 60 Blaine, Jerry, 64–65, 71–72, 333n86 Blessitt, Arthur, 251–52, 365n47 Blythe, William Jefferson, Jr., 216, 236 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 167, 229, 361n61 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church, 18, 141, 149, 198, 199–200 Boston, Mass., 45, 46, 47, 50, 54, 62, 66, 67, 71, 74, 207 Bouvier, Caroline Lee. See Radziwill, Lee Bouvier, Jacqueline. See Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier 380 Index Bouvier, John Vernou, III, 55 Bowman, Welbern, 7 Braden, Joan, 57 Bradlee, Ben, 68, 69 Brokaw, Tom, 141, 142 Browning, Edmond, 207 Bruton Parish Church (Episcopal), Williamsburg, Va., 76, 77, 116, 335n3 Bryan, William Jennings, 240, 311 Buber, Martin, 167 Buchanan, John, 308 Buchanan, Pat, 212, 258–59 Buchen, Phil, 127, 128 Buddhism, 210, 223, 271 Bumpers, Dale, 226 Bundy, McGeorge, 75 Bush, Barbara Pierce, 197–214; mentioned , 240, 241, 242, 256 Bush, Dorothy (“Doro”), 197–98, 205, 214, 234, 241 Bush, Dorothy Walker, 199, 205 Bush, George Herbert Walker, 197–214; and abortion, 208; achievements and criticism of administration, 209, 210–12; appointment to high government positions, 207–8, 248, 357n42; and the Bible, 198, 206, 355n7; career in oil business, 203–5, 207; character, 207, 208, 209; childhood and education , 200–201, 203, 212, 240, 243; and Chongwenmen Church, Beijing, 197–98, 234; comparison with son’s career, 212–13; death of daughter Robin, 203–4, 241–42; ecumenicity of, 210, 213–14; and the Episcopal Church, 198, 199–200, 204–5, 209, 213, 214, 242; family and Connecticut background, 198–200, 213, 240, 243, 244–45; Gulf War, 206–7, 211, 213; inaugural address, 209, 357n48; marriage , 202; military service, 201–3, 213, 246, 249; and other denominations, 88, 200, 201, 355n12; and prayer, 199–200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 214; and the Presbyterian Church, 198, 203–4, 242, 356n21; presidential campaign, 209; relationship with Billy Graham and evangelicalism, 205, 206–7; and the Religious Right, 165; mentioned, 64, 88, 142, 165, 182, 196, 234, 240–50, 254, 260, 264, 320, 377n228, 377n232 Bush, George W., 240–69; and abortion, 249, 258, 260, 262; achievements and criticism of administration, 255–56, 263, 264–65, 269; advocacy of faithbased programs, 255–56, 257, 263–64; and alcohol use, 244, 246, 248, 252–53, 264, 365n51; and the Bible, 250, 252, 253, 255, 257, 260, 264, 265, 267, 355n7; business career, 246–47, 254; character, 242, 247, 252, 253, 264; childhood and education, 201, 241–48, 364n14, 364n18; controversy over acceptance into Texas Air National Guard, 248–49; conversion experience , 240, 251–52; and the Episcopal Church, 182, 242, 252, 259, 267; and evangelical tradition, 210, 212, 214, 240, 241, 242, 250–54, 255, 258, 260–61, 262–64, 267, 268, 365n47; family and Texas background, 240–41; and Iraq War, 264, 265–67, 269, 367n86; leadership of Religious Right, 165, 259, 268; marriage, 249–50, 267; and Methodism, 250, 256, 266, 267, 365n60; and personal prayer and prayer breakfasts, 251, 253, Index 381 255, 259–60, 262, 263, 268; political career in Texas, 250, 254–56, 263, 269; postconversion religion, 182, 255, 256, 267, 312, 320, 377n228; preconversion religion, 242, 245, 248...