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Carty, Thomas

A Catholic in the White House? religion, politics, and John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign / [electronic resource] : Thomas J. Carty. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. - viii, 215 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-210) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.


Presidents--Election--United States--1960.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Catholics--Political activity--History--United States--20th century.
Religion and politics--History--United States--20th century.
Anti-Catholicism--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.


Electronic books.

E837.7 / .C37 2004eb
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