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- Unbranded
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- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 0060571411
- Book Title
- God and Ronald Reagan : a Spiritual Life
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Religious, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Religion, Politics & State
- Item Weight
- 23.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life – Hardcover By Kengor, Paul – VERY GOOD
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060571411
ISBN-13
9780060571412
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5984978
Product Key Features
Book Title
God and Ronald Reagan : a Spiritual Life
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Religious, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Religion, Politics & State
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-069454
Reviews
Illuminates the role of faith in the life and worldview of one of the 20th century’s most important figures., God and Ronald Reagan deepens our understanding of Reagan’s life and the times in which he governed., The conservative Christian who rarely went to church. That is the conundrum most pundits used to refer to Ronald Reagan when discussing his reltionship to religion. God and Ronald Reagan helps us finally come to grips wiht the man and the presidency taht was Ronald Reagan. From childhood to the Cold War, Paul Kengor has unearthed the Ropnald Reagan most of knew was there but which few of us had the chance to see. Enjoyable and enlightening., In this meticulously researched and insightful book, Paul Kengor finds the ultimate source of Ronald Reagan’s resolve against communism., Paul Kengor has written an excellent book which explores a previously neglected aspect of Reagan’s life-his religious faith., [A] superb book-no interpretation of Ronald Reagan will be complete without reference to this vital work., God and Ronald Reagan fundamentally transforms the historical view of Ronald Reagan and his place in the 20th century., God and Ronald Reagan makes an important contribution to our understanding of the last major president of the 20th century.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.927/092 B
Synopsis
Ronald Reagan is hailed today for a presidency that restored optimism to America, engendered years of economic prosperity, and helped bring about the fall of the Soviet Union. Yet until now little attention has been paid to the role Reagan’s personal spirituality played in his political career, shaping his ideas, bolstering his resolve, and ultimately compelling him to confront the brutal — and, not coincidentally, atheistic — Soviet empire. In this groundbreaking book, political historian Paul Kengor draws upon Reagan’s legacy of speeches and correspondence, and the memories of those who knew him well, to reveal a man whose Christian faith remained deep and consistent throughout his more than six decades in public life. Raised in the Disciples of Christ Church by a devout mother with a passionate missionary streak, Reagan embraced the church after reading a Christian novel at the age of eleven. A devoted Sunday-school teacher, he absorbed the church’s model of “practical Christianity” and strived to achieve it in every stage of his life. But it was in his lifelong battle against communism — first in Hollywood, then on the political stage — that Reagan’s Christian beliefs had their most profound effect. Appalled by the religious repression and state-mandated atheism of Bolshevik Marxism, Reagan felt called by a sense of personal mission to confront the USSR. Inspired by influences as diverse as C.S. Lewis, Whittaker Chambers, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, he waged an openly spiritual campaign against communism, insisting that religious freedom was the bedrock of personal liberty. “The source of our strength in the quest for human freedom is not material, but spiritual,” he said in his Evil Empire address. “And because it knows no limitation, it must terrify and ultimately triumph over those who would enslave their fellow man.” From a church classroom in 1920s Dixon, Illinois, to his triumphant mission to Moscow in 1988, Ronald Reagan was both political leader and spiritual crusader. God and Ronald Reagan deepens immeasurably our understanding of how these twin missions shaped his presidency — and changed the world.
LC Classification Number
E877.2.K46 2004
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