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Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President (Spiritual Lives)
Barry Hankins
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Description for Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President (Spiritual Lives)
Hardcover. Woodrow Wilson was easily one of the most religious presidents in American history. Yet, his religion has puzzled historians for decades. This book tells the story of Wilson's religion as he moved from the Calvinist orthodoxy of his youth to a progressive, spiritualized religion short on doctrine and long on morality. Series: Spiritual lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLW; HBWN; HRAM2. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
When Woodrow Wilson was elected as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1897, his preacher father allegedly remarked, "I would rather that he held that position than be president of the United States." Fifteen years later he was both. Easily one of the most religious presidents in American history, almost all of Wilson's policies and important speeches were infused with religious concepts. The son, grandson, and nephew of southern Presbyterian divines, with six consecutive generations of preachers on his mother's side, Wilson viewed his political career as a sacred calling. As he remarked to a Democratic Party leader ... Read more
When Woodrow Wilson was elected as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1897, his preacher father allegedly remarked, "I would rather that he held that position than be president of the United States." Fifteen years later he was both. Easily one of the most religious presidents in American history, almost all of Wilson's policies and important speeches were infused with religious concepts. The son, grandson, and nephew of southern Presbyterian divines, with six consecutive generations of preachers on his mother's side, Wilson viewed his political career as a sacred calling. As he remarked to a Democratic Party leader ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Spiritual lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198718376
SKU
V9780198718376
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About Barry Hankins
Barry Hankins is Professor of History at Baylor University, as well as a Resident Scholar with the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). His publications include Baptists in America: A History (OUP, 2015) and Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism: A Documentary Reader (NYU Press, 2008). Hankins's biography Francis Schaeffer And the Shaping of Evangelical America: Fundamentalist Warrior, Evangelical Prophet (Eerdmans, 2008) ... Read more
Reviews for Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President (Spiritual Lives)
Hankins' descriptive historicism and concise storytelling make the book accessible to both public audiences and scholars, especially those interested in the relationship between religion and American political history.
Morgan Frick, The University of Alabama, Religious Studies Review
The book includes a helpful index (225-35), a selected bibliography (219-23), and recommends itself not only to scholars interested in ... Read more
Morgan Frick, The University of Alabama, Religious Studies Review
The book includes a helpful index (225-35), a selected bibliography (219-23), and recommends itself not only to scholars interested in ... Read more