| A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Carty, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403962537 ISBN-13: 9781403962539 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: According to numerous scholars and pundits, JFK's victory in 1960 symbolized America's evolution from a politically Protestant nation to a pluralistic one. The anti-Catholic prejudice that many blamed for presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith's crushing defeat in 1928 at last seemed to have been overcome. However, if the presidential election of 1960 was indeed a turning point for American Catholics, how do we explain the failure of any Catholic--in over forty years--to repeat Kennedy's accomplishment? In this exhaustively researched study that fuses political, cultural, social, and intellectual history, Thomas Carty challenges the assumption that JFK's successful campaign for the presidency ended decades, if not centuries, of religious and political tensions between American Catholics and Protestants. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Science - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 324.973 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.52" W x 8.48" (0.60 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Modern |
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| Publisher Description: According to most political and religious scholars and pundits, JFK's victory in 1960 symbolized America's evolution from a Protestant nation to a pluralist community that included Catholics as all citizens. However, if the presidential election of 1960 was indeed a turning point for American Catholics, how do we explain the failure of any Catholic - in over forty years - to repeat Kennedy's accomplishment? In this exhaustively researched study that fuses political, cultural, social and intellectual history, Thomas Carty challenges the assumption that JFK's successful campaign for the Presidency ended decades, if not centuries, of religious and political tension between American Catholics and Protestants, paving a new role for Catholics in American presidential politics. |